Jonnytench
@jonnytench.bsky.social
Economi llesiant a pholisi bwyd. Wellbeing economy, food policy at Future Generations Commissioner for Wales team 🏴. Not cool enough to be an early adopter but we are where we are. Views mine. Siarad Cymraeg.
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2.7m workers will benefit when the national minimum wage goes up to £12.71 in April 😍
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
2.7m workers will benefit when the national minimum wage goes up to £12.71 in April 😍
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Massive Caerphilly by-election poll!
Survation/Camlas poll makes it a two horse race:
Reform 41.61%
PC 38.29%
Lab 12.37%
Con 3.65%
LD 1.35%
Green 2.72%
Labour previously had an 18 point majority here and 46% of the vote.
The Tory vote has collapsed. 70% of their voters now going to Reform.
Survation/Camlas poll makes it a two horse race:
Reform 41.61%
PC 38.29%
Lab 12.37%
Con 3.65%
LD 1.35%
Green 2.72%
Labour previously had an 18 point majority here and 46% of the vote.
The Tory vote has collapsed. 70% of their voters now going to Reform.
October 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Massive Caerphilly by-election poll!
Survation/Camlas poll makes it a two horse race:
Reform 41.61%
PC 38.29%
Lab 12.37%
Con 3.65%
LD 1.35%
Green 2.72%
Labour previously had an 18 point majority here and 46% of the vote.
The Tory vote has collapsed. 70% of their voters now going to Reform.
Survation/Camlas poll makes it a two horse race:
Reform 41.61%
PC 38.29%
Lab 12.37%
Con 3.65%
LD 1.35%
Green 2.72%
Labour previously had an 18 point majority here and 46% of the vote.
The Tory vote has collapsed. 70% of their voters now going to Reform.
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Our latest pod 'Why do we have a new Senedd voting system that no-one wanted?' is now on all the podcast feeds, where @lauramcallister30.bsky.social, Lauren McEvatt and Lee Waters MS discuss the new voting system for #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru
Also on YouTube! 👇
youtu.be/91MyTLRa0iE
Also on YouTube! 👇
youtu.be/91MyTLRa0iE
Why do we have a new Senedd voting system that no-one wanted?
YouTube video by Welsh Politics Pod
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Our latest pod 'Why do we have a new Senedd voting system that no-one wanted?' is now on all the podcast feeds, where @lauramcallister30.bsky.social, Lauren McEvatt and Lee Waters MS discuss the new voting system for #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru
Also on YouTube! 👇
youtu.be/91MyTLRa0iE
Also on YouTube! 👇
youtu.be/91MyTLRa0iE
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[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that
September 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that
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🥰 Good News Friday! RSPB Newport Wetlands is home to Wales’ only breeding colony of Avocet, the bird on our logo - and this year we’ve got a fantastic 13 Avocet chicks! Da iawn to all the dedicated staff and volunteers at RSPB Newport Wetlands!
📸 : Ben Andrew
📸 : Ben Andrew
June 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🥰 Good News Friday! RSPB Newport Wetlands is home to Wales’ only breeding colony of Avocet, the bird on our logo - and this year we’ve got a fantastic 13 Avocet chicks! Da iawn to all the dedicated staff and volunteers at RSPB Newport Wetlands!
📸 : Ben Andrew
📸 : Ben Andrew
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The stereotype of a valleys authority is one where there is a lack of employment opportunities, but the latest figures demonstrate employment levels in Caerphilly County Borough are higher than the Welsh average ✍️James Pritchard, Caerphilly County Borough Council
We have a target to support over 1,000 people with more secure employment. This is how we’re doing it.
James Pritchard, Deputy Leader Caerphilly County Borough Council The role to which a Council can take to support people into employment, should not be underestimated. Whilst a Council can does not pro...
nation.cymru
June 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The stereotype of a valleys authority is one where there is a lack of employment opportunities, but the latest figures demonstrate employment levels in Caerphilly County Borough are higher than the Welsh average ✍️James Pritchard, Caerphilly County Borough Council
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5/ Markets need both supply 𝐚𝐧𝐝 demand. The UK government has historically focused on market architecture, which is great, but without policy to drive business investment, these markets risk failing before they start so this call for evidence is really welcome.
Learn more in our briefing ⤵️
Learn more in our briefing ⤵️
How to increase private investment in nature » Green Alliance
In this briefing, we set out options to drive more private finance into nature
green-alliance.org.uk
June 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
5/ Markets need both supply 𝐚𝐧𝐝 demand. The UK government has historically focused on market architecture, which is great, but without policy to drive business investment, these markets risk failing before they start so this call for evidence is really welcome.
