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'UK has too many ADHD diagnoses' doesn't pass the smell test as explanation for UK's rising number of young people not in education, employment or training - ADHD diagnoses have gone up at similar rates across our peers, but the UK's rising NEETs are a UK issue.
December 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
'UK has too many ADHD diagnoses' doesn't pass the smell test as explanation for UK's rising number of young people not in education, employment or training - ADHD diagnoses have gone up at similar rates across our peers, but the UK's rising NEETs are a UK issue.
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Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
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As MPs vote on whether to decriminalise abortion after more than 150 years, here’s this week’s column setting out why it should be a “yes.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
British women are being jailed under archaic abortion laws. MPs can act to end that this week | Frances Ryan
Women will really have the right to choose if politicians vote to revoke this Victorian-era legislation, writes Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
As MPs vote on whether to decriminalise abortion after more than 150 years, here’s this week’s column setting out why it should be a “yes.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A big (and very welcome) announcement from government today on free school meal eligibilty, widening it to all children on families eligible for UC.
A quick thread on these changes, and the remaining challenges 🧵
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
A quick thread on these changes, and the remaining challenges 🧵
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
Taking hunger out of the classroom. - The Sutton Trust
Unpacking the Government's decision to widen FSM access to all households on universal credit.
www.suttontrust.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A big (and very welcome) announcement from government today on free school meal eligibilty, widening it to all children on families eligible for UC.
A quick thread on these changes, and the remaining challenges 🧵
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
A quick thread on these changes, and the remaining challenges 🧵
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
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🚨 NEW: Labour is lifting 100,000 children out of poverty by expanding access to free school meals.
Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.
Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.
June 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🚨 NEW: Labour is lifting 100,000 children out of poverty by expanding access to free school meals.
Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.
Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.
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Entirely this: I’d add that being serious about climate change is a hygiene factor for many voters. In not a single UK constituency does concern about climate drop below 50% - hitting 68% in Clacton. There’s a debate on the ‘how’ and particularly how to do it fairly but much less on the principle.
May 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Entirely this: I’d add that being serious about climate change is a hygiene factor for many voters. In not a single UK constituency does concern about climate drop below 50% - hitting 68% in Clacton. There’s a debate on the ‘how’ and particularly how to do it fairly but much less on the principle.
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We find the West of England Mayoral Race is too close to call with victory possible for 4 & maybe even 5 parties. Labour's Helen Goodwin in the lead on 23%
🌹LAB 23%
🌳 CON 21%
➡️ REF UK 18%
🌍 GREEN 18%
🔶 LIB DEM 15%
⬜️ IND 5%
🌹LAB 23%
🌳 CON 21%
➡️ REF UK 18%
🌍 GREEN 18%
🔶 LIB DEM 15%
⬜️ IND 5%
April 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
We find the West of England Mayoral Race is too close to call with victory possible for 4 & maybe even 5 parties. Labour's Helen Goodwin in the lead on 23%
🌹LAB 23%
🌳 CON 21%
➡️ REF UK 18%
🌍 GREEN 18%
🔶 LIB DEM 15%
⬜️ IND 5%
🌹LAB 23%
🌳 CON 21%
➡️ REF UK 18%
🌍 GREEN 18%
🔶 LIB DEM 15%
⬜️ IND 5%
An incredible branch Chair and an asset to our trade union movement - thanks for all you've done for the GMB @jensym.bsky.social 🧡🫡
...and if you're reading this and you're not in a trade union then what are you doing? #JoinAUnion
...and if you're reading this and you're not in a trade union then what are you doing? #JoinAUnion
February 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
An incredible branch Chair and an asset to our trade union movement - thanks for all you've done for the GMB @jensym.bsky.social 🧡🫡
...and if you're reading this and you're not in a trade union then what are you doing? #JoinAUnion
...and if you're reading this and you're not in a trade union then what are you doing? #JoinAUnion
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Every brilliant, quietly angry word of this by @roberthutton.co.uk:
The sketchwriter’s gift | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
Kemi Badenoch rose in the House of Commons to challenge the prime minister with a vast range of possible targets. The cost of government borrowing had risen to the highest level since the financial…
thecritic.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Every brilliant, quietly angry word of this by @roberthutton.co.uk:
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That’s a nice looking table
December 1, 2024 at 6:00 PM
That’s a nice looking table
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I wrote about the way the SEND crisis is quietly unpicking women's lives - destroying careers, dismantling relationships, damaging physical and mental health.
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
'I quit to fight for my son': how the SEND crisis is wrecking women's careers
Four in 10 parents of children with special educational needs have stopped working, and mothers are hit the hardest
inews.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 3:41 PM
I wrote about the way the SEND crisis is quietly unpicking women's lives - destroying careers, dismantling relationships, damaging physical and mental health.
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
@emilyclarkebristol.bsky.social and @lisied.bsky.social hit the nail on the head here. Gender-based violence is sadly not going anywhere and more needs to be done 🙌
Violence against women and girls is a national emergency. We need to keep talking about it and we won’t stop until every woman and girl in Bristol and beyond can live their life free from the threat of violence and abuse. www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
'We need to keep talking about violence against women and girls'
November 25 is the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
www.bristol247.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:18 PM
@emilyclarkebristol.bsky.social and @lisied.bsky.social hit the nail on the head here. Gender-based violence is sadly not going anywhere and more needs to be done 🙌
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Sigh - classic fact free nonsense. ‘news’ story here totally fails to mention that Tory plans were for fines of £5k (later reduced to £3k) for each missed heat pump sale. What @Ed_Miliband has done is to reduce that to £500. Headline should read “Miliband slashes Tory boiler tax”
November 22, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Sigh - classic fact free nonsense. ‘news’ story here totally fails to mention that Tory plans were for fines of £5k (later reduced to £3k) for each missed heat pump sale. What @Ed_Miliband has done is to reduce that to £500. Headline should read “Miliband slashes Tory boiler tax”
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Some people cannot comprehend that the exodus from X is not 'liberal flight' but a lot of people deciding that the content on the platform - hate/extremism, disinformation, violent/nsfw content, low quality ads, lax responses to user reports, suppression of content - just can't be ignored any more.
November 14, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Some people cannot comprehend that the exodus from X is not 'liberal flight' but a lot of people deciding that the content on the platform - hate/extremism, disinformation, violent/nsfw content, low quality ads, lax responses to user reports, suppression of content - just can't be ignored any more.