Ros Wynne Jones
Columnist at The Daily Mirror
@DailyMirror #RealBritain column by @roswynnejones | Former Feature Writer of The Year | Also: #PeopleMove #BritainTalks #WiganPierProject #TheJourney
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2 weeks ago |
mirror.co.uk | Ros Wynne Jones
Jason Stockwood made £400million when he sold his online insurance company in 2017 and is now a candidate to be Greater Lincolnshire’s first ever mayor as part of a new £720million devolution dealAs he broke ground at the youth centre in Grimsby he’d helped build, Greater Lincolnshire mayoral candidate Jason Stockwood felt his emotional roots to the area take hold. “I thought about my nan who was born in 1916, one of eight kids, growing up in poverty about 50 yards away,” he says.
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3 weeks ago |
mirror.co.uk | Ros Wynne Jones |Claire Donnelly
REAL BRITAIN 'I tried to kill myself after son's birth sparked debt - paternity rules must change'As tomorrow marks the 22nd anniversary of Labour’s introduction of Statutory Paternity Leave, this week Real Britain talks to fathers about paternity pay and shared leaveWhen Tom and Kayleigh Windle’s son Charlie was born five weeks early, it had a devastating financial effect on their family.
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4 weeks ago |
mirror.co.uk | Ros Wynne Jones |Maryam Qaiser
Raven Dixon-Biggs is describing what it’s like to work at a vape industry convention. “When you work in promotions there is an expectation you are sexy, you are flirty,” the 31-year-old mum, model, and fashion and beauty entrepreneur from the West Midlands, says. “Not only do you need to have engaging customer service skills, you need to be able to sell the product with your looks.
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4 weeks ago |
mirror.co.uk | Ros Wynne Jones
'Rachel Reeves wants prosperity for the working, but what about the disabled?'As Rachel Reeves delivers her spring statement three readers from the most vulnerable groups in society give their stance on welfare cutsThe Chancellor’s Spring Statement today contains eye-watering benefit cuts that could push over 250,000 people – including 50,000 children – into relative poverty by the end of the decade according to the Department for Work and Pensions own analysis.
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1 month ago |
mirror.co.uk | Ros Wynne Jones
'I'm too poor to be sick, why is Rachel Reeves trying to break us?'As Rachel Reeves prepares for tomorrow's spring statement on the government's financial plans, three readers from the most vulnerable groups in society ask her to rethink her controversial stance on welfare claimsAround two million Brits could be affected by the cruel welfare cuts Labour proposed last week. They include 1.2 million disabled people who will be stripped of eligibility for Personal Independence Payments.
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So good to be up in Grimsby & Cleethorpes and hear someone talk up an area underestimated for too long. My interview with @jstockwood, who is standing for @LabourParty to be Greater Lincs first ever Mayor. https://t.co/9XORImZKgm https://t.co/ixaEaFDVkR
Who are the 'white working class' – and is this a term that's useful, helpful, or even meaningful right now? Me & @JoelBudd1 discuss his fascinating book 'Underdogs' next Weds eve at the Conduit Club. (Drop me a line if you'd like to come but aren't a member...)
Looking forward to chatting to @JoelBudd1 about his new book 'Underdogs – Rethinking Britain's White Working Class', which you may have caught serialised on Radio4 this week... lots to discuss! 16/04, The Conduit 👇 https://t.co/NRhIjEVyNJ
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It's a fireworks night. 🤩 https://t.co/FTMYtHYXWm
