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From @theguardian.com and @phillipinman.bsky.social - " #Councils are left to choose between raising taxes, selling assets, and cutting essential services" www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #LocalGovernment
Local authorities in England and Wales warn finances at ‘breaking point’
More councils expected to fall into bankruptcy in near future as they face nervous wait over government funding
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December 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
From @theguardian.com and @phillipinman.bsky.social - " #Councils are left to choose between raising taxes, selling assets, and cutting essential services" www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #LocalGovernment
From The Consultation Institute (tCI) - "token or rushed #consultation risks legal challenge and loss of public trust ...[here's] how to conduct defensible consultation under severe financial pressure": www.consultationinstitute.org/consultation... #CommunityEngagement #ConsultationLaw
Consultation under Section 114: Engaging Communities
How councils can run fair, defensible and inclusive public consultations on service cuts after issuing a Section 114 notice.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
From The Consultation Institute (tCI) - "token or rushed #consultation risks legal challenge and loss of public trust ...[here's] how to conduct defensible consultation under severe financial pressure": www.consultationinstitute.org/consultation... #CommunityEngagement #ConsultationLaw
From @chroniclelive.co.uk - #NewcastleUponTyne is a Marmot City, and we need to tackle these #health #inequalities: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/...
Warning as children in Newcastle don’t have life chances of those in London
Prof Sir Michael Marmot has called for change
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December 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
From @chroniclelive.co.uk - #NewcastleUponTyne is a Marmot City, and we need to tackle these #health #inequalities: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/...
From The Consultation Institute (tCI) - should we care about the abolition of #Police and #Crime Commissioners? "For over a decade PCCs gave a single, visible local leader answerable to the public on crime issues..." www.consultationinstitute.org/abolishing-p... #democracy
Abolishing Police and Crime Commissioners Democratic Deficit
Abolishing PCCs won’t fix the democratic gap—it risks deepening it. Reform the model, don’t remove the public’s only direct policing voice.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
From The Consultation Institute (tCI) - should we care about the abolition of #Police and #Crime Commissioners? "For over a decade PCCs gave a single, visible local leader answerable to the public on crime issues..." www.consultationinstitute.org/abolishing-p... #democracy
From @atlassian.bsky.social Forgotten all the useful stuff you learned in school? Bookmark this, problem solved: www.atlassian.com/blog/product... #maths #english
Everything you learned in school and forgot – all in one printable - Work Life by Atlassian
Consider the wisdom you might share with your 16-year-old self: there are other fish and a much larger sea, that...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
From @atlassian.bsky.social Forgotten all the useful stuff you learned in school? Bookmark this, problem solved: www.atlassian.com/blog/product... #maths #english
From @theguardian.com - do people really know what's planned for #LocalGovernment? "England has plans to axe unknown numbers of local councillors – some estimates put it at nearly 90%": www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #democracy
English democracy relies on local councillors. So why are so many facing the axe? | Polly Toynbee
Government plans to merge councils may not save money, and do nothing to solve the very real problems they face, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
From @theguardian.com - do people really know what's planned for #LocalGovernment? "England has plans to axe unknown numbers of local councillors – some estimates put it at nearly 90%": www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #democracy
From @newcastleuni.bsky.social and @peterhopkins.bsky.social - a powerful watch about tackling #Islamophobia: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5KL... #prejudice #equality
Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins, Newcastle University
YouTube video by INSIGHTS Public Lectures | Newcastle University
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November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
From @newcastleuni.bsky.social and @peterhopkins.bsky.social - a powerful watch about tackling #Islamophobia: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5KL... #prejudice #equality
From @local.gov.uk: " #Misinformation: false information shared without intent to mislead. #Disinformation: false information shared with the intent to deceive..." www.local.gov.uk/our-support/... #LocalGovernment
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November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
From @local.gov.uk: " #Misinformation: false information shared without intent to mislead. #Disinformation: false information shared with the intent to deceive..." www.local.gov.uk/our-support/... #LocalGovernment
From The #Consultation Institute (tCI) - relevant for all of us, not just #health services: " #LargeLanguageModels shorten the time it takes the public to read, analyse, and draft strong responses": www.consultationinstitute.org/eleven-force...
