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I have this morning published my guide to AI (artificial intelligence) and how it might be used by someone who wishes to campaign for a better world in which we all might live. It's a free download. Give it a go.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I have this morning published my guide to AI (artificial intelligence) and how it might be used by someone who wishes to campaign for a better world in which we all might live. It's a free download. Give it a go.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
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Haunting words from Dr Susie who we spoke to earlier:
"A huge number are leaving. Conditions [in NZ/Oz] are better because their system isn't as crumbling as ours, but if they make a life there - why would they come back?"
Stand with your Resident Doctors. You'll miss them when they're gone.
"A huge number are leaving. Conditions [in NZ/Oz] are better because their system isn't as crumbling as ours, but if they make a life there - why would they come back?"
Stand with your Resident Doctors. You'll miss them when they're gone.
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Haunting words from Dr Susie who we spoke to earlier:
"A huge number are leaving. Conditions [in NZ/Oz] are better because their system isn't as crumbling as ours, but if they make a life there - why would they come back?"
Stand with your Resident Doctors. You'll miss them when they're gone.
"A huge number are leaving. Conditions [in NZ/Oz] are better because their system isn't as crumbling as ours, but if they make a life there - why would they come back?"
Stand with your Resident Doctors. You'll miss them when they're gone.
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Striking is our last resort, but with no credible offer on pay or jobs from the Government resident doctors in England have been left with no choice.
We continue our strike action until 6.59am on Wednesday 19 November.
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign... #PayRestoration #EndTrainingCrisis
We continue our strike action until 6.59am on Wednesday 19 November.
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign... #PayRestoration #EndTrainingCrisis
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Striking is our last resort, but with no credible offer on pay or jobs from the Government resident doctors in England have been left with no choice.
We continue our strike action until 6.59am on Wednesday 19 November.
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign... #PayRestoration #EndTrainingCrisis
We continue our strike action until 6.59am on Wednesday 19 November.
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign... #PayRestoration #EndTrainingCrisis
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Write to your MP here:
dauk.org/write-to-you...
dauk.org/write-to-you...
Write to your MP: 'If general practice fails, the NHS fails' | DAUK
Write to your MP to tell them: if general practice fails, the NHS fails. Don't let this happen on your watch
dauk.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Write to your MP here:
dauk.org/write-to-you...
dauk.org/write-to-you...
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Lives are being cut short by up to 16 years in the UK.
Cold, damp and mould are part of the problem.
This isn’t the solution.
For the real solutions – explore our campaign. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
Cold, damp and mould are part of the problem.
This isn’t the solution.
For the real solutions – explore our campaign. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Lives are being cut short by up to 16 years in the UK.
Cold, damp and mould are part of the problem.
This isn’t the solution.
For the real solutions – explore our campaign. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
Cold, damp and mould are part of the problem.
This isn’t the solution.
For the real solutions – explore our campaign. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
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Private Equity Curse.
PE firms taking millions in profits from care sector each yr, over a third are in tax havens
£256m profit in three England regions, £45m in dividends, £33.6m paid in interest mostly to affiliates in tax havens.
Less spent on care. Yet govts handing NHS to PE.
PE firms taking millions in profits from care sector each yr, over a third are in tax havens
£256m profit in three England regions, £45m in dividends, £33.6m paid in interest mostly to affiliates in tax havens.
Less spent on care. Yet govts handing NHS to PE.
Private equity firms taking millions in profits from care sector each year, new analysis reveals
Analysis finds private companies running care services took more than £250m in profits in just three English regions over the course of three years
neweconomics.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Private Equity Curse.
PE firms taking millions in profits from care sector each yr, over a third are in tax havens
£256m profit in three England regions, £45m in dividends, £33.6m paid in interest mostly to affiliates in tax havens.
Less spent on care. Yet govts handing NHS to PE.
PE firms taking millions in profits from care sector each yr, over a third are in tax havens
£256m profit in three England regions, £45m in dividends, £33.6m paid in interest mostly to affiliates in tax havens.
Less spent on care. Yet govts handing NHS to PE.
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Can you see the problem 🤷🏻♂️
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Can you see the problem 🤷🏻♂️
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
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Support the Phlebotomists - on strike for 236 days - the longest strike in NHS history.
All they're asking for is the right pay for the job. Other Trusts have stepped up, time for Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust to do the right thing.
Rally today Shire Hall, Gloucester GL1 2TG ✊💜
All they're asking for is the right pay for the job. Other Trusts have stepped up, time for Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust to do the right thing.
Rally today Shire Hall, Gloucester GL1 2TG ✊💜
"Is this dispute not getting either the profile or support it deserves because we are talking mainly about women workers?"
Roger McKenzie on @unison.org.uk strike by NHS phlebotomists. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stri... #UnionsForWomen
Roger McKenzie on @unison.org.uk strike by NHS phlebotomists. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stri... #UnionsForWomen
Strikes led by women deserve universal support
PHLEBOTOMISTS at Gloucestershire Hospitals have been on strike since March 17. As of this week, at more than 200 days, that makes it the longest strike in NHS history.Not that you would really know fr...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Support the Phlebotomists - on strike for 236 days - the longest strike in NHS history.
All they're asking for is the right pay for the job. Other Trusts have stepped up, time for Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust to do the right thing.
Rally today Shire Hall, Gloucester GL1 2TG ✊💜
All they're asking for is the right pay for the job. Other Trusts have stepped up, time for Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust to do the right thing.
Rally today Shire Hall, Gloucester GL1 2TG ✊💜
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Voters want both: homes built and wildlife protected.
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
Help stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill tearing up nature protections
I've just emailed my MP and asked them to vote to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Voters want both: homes built and wildlife protected.
