Reporter for BBC Radio 4's Money Box. Used to do the same for Today and Radio 1 Newsbeat. DMs open. 🏴🇬🇧 with a good drop of 🏴🇮🇪
- Tweets 22,227
- Following 3,829
- Followers 4,545
- Likes 38,644
Pinned Tweet
1/ After @Moneybox covered 👇story on Saturday (with @BBCBreakfast, @BBCr4today + @bbc5live) we got a LOT of messages from fraud victims asking for help.
Sorry but there are too many to even begin replying to them all.
So if you need help: 🧵
bbc.co.uk/news/business-6498…
10
19
39
18,965
Dan Whitworth retweeted
NEW: BBC Sport boss Alex Kay-Jelski has pushed analysis, club fandom & YouTube.
With more cuts this week, he now faces internal concerns of leaving some viewers behind.
How BBC Sport found itself at the centre of a BBC identity crisis:
WARNING: Nuance.
theguardian.com/media/2026/s…
8
15
62
64,328
Dan Whitworth retweeted
The BBC focusing on 'most-read' stories - which are no doubt being widely reported elsewhere - is the exact opposite of what a publicly-funded broadcaster should be doing.
Click-chasing, pure and simple.
UPDATE: BBC Sport cutting 41 jobs (5 new roles) and will focus on "most-read" stories on website using audience data.
Will cause concern for those who believe should have broader coverage of sport.
16
114
697
86,060
Dan Whitworth retweeted
What's going to happen when a generation of private renters start to retire with no housing security?
This week's Substack (an extract from Homesick) asks a question that housing policy is frighteningly unwilling to contemplate:
peteapps.substack.com/p/gene…
11
73
165
30,252
Dan Whitworth retweeted
When we discuss the fact that one in five working-age adults claims universal credit in England and Wales (according to Taxpayers Alliance), we must acknowledge that 37.8 per cent of UC claimants are IN WORK!
This is important; it tells us something about our labour market - about how what work pays relates to the cost of essentials such as housing.
Source: DWP - gov.uk/government/statistics…
39
39
79
7,022
Dan Whitworth retweeted
Buckle up if you live in a brown or dark blue area on this map. Source: buff.ly/0I93U8N
77
427
2,256
948,562
Dan Whitworth retweeted
The party of ungovernment!!
Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors:
-55 resigned
-42 went Independent
-28 defected
-24 were kicked out
-5 lost their seats
-2 disqualified
-2 suspended.
Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!
2
139
386
9,974
Dan Whitworth retweeted
So this is what electing a democratic socialist mayor can get you: corporations issuing groveling apologies for underpaying their workers
Since 2023, more than 200,000 Dashers in New York City were underpaid or paid late under the City’s delivery worker pay rules. These errors were unintentional, but that doesn’t make them acceptable. Dashers should be paid in full, on time, every time. We take full responsibility, and we’re deeply sorry.
We’ve reached a $131.5 million settlement with the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Every impacted Dasher will receive the amount they are owed, and they’ll be contacted directly with payment details.
We understand the impact of even one missed or late payment. We’ve addressed the issues that caused these errors and made changes to prevent them from happening again.
Read more here: about.doordash.com/en-us/new….
Community note
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s…
The City of New York asserts this was not a mistake.
“For years, DoorDash failed to count every hour worked by delivery workers,” Mayor Mamdani said. “This was not a rounding error or an accidental mistake.
258
8,982
79,166
2,303,682
Dan Whitworth retweeted
The siren call of using tax payers’ money to boost a housing market which is currently coming down (possibly crashing and certainly readjusting) needs to be heard with very critical ears
This article was written by the CEO of Taylor Wimpey. What the housebuilding sector needs and what people looking for a home need are different things.
20
30
134
15,463
Dan Whitworth retweeted
A voxpop for the Ages here from @bbcpointswest’s Andy Howard in Swindon, as townsfolk react to being told the town has the best quality of life in the UK.
Every one a potential gif 😂
A local TV news editing masterclass.
7
23
175
16,578
Dan Whitworth retweeted
Falsehoods in Mail and Times.
Labour MP secures libel payouts from Mail on Sunday and The Times over false claim that she attended private school and hid it from electorate brettwilson.co.uk/labour-mp-…
8
125
355
17,622
Dan Whitworth retweeted
Barack Obama at his last press briefing with reporters, 2017:
"I have enjoyed working with all of you. That does not, of course, mean that I've enjoyed every story that you have filed, but that's the point of this relationship. You're not supposed to be sycophants. You're supposed to be skeptics. You're supposed to ask me tough questions. You're not supposed to be complimentary, but you're supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power."
1,115
24,669
124,528
5,676,039
Dan Whitworth retweeted
You can tell Ozempic and Mounjaro are popular…in our Timpson shops we have seen a 680% increase in the number of free holes in customers belts we’ve been doing this year.
80
460
7,912
512,607
Dan Whitworth retweeted
Estimated 1000-2,000 redundancies being announced this week and next at the BBC, most departments impacted:
▶️Staff being made to reapply for "restructured" jobs is one HR tactic being used
▶️TV and Radio channel closures are likely
▶️ Growing talk of staff industrial action
16
32
78
55,717
Dan Whitworth retweeted
bird of the day 13: acorn woodpecker
(melanerpes formicivorus)
> found in: western North America to Colombia
> habitat: mixed oak forests and other open woodlands
> eats: fruits, nuts, seeds, and insects
> status: least concern
photo by iNaturalist user sprcrkwild
📸: inaturalist.org/observations…
14
248
5,043
28,777
Dan Whitworth retweeted
bird of the day 10: african blue flycatcher
(elminia longicauda)
> found in: sub-Saharan Africa
> habitat: rainforests, mangroves, gardens, and other lush woodlands
> eats: small invertebrates and berries
> status: least concern
photo by Matt Muir
📸: inaturalist.org/observations…
15
366
6,742
42,322
Dan Whitworth retweeted
bird of the day 7: acre tody-tyrant
(hemitriccus conhafti)
> found in: Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia
> habitat: understory of early successional forests and degraded bamboo forests
> eats: small invertebrates
> status: near threatened
📸: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F…
24
317
5,770
33,890
Dan Whitworth retweeted
bird of the day 5: abert's towhee
(melozone aberti)
> found in: sonoran desert of the US and Mexico
> habitat: riparian corridors
> eats: seeds and insects; will visit feeders
> status: least concern
📸: inaturalist.org/observations…
44
558
11,175
62,409
Dan Whitworth retweeted
If you were born 27 June 1960 or earlier you will get a winter fuel payment (PAWHP in Scotland) this year but you can opt out if you don't want the hassle of paying it back if your income is £35k+. But the deadline is very soon as @bbcdanw explains @Moneybox noon @BBCRadio4
3
23
39
9,730
Dan Whitworth retweeted
if anyone is interested in insects and other creatures, @nvolpewild is an amazing researcher currently based in the Amazon who posts ridiculously gorgeous photos, including many new species :)
highly recommended following him for his photography and conservation efforts
31
342
10,297
218,021
Dan Whitworth retweeted
bird of the day 3: inaccessible island rail
(laterallus rogersi)
> found in: Inaccessible Island (endemic)
> habitat: grassy fields, forests, shorelines and cliffs
> eats: invertebrates, including worms, insects, and isopods
> status: vulnerable
📸: inaturalist.org/observations…
72
846
17,377
134,997