Learn more in our briefing ⤵️
Learn more in our briefing ⤵️
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📢 Excellent news: Defra has launched a call for evidence on expanding the role of the private sector in nature recovery.
We’ve been advocating for progress here alongside others. A thread on why this matters and what's next.
🧵 /5
We’ve been advocating for progress here alongside others. A thread on why this matters and what's next.
🧵 /5
June 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
📢 Excellent news: Defra has launched a call for evidence on expanding the role of the private sector in nature recovery.
We’ve been advocating for progress here alongside others. A thread on why this matters and what's next.
🧵 /5
We’ve been advocating for progress here alongside others. A thread on why this matters and what's next.
🧵 /5
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@jaclarner.bsky.social from the Welsh Election Study: “Looking at the areas now voting Reform, they’re the same areas that always voted Labour, and it’s very easy to just make the logical mistake to assume it’s the same people doing it. That isn’t what we see” #Senedd26
www.ft.com/content/668f...
www.ft.com/content/668f...
Reform UK and Plaid Cymru vie for gains in Labour stronghold of Wales
Plummeting support for Keir Starmer’s party points to impact of some policies that have proven highly unpopular
www.ft.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
@jaclarner.bsky.social from the Welsh Election Study: “Looking at the areas now voting Reform, they’re the same areas that always voted Labour, and it’s very easy to just make the logical mistake to assume it’s the same people doing it. That isn’t what we see” #Senedd26
www.ft.com/content/668f...
www.ft.com/content/668f...
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Was also quite pleased with this intro: Blackpool, Cardiff, Teesside, Kirkcaldy: Rachel Reeves’s spending review speech was peppered with more regional shout-outs than a drive-time radio show.
June 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Was also quite pleased with this intro: Blackpool, Cardiff, Teesside, Kirkcaldy: Rachel Reeves’s spending review speech was peppered with more regional shout-outs than a drive-time radio show.
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We're pleased to see Welsh Gov finally introduce the Environment (Principles, Governance & Biodiversity Targets) Bill to the Senedd today. Bring on a Nature Positive Wales! business.senedd.wales/mgIssueHisto...
Here's our response, below + in more detail here: waleslink.org/wp-content/u...
Here's our response, below + in more detail here: waleslink.org/wp-content/u...
June 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We're pleased to see Welsh Gov finally introduce the Environment (Principles, Governance & Biodiversity Targets) Bill to the Senedd today. Bring on a Nature Positive Wales! business.senedd.wales/mgIssueHisto...
Here's our response, below + in more detail here: waleslink.org/wp-content/u...
Here's our response, below + in more detail here: waleslink.org/wp-content/u...
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Did you know:
UK eats twice as much meat as the global average
Third of meat children eat is processed despite health risks
Young men (19-40) eat largest amount of processed meat
Big report out today by @foodfoundation.bsky.social
UK eats twice as much meat as the global average
Third of meat children eat is processed despite health risks
Young men (19-40) eat largest amount of processed meat
Big report out today by @foodfoundation.bsky.social
📢 Our latest report finds 36% of meat eaten by children is processed - despite the health warnings.
We'd love schools, restaurants and fast-food outlets to start offering more plant-rich options for families.
Read Meat Facts: ➡️ tinyurl.com/399n2589
We'd love schools, restaurants and fast-food outlets to start offering more plant-rich options for families.
Read Meat Facts: ➡️ tinyurl.com/399n2589
May 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Did you know:
UK eats twice as much meat as the global average
Third of meat children eat is processed despite health risks
Young men (19-40) eat largest amount of processed meat
Big report out today by @foodfoundation.bsky.social
UK eats twice as much meat as the global average
Third of meat children eat is processed despite health risks
Young men (19-40) eat largest amount of processed meat
Big report out today by @foodfoundation.bsky.social
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❌ Yet again we see a government caving to industry pressure by delaying advertising restrictions on junk food!
Policymakers know the power of marketing - and unless we protect our children and shift the balance we're going to stay in a cycle of poor diets/health outcomes.
🔗 bit.ly/3PR0Gal
#HFSS
Policymakers know the power of marketing - and unless we protect our children and shift the balance we're going to stay in a cycle of poor diets/health outcomes.
🔗 bit.ly/3PR0Gal
#HFSS
May 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
❌ Yet again we see a government caving to industry pressure by delaying advertising restrictions on junk food!
Policymakers know the power of marketing - and unless we protect our children and shift the balance we're going to stay in a cycle of poor diets/health outcomes.
🔗 bit.ly/3PR0Gal
#HFSS
Policymakers know the power of marketing - and unless we protect our children and shift the balance we're going to stay in a cycle of poor diets/health outcomes.