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
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I find the glee here about making thousands of hard working NHS staff redundant - and simultaneously therefore ensuring that clinical staff's workloads are increased even further with administration tasks they didn't sign up for - both tone deaf and distasteful.
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I find the glee here about making thousands of hard working NHS staff redundant - and simultaneously therefore ensuring that clinical staff's workloads are increased even further with administration tasks they didn't sign up for - both tone deaf and distasteful.
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“As Palantir has expanded its influence over the UK public sector, critics have pointed to the company’s more morally ambiguous work as evidence that it is unsuitable as a government partner,” writes Mark Wilding from @libertyhq.bsky.social Investigates.
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
“As Palantir has expanded its influence over the UK public sector, critics have pointed to the company’s more morally ambiguous work as evidence that it is unsuitable as a government partner,” writes Mark Wilding from @libertyhq.bsky.social Investigates.
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NEW: £250m+ has been taken as profit over 3yrs, by private companies running social care services in 3 English regions. By:
⛴️ Private equity firms
🏝️ Orgs based in tax havens
Read our new #RORE report (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) in today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
⛴️ Private equity firms
🏝️ Orgs based in tax havens
Read our new #RORE report (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) in today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
NEW: £250m+ has been taken as profit over 3yrs, by private companies running social care services in 3 English regions. By:
⛴️ Private equity firms
🏝️ Orgs based in tax havens
Read our new #RORE report (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) in today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
⛴️ Private equity firms
🏝️ Orgs based in tax havens
Read our new #RORE report (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) in today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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18,000 NHS admin staff, managers to be made redundant.
Treasury gives £1bn to cover redundancy cost, rest from the NHS budget.
Which NHS services will be cut or privatised? No assessment of social cost.
Part of the Streeting plan to appease corporations, become the next Labour leader.
Treasury gives £1bn to cover redundancy cost, rest from the NHS budget.
Which NHS services will be cut or privatised? No assessment of social cost.
Part of the Streeting plan to appease corporations, become the next Labour leader.
Thousands of NHS staff to be made redundant after funding agreed
The government says the jobs will go in order to slash "unnecessary bureaucracy" and ensure taxpayers' money is being "spent wisely".
news.sky.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 AM
18,000 NHS admin staff, managers to be made redundant.
Treasury gives £1bn to cover redundancy cost, rest from the NHS budget.
Which NHS services will be cut or privatised? No assessment of social cost.
Part of the Streeting plan to appease corporations, become the next Labour leader.
Treasury gives £1bn to cover redundancy cost, rest from the NHS budget.
Which NHS services will be cut or privatised? No assessment of social cost.
Part of the Streeting plan to appease corporations, become the next Labour leader.
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How many times? The privatisation of social care has been an abject failure. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
How many times? The privatisation of social care has been an abject failure. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The Rule of Law and enriching the rich.
For £60bn private sector investment in public assets, UK govts paying £306bn + billions in servicing traps.
Govt has revived PFI, calls it Public Private Partnership (PPP) and will apply it to the NHS. Billions will be drained from public purse.
For £60bn private sector investment in public assets, UK govts paying £306bn + billions in servicing traps.
Govt has revived PFI, calls it Public Private Partnership (PPP) and will apply it to the NHS. Billions will be drained from public purse.
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
leftfootforward.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The Rule of Law and enriching the rich.
For £60bn private sector investment in public assets, UK govts paying £306bn + billions in servicing traps.
Govt has revived PFI, calls it Public Private Partnership (PPP) and will apply it to the NHS. Billions will be drained from public purse.
For £60bn private sector investment in public assets, UK govts paying £306bn + billions in servicing traps.
Govt has revived PFI, calls it Public Private Partnership (PPP) and will apply it to the NHS. Billions will be drained from public purse.
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NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
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Important umbrella review showed NO link between Tylenol use in pregnancy and autism. Notably this review also graded how reliable the studies were and highlighted a low level of confidence in the studies RFK used as confounding factors were not considered🧪
Tylenol use in pregnancy not tied to autism, ADHD, review shows
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Important umbrella review showed NO link between Tylenol use in pregnancy and autism. Notably this review also graded how reliable the studies were and highlighted a low level of confidence in the studies RFK used as confounding factors were not considered🧪
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It’s often hard to get your MP to understand specific GP problems and influence decisions
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It’s often hard to get your MP to understand specific GP problems and influence decisions
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
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Our President, Dr Ian Higginson, responds to the findings of the corridor care report published by the APPG on Emergency Care, complied by RCEM.
Read his full response here: rcem.ac.uk/press-releas...
Read his full response here: rcem.ac.uk/press-releas...
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Our President, Dr Ian Higginson, responds to the findings of the corridor care report published by the APPG on Emergency Care, complied by RCEM.
Read his full response here: rcem.ac.uk/press-releas...
Read his full response here: rcem.ac.uk/press-releas...
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As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end-of-life care crisis | Rachel Clarke
As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end-of-life care crisis | Rachel Clarke
While the government debates assisted dying, palliative care is an afterthought. And many more people face death without the care and support they need, says Rachel Clarke
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end-of-life care crisis | Rachel Clarke
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The first report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Emergency Care has revealed the scale of corridor care in England, and the harrowing impact it has on patients.
The report, built on research compiled by RCEM through data, surveys and patient testimony, is here: rcem.ac.uk/press-rel...
The report, built on research compiled by RCEM through data, surveys and patient testimony, is here: rcem.ac.uk/press-rel...
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The first report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Emergency Care has revealed the scale of corridor care in England, and the harrowing impact it has on patients.
The report, built on research compiled by RCEM through data, surveys and patient testimony, is here: rcem.ac.uk/press-rel...
The report, built on research compiled by RCEM through data