A legal challenge will be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice later TODAY about the role of physician associates (PA) in the NHS

youtu.be/g5cK-D24oZA?...

Today's Poll: Would you prefer the UK was closer to the US or the EU in international relations and trade terms? Which is closest to your view.

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zDXaNd/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">I'm under 40: EU
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zDXaNd/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">I'm under 40: US
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zDXaNd/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">I'm 40+: EU
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zDXaNd/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">I'm 40+: US

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WARNING: Have you started to notice "pay by bank app" options at online check-outs. If so it's quicke & easier but be aware there's LITTLE PROTECTION

It's on the likes of Just Eat & Ryanair. You don't give card details, just pick ur bank, and log into the app (via biometrics) then its done. /contd

A new study has laid bare the "stark" pay differences across the UK, revealing that average annual salaries in the South East are £12,800 more – and in London nearly £20,000 higher – compared to the lowest-paid areas like Burnley, Huddersfield and Middlesbrough.

Dear BlueSkyers. Sadly I'm getting many reports of scammers pretending to be me here, incl messaging people with 'investments' . Pls share/help me spread word that, as you know, THIS IS MY ONLY BLUE SKY account (proved as my handle is an official MoneySavingExpert one). All others are scams

Energy price rises are due to regulation that favours companies, not people youtu.be/ECTGhvVpsQc?... The UK has the highest domestic energy prices in Europe, and it’s all down to poor regulation, political dogma, and the fact that we haven’t got nationalised energy companies.

'Unprotected’ departments are set for cuts of £8 billion a year after 2025-26.

@jamessmithrf.bsky.social and @tom-clark.bsky.social assess what's at stake in next year's Spending Review, and why the Government need to find a good news story to tell⤵️

https://buff.ly/4iv3xCL

Birmingham families are turning off the heating, shopping at a different supermarket every week and using free bus rides in a bid to try and afford Christmas - powerful writing klaxon
#Brumwish
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

Unelected officials in the House of Lords are claiming huge allowances whilst not turning up to debates and votes. Tell the Government to ban these shirkers from the House of Lords! act.38degrees.org.uk/act/hol-shir...

Since 2017, arts funding from national bodies, including for drama, has been cut by 16% in real terms across the UK.

In 2024, 41% of schools no longer enter any pupils for Drama GCSE.

Shelter condemns ‘shocking’ 14% rise in homelessness across England

Charity says soaring private rents, rising evictions and lack of affordable social housing are to blame

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Cost of buying average home in England now unaffordable, warns ONS

“The polls are saying it, the governor of the Bank of England is saying it. And when immigration levels are four times higher now than when we were in the EU, the issue that served as the Brexiters’ trump card lies in shreds”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Gov’t has acknowledged a safety issue with the employment of physician associates & has ordered a review of their role in the NHS

If you are not yet with the issues involved watch my last report

Gov’t now needs to say how NHS will keep patients safe during this review
youtu.be/zgBrrMmx4yg?...

🚨SCOOP: Tory government spent £450m subsiding bills at South West Water - while its owners paid out £1.5 BILLION+ to shareholders

Great to see @lucasamin.bsky.social 's scoop in Democracy for Sale (and the Mirror) also in Politico morning playbook

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-g...

THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!

Severn Trent announces profits worth millions as it seeks to increase the cost of bills for customers

the supplier to eight million people in Wales & the Midlands, booked £297.8m in pre-tax profit, £42.7m more than a year earlier

news.sky.com/story/severn...

BREAKING: Water regulator Ofwat announces it will block three water companies from using customers money to pay £1.5m in bonuses👏

If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.

If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

UK deprivation levels have risen to the highest in the 21st century, according to a landmark report. More than one in three children are now in poverty and a quarter of adults.

It is a scandal - but so is the pretence that any of this is normal. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

This should be treated as a national scandal. More than 1 in 3 children are now living in poverty in the UK as deprivation levels rise to the highest in the 21st century.

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...