🔗 bit.ly/3PR0Gal
#HFSS
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Despite world leaders’ pledge to end deforestation by 2030, tropical forest loss reached record highs in 2024.
Fires were the main cause, overtaking land clearances from agriculture for the first time on record.
See more from my colleagues’ analysis here: 🧪
Fires were the main cause, overtaking land clearances from agriculture for the first time on record.
See more from my colleagues’ analysis here: 🧪
Fires cause record loss of tropical forests in climate threat
Tropical forests provide a buffer against climate change, but disappeared faster than ever recorded last year.
www.bbc.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Despite world leaders’ pledge to end deforestation by 2030, tropical forest loss reached record highs in 2024.
Fires were the main cause, overtaking land clearances from agriculture for the first time on record.
See more from my colleagues’ analysis here: 🧪
Fires were the main cause, overtaking land clearances from agriculture for the first time on record.
See more from my colleagues’ analysis here: 🧪
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New weight loss drugs “are not a panacea for the obesity crisis that has engulfed the nation,” writes David Kessler, a former F.D.A. commissioner. “But their effectiveness underscores the fact that being overweight or obese was never the result of a lack of willpower.”
Opinion | In a World of Addictive Foods, We Need New Weight-Loss Drugs
We may now be at the brink of reclaiming our health.
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
New weight loss drugs “are not a panacea for the obesity crisis that has engulfed the nation,” writes David Kessler, a former F.D.A. commissioner. “But their effectiveness underscores the fact that being overweight or obese was never the result of a lack of willpower.”
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With the right planning and with significant investment in infrastructure, around 25% of all veg in schools across Wales could be Welsh organic by 2030.
▶️ Read new report by @foodsensewales.bsky.social on #WelshVegInSchools
www.sustainweb.org/news/apr25-w...
▶️ Read new report by @foodsensewales.bsky.social on #WelshVegInSchools
www.sustainweb.org/news/apr25-w...
Tonnes of Change: Welsh Veg in Schools publish latest report | Sustain
With the right planning and with significant investment in infrastructure, around 25% of all veg in schools across Wales could be Welsh organic by 2030.
www.sustainweb.org
April 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
With the right planning and with significant investment in infrastructure, around 25% of all veg in schools across Wales could be Welsh organic by 2030.
▶️ Read new report by @foodsensewales.bsky.social on #WelshVegInSchools
www.sustainweb.org/news/apr25-w...
▶️ Read new report by @foodsensewales.bsky.social on #WelshVegInSchools
www.sustainweb.org/news/apr25-w...
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👀 Yn lansio ar 29 Ebrill..
Adroddiad Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol 2025 – yn dod ar-lein ac yn ein Uwchgynhadledd Weithredu* i helpu arweinwyr i wneud bywyd yn well i bobl a’r blaned nawr ac yn y dyfodol.
*Galwadau i weithredu Comisiynydd yn gynwysedig.Heb ei wneud gan ddefnyddio AI. #llesdyfodol10
Adroddiad Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol 2025 – yn dod ar-lein ac yn ein Uwchgynhadledd Weithredu* i helpu arweinwyr i wneud bywyd yn well i bobl a’r blaned nawr ac yn y dyfodol.
*Galwadau i weithredu Comisiynydd yn gynwysedig.Heb ei wneud gan ddefnyddio AI. #llesdyfodol10
April 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
👀 Yn lansio ar 29 Ebrill..
Adroddiad Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol 2025 – yn dod ar-lein ac yn ein Uwchgynhadledd Weithredu* i helpu arweinwyr i wneud bywyd yn well i bobl a’r blaned nawr ac yn y dyfodol.
*Galwadau i weithredu Comisiynydd yn gynwysedig.Heb ei wneud gan ddefnyddio AI. #llesdyfodol10
Adroddiad Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol 2025 – yn dod ar-lein ac yn ein Uwchgynhadledd Weithredu* i helpu arweinwyr i wneud bywyd yn well i bobl a’r blaned nawr ac yn y dyfodol.
*Galwadau i weithredu Comisiynydd yn gynwysedig.Heb ei wneud gan ddefnyddio AI. #llesdyfodol10
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📝 Dear DEFRA: Where's the public food sector?
In a guest blog for FFCC, Prof Kevin Morgan asks why the public food sector has so often been overlooked when it comes to government advisory bodies – including Defra's upcoming Food Strategy.
Read 👉 ffcc.co.uk/conversation...
In a guest blog for FFCC, Prof Kevin Morgan asks why the public food sector has so often been overlooked when it comes to government advisory bodies – including Defra's upcoming Food Strategy.
Read 👉 ffcc.co.uk/conversation...
Dear DEFRA: Where's the public food sector?