Eleven forces that will shape health consultations
Health bodies will be navigating the most challenging environment they have faced in a decade, with old and new challenges
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November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
From The #Consultation Institute (tCI) - relevant for all of us, not just #health services: " #LargeLanguageModels shorten the time it takes the public to read, analyse, and draft strong responses": www.consultationinstitute.org/eleven-force...
Some excellent work here from @nuffieldfoundation.org: " #YoungPeople want to live in a world that is kind, caring, strong on #community, not commercialisation, and that isn’t #DigitalFirst": www.nuffieldfoundation.org/research/our...
Deep Dive Workshop: Digital Lives - Nuffield Foundation
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November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Some excellent work here from @nuffieldfoundation.org: " #YoungPeople want to live in a world that is kind, caring, strong on #community, not commercialisation, and that isn’t #DigitalFirst": www.nuffieldfoundation.org/research/our...
At the @newcastleuni.bsky.social talk by Pam Smith, good to hear more about the Pride in #Place initiative:
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
At the @newcastleuni.bsky.social talk by Pam Smith, good to hear more about the Pride in #Place initiative:
From the #Consultation Institute - I love this comment: "If a #SingleParent working nights can’t meaningfully #engage, your process has a legal vulnerability": consultationinstitute.org/lived-experi...
Converting Lived Experience into Lawful Evidence
Turn lived experience into defensible evidence: plan fairly, code rigorously, protect privacy, link findings to decisions clearly.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
From the #Consultation Institute - I love this comment: "If a #SingleParent working nights can’t meaningfully #engage, your process has a legal vulnerability": consultationinstitute.org/lived-experi...
From The Consultation Institute (tCI): "A structured #coding frame is the bridge between raw #consultation text and the #evidence your decision-makers need to act confidently and defensibly": www.consultationinstitute.org/code-framing... #SurveyResearch #QualitativeData
Code framing for consultations: messy text to decisions
Sentiment-only coding (~72% support) stalls decisions. Capture reasons, mitigations and equalities—or expect delay and legal risk.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
From The Consultation Institute (tCI): "A structured #coding frame is the bridge between raw #consultation text and the #evidence your decision-makers need to act confidently and defensibly": www.consultationinstitute.org/code-framing... #SurveyResearch #QualitativeData
From @chroniclelive.co.uk and samuelevolpe.bsky.social - '£6.6bn "could be added to the economy if #MentalHealth was improved in the #NorthEastEngland"': www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/... #NorthSouthDivide #health
North-South health divide is 'getting worse' but solving it would be worth £18bn
Improving the health of people in the North East could be worth billions to the UK economy
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November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
From @chroniclelive.co.uk and samuelevolpe.bsky.social - '£6.6bn "could be added to the economy if #MentalHealth was improved in the #NorthEastEngland"': www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/... #NorthSouthDivide #health
From @mit.edu - "At their core, #DataVisualisations convey #information ...but how do you consume that information if you can’t see it?" news.mit.edu/2025/human-c...
A human-centered approach to data visualization
MIT Associate Professor Arvind Satyanarayan develops tools for data visualization that amplify creativity and promote human agency. His group’s work, which relies on collaboration and co-design, inclu...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
From @mit.edu - "At their core, #DataVisualisations convey #information ...but how do you consume that information if you can’t see it?" news.mit.edu/2025/human-c...
