Jess McCabe
@jessmccabe.bsky.social
Deputy ed at Inside Housing
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Jess McCabe
@jessmccabe.bsky.social
· Jun 6
Black Lives Matter and housing – five years on
It’s been five years since social landlords made pledges for change in response to Black Lives Matter. Has there been a shift in the sector? Jess McCabe reports.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
Back in 2020, many social landlords in the UK made anti-racist pledges in response to Black Lives Matter. I've gone back to find out what, five years later, has changed:
www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/blac...
www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/blac...
These reforms are just making us and all the send parents we have spoken to about this incredibly anxious. The chances of it going wrong seem so high
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Councils warn of 'total collapse' in special needs system — BBC News
The government is facing political pressure as it tries to reform the
apple.news
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
These reforms are just making us and all the send parents we have spoken to about this incredibly anxious. The chances of it going wrong seem so high
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There's no-one I trust more on contemporary housing policy than @peteapps.bsky.social. This is an important read: 'The new social housing programme looks more and more like a genuine step forward'.
open.substack.com/pub/peteapps...
open.substack.com/pub/peteapps...
The new social housing programme looks more and more like a genuine step forwards
New government funding will support the development of tens of thousands of socially rented homes a year. Plus, the descent of Assent
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
There's no-one I trust more on contemporary housing policy than @peteapps.bsky.social. This is an important read: 'The new social housing programme looks more and more like a genuine step forward'.
open.substack.com/pub/peteapps...
open.substack.com/pub/peteapps...
The thing with using a white room to exhibit art is that the location is unlikely to thoroughly upstage the show
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The thing with using a white room to exhibit art is that the location is unlikely to thoroughly upstage the show
The new Church Housing Association wants to buy up homes on Benefits Street
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/church-...
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/church-...
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The new Church Housing Association wants to buy up homes on Benefits Street
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/church-...
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/church-...
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If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...
I visited Birmingham to find out about plans to build social housing on Church of England land >
www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insi...
www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insi...
Inside Housing tours the sites where the new Church Housing Association wants to build
The Church of England’s decision to launch a housing association was a “bombshell” four years ago. Now, it’s preparing to welcome its first tenants. Jess McCabe joins a tour of the potential sites.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I visited Birmingham to find out about plans to build social housing on Church of England land >
www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insi...
www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insi...
Going off the emails we get from school, I thought they already had a target, 100%, come rain, shine, come chickenpox and medical appointments
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Going off the emails we get from school, I thought they already had a target, 100%, come rain, shine, come chickenpox and medical appointments
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
These photos are astounding, particularly in print, wow. nymag.com/intelligence...
Portfolio: The Trap at 26 Federal Plaza
Every day in downtown Manhattan immigrants arriving for routine hearings are targeted by ICE agents and taken from their families.
nymag.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
These photos are astounding, particularly in print, wow. nymag.com/intelligence...
It’s my grandmother’s yartzeit, so here are some photos of her with the same grin, from a young girl, a teenager in WW2, in the 1950s with my aunts and cousin, and in 2008 when she was still smiling the same way despite dementia
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It’s my grandmother’s yartzeit, so here are some photos of her with the same grin, from a young girl, a teenager in WW2, in the 1950s with my aunts and cousin, and in 2008 when she was still smiling the same way despite dementia
So the university of Sunderland has opened a campus in London (!!), where are the think pieces about what this means for the north-south divide
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
So the university of Sunderland has opened a campus in London (!!), where are the think pieces about what this means for the north-south divide
My six year old wanted to know what weather satellites are but she was not impressed, and just shouted WE DONT NEED WEATHER SATLITES JUST USE PINECONES
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My six year old wanted to know what weather satellites are but she was not impressed, and just shouted WE DONT NEED WEATHER SATLITES JUST USE PINECONES
Another day, another 200 FOI emails dealt with.
a monkey is sitting in a chair holding a piece of paper in its hand .
ALT: a monkey is sitting in a chair holding a piece of paper in its hand .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Another day, another 200 FOI emails dealt with.
Just opened TikTok and was shown a nostalgia video - of people eating in bluewater in 2002
an older man with glasses and a beard is asking the question huh
ALT: an older man with glasses and a beard is asking the question huh
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Just opened TikTok and was shown a nostalgia video - of people eating in bluewater in 2002
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Rage against group think, writes Matthew Syed in the Sunday Times, by reading out a paragraph of what *I* think at the beginning of every BBC editorial meeting.
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Rage against group think, writes Matthew Syed in the Sunday Times, by reading out a paragraph of what *I* think at the beginning of every BBC editorial meeting.
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‘Al could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
‘Al could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
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only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
Has anyone done a thinkpiece on what is up with the whole genre of reaction videos. Watching people (mostly women?) watch films/TV shows. The absolutely bizarre to me subgenre of people (mostly men??) pretending that they're listening to a massive hit for the first time.
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Has anyone done a thinkpiece on what is up with the whole genre of reaction videos. Watching people (mostly women?) watch films/TV shows. The absolutely bizarre to me subgenre of people (mostly men??) pretending that they're listening to a massive hit for the first time.
ICYMI some interesting news yesterday about England's metro mayors and their new role in funding affordable housing projects in their regions: www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/metro-m...
Metro mayors allocated £7bn from affordable homes programme as new bid opening date revealed
Metro mayors across England have been allocated £7bn from the government’s affordable homes programme, with housing providers able to bid from next February.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
ICYMI some interesting news yesterday about England's metro mayors and their new role in funding affordable housing projects in their regions: www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/metro-m...
The inside track on a merger, and how these two landlords managed it without the usual consultants - another great story by @jennymessenger.bsky.social for @insidehousing.bsky.social
www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/how-...
www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/how-...
How two chief executives in Wales orchestrated their own merger
The chief executives of housing associations Melin Homes and Newport City Homes successfully planned and carried out their own merger to create one of the largest landlords in Wales – without bringing...
www.insidehousing.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The inside track on a merger, and how these two landlords managed it without the usual consultants - another great story by @jennymessenger.bsky.social for @insidehousing.bsky.social
www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/how-...
www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/how-...
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me at the end of class: here's a little speculative exercises; imagine you wake up from cryosleep in 2085. what's the kind of tech-society r/ship you'd like to see around you?
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
me at the end of class: here's a little speculative exercises; imagine you wake up from cryosleep in 2085. what's the kind of tech-society r/ship you'd like to see around you?
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
Wtf: in the 18th and 19th centuries, green park and st James’ park were covered with cows and milkmaids, and you could buy milk fresh from the cow
memoirsofametrogirl.com/2020/05/02/s...
memoirsofametrogirl.com/2020/05/02/s...
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wtf: in the 18th and 19th centuries, green park and st James’ park were covered with cows and milkmaids, and you could buy milk fresh from the cow
memoirsofametrogirl.com/2020/05/02/s...
memoirsofametrogirl.com/2020/05/02/s...
“I would rather she swallowed bad books than not like reading at all”
Advice from 1689 France on what a young woman should be reading, from 1) her grandmother and 2) her uncle.
Advice from 1689 France on what a young woman should be reading, from 1) her grandmother and 2) her uncle.
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“I would rather she swallowed bad books than not like reading at all”
Advice from 1689 France on what a young woman should be reading, from 1) her grandmother and 2) her uncle.
Advice from 1689 France on what a young woman should be reading, from 1) her grandmother and 2) her uncle.