Professor Kevin Morgan on why public sector leaders must have a seat at the table.
ffcc.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
📝 Dear DEFRA: Where's the public food sector?
In a guest blog for FFCC, Prof Kevin Morgan asks why the public food sector has so often been overlooked when it comes to government advisory bodies – including Defra's upcoming Food Strategy.
Read 👉 ffcc.co.uk/conversation...
In a guest blog for FFCC, Prof Kevin Morgan asks why the public food sector has so often been overlooked when it comes to government advisory bodies – including Defra's upcoming Food Strategy.
Read 👉 ffcc.co.uk/conversation...
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Much of England & Wales had the driest March for over 60 years, with less than 1mm being recorded for the entire month. April is now predicted to have little significant rainfall. It's the main planting season for crops... we need to start talking seriously about #FoodSecurity & reducing #FoodWaste.
April 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Much of England & Wales had the driest March for over 60 years, with less than 1mm being recorded for the entire month. April is now predicted to have little significant rainfall. It's the main planting season for crops... we need to start talking seriously about #FoodSecurity & reducing #FoodWaste.
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What is chickens dirty secret? Just 3% of the meat bought in Britain is free-range. So what can we do to buy a happy chicken?
🎙 The Story podcast
🔗 pod.fo/e/2c4f2e
🎙 The Story podcast
🔗 pod.fo/e/2c4f2e
The Story: How to buy a happy chicken
Britain’s obsessed with chicken - we eat more than a billion birds a year. And to (literally) feed our hunger, many farmers have turned to fast-growing birds. But now, a new initiative is persuad...
pod.fo
April 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
What is chickens dirty secret? Just 3% of the meat bought in Britain is free-range. So what can we do to buy a happy chicken?
🎙 The Story podcast
🔗 pod.fo/e/2c4f2e
🎙 The Story podcast
🔗 pod.fo/e/2c4f2e
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New evidence by @bmj.com shows industry lobbying blocking local efforts to stop harmful food advertising.
▶️ Fran Bernhardt, Sustain's Commercial Determinants Coordinator comments, who also took part in the research, comments. www.sustainweb.org/news/apr25-l...
▶️ Fran Bernhardt, Sustain's Commercial Determinants Coordinator comments, who also took part in the research, comments. www.sustainweb.org/news/apr25-l...
New evidence shows industry lobbying blocking local efforts to stop harmful food advertising | Sustain
New research published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) reveals the advertising industry is blocking healthy food advertising policies at a local level, as Sustain argues UK government needs to ba...
www.sustainweb.org
April 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
New evidence by @bmj.com shows industry lobbying blocking local efforts to stop harmful food advertising.
▶️ Fran Bernhardt, Sustain's Commercial Determinants Coordinator comments, who also took part in the research, comments. www.sustainweb.org/news/apr25-l...
▶️ Fran Bernhardt, Sustain's Commercial Determinants Coordinator comments, who also took part in the research, comments. www.sustainweb.org/news/apr25-l...
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Today I did an interview which comes out in a couple of days with explosive info on inequality in Wales.
Watch this space!
The running pic is just for lols… I never give up on an issue I care about
Watch this space!
The running pic is just for lols… I never give up on an issue I care about
April 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Today I did an interview which comes out in a couple of days with explosive info on inequality in Wales.
Watch this space!
The running pic is just for lols… I never give up on an issue I care about
Watch this space!
The running pic is just for lols… I never give up on an issue I care about
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We've failed to do what's needed, so it's important that, going forward, we stop trying. www.cfr.org/article/our-...
Our Approach to Climate Policy Has Failed. It’s Time for Climate Realism
U.S. policymakers need a new strategy to confront the risks of climate change, compete in the global energy transition, and stay the course regardless of which political party is in power. A doctrine…
www.cfr.org
April 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We've failed to do what's needed, so it's important that, going forward, we stop trying. www.cfr.org/article/our-...
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An event at the Senedd in Cardiff this week highlighted how streets that are better for walking can boost local businesses in Wales
Living Streets: Event highlights benefits of pedestrianised high streets
An event at the Senedd in Cardiff this week highlighted how streets that are better for walking can boost local businesses in Wales. Data from Living Streets’ updated Pedestrian Pound report shows tha...
nation.cymru
April 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
An event at the Senedd in Cardiff this week highlighted how streets that are better for walking can boost local businesses in Wales
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Sustain finds London councils taking strategic approach to improving food choices in the capital
New report ▶️ www.sustainweb.org/news/mar25-l...
New report ▶️ www.sustainweb.org/news/mar25-l...
March 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Sustain finds London councils taking strategic approach to improving food choices in the capital
New report ▶️ www.sustainweb.org/news/mar25-l...
New report ▶️ www.sustainweb.org/news/mar25-l...