From datarevelations.com - some tips on #DataVisualisation: "The connected dot plot remains my “go to” for showing gaps among different demographic groups for virtually any type of #survey question": www.datarevelations.com/a-better-way... #charts #DotPlot
A better way to connect the dots - Data Revelations
A deep thanks to Ken Flerlage for helping me out with one of the tricky parts. The connected dot plot (aka, gap chart, dumbbell chart, and barbell chart) has become my “go to” for showing the differen...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
From datarevelations.com - some tips on #DataVisualisation: "The connected dot plot remains my “go to” for showing gaps among different demographic groups for virtually any type of #survey question": www.datarevelations.com/a-better-way... #charts #DotPlot
From The Consultation Institute (tCI) - "Consult after you’ve effectively decided, and you risk judicial review, expensive delays, and a collapse in public trust": www.consultationinstitute.org/consult-too-... #consultation #GunningPrinciples
Consult Too Late and its unlawful - the Gunning Principle
Consult too late and it’s unlawful. Keep your consultation formative with 3 checks to prove decisions aren’t pre-made
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November 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
From The Consultation Institute (tCI) - "Consult after you’ve effectively decided, and you risk judicial review, expensive delays, and a collapse in public trust": www.consultationinstitute.org/consult-too-... #consultation #GunningPrinciples
From @chroniclelive.co.uk - "Nearly half of unpaid #carers have to cut back on essentials such as food, heating, clothing and transport costs": www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e... #care #SocialCare
Commission urged to help forgotten carers with reforms to 'broken' system
Baroness Louise Casey, who is leading a commission on how to deliver Labour’s promised National Care Service, met with carers and support staff in Newcastle on Thursday
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November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
From @chroniclelive.co.uk - "Nearly half of unpaid #carers have to cut back on essentials such as food, heating, clothing and transport costs": www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e... #care #SocialCare
From @atlassian.bsky.social - how to effect #CultureChange: "People adopt a practice when they try it, it works (even a little), and they see someone they trust doing it for real": www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwor... #productivity
Avoiding the broadcast trap: A simple ritual for effective adoption - Work Life by Atlassian
Design company BUCK shares an approach to AI adoption that actually builds new muscle, rather than just going through the motions.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
From @atlassian.bsky.social - how to effect #CultureChange: "People adopt a practice when they try it, it works (even a little), and they see someone they trust doing it for real": www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwor... #productivity
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The remote Islands off the Northumberland coast are home one of the largest grey seals colonies with around 3,000 pups born each autumn
First seal pups spotted off Northumberland coast as annual survey launched
First seal pups spotted off Northumberland coast as annual survey launched
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November 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The remote Islands off the Northumberland coast are home one of the largest grey seals colonies with around 3,000 pups born each autumn
Is 'relationship #wealth' a thing? "Your personal relationships are the roots that keep your professional ones standing tall" www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/t... #PersonalEffectiveness
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November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Is 'relationship #wealth' a thing? "Your personal relationships are the roots that keep your professional ones standing tall" www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/t... #PersonalEffectiveness
From @n8research.bsky.social - catching up on the ' #Child of the North' campaign: www.n8research.org.uk/research-foc...
Child of the North 2024/25 Campaign - N8 Research Partnership
We are calling on the government, and everyone to put children first. Our report series and resources provides evidence-based plans and toolkits to improve outcomes for children and young people in th...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
From @n8research.bsky.social - catching up on the ' #Child of the North' campaign: www.n8research.org.uk/research-foc...
An interesting ethical question: "Can techniques designed to influence #behaviour align with the legal and ethical principles of proper public #consultation?" www.consultationinstitute.org/behaviour-ch...
Behaviour Change: Interventions in Public Consultation
Can behaviour change tools like COM-B boost engagement while staying true to Gunning and equality duties? Ethical, evidence-led.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
An interesting ethical question: "Can techniques designed to influence #behaviour align with the legal and ethical principles of proper public #consultation?" www.consultationinstitute.org/behaviour-ch...
From @theguardian.com "A 2024 study on the impact of #YouthClub closures in London found the average pupil did 4% worse in GCSE exams after the facilities shut": www.theguardian.com/environment/... #YoungPeople #YouthServices
‘I used to be a bit naughty’: Portsmouth defied funding cuts and saved its youth centres – here’s what happened
Two decades ago, Portsmouth city’s council chose to fund and prioritise playgrounds and youth clubs to help its poorer families – and the benefits are plain to see
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November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
From @theguardian.com "A 2024 study on the impact of #YouthClub closures in London found the average pupil did 4% worse in GCSE exams after the facilities shut": www.theguardian.com/environment/... #YoungPeople #YouthServices
From @theguardian.com and @journo-jess.bsky.social - a long and unhappy history of #austerity has led here: www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #housing
‘Similar pressure to London’: the housing crisis reaches Newcastle
In the north-east city, charity Crisis is having to buy its own housing stock to meet sharp rise in homelessness
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November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
From @theguardian.com and @journo-jess.bsky.social - a long and unhappy history of #austerity has led here: www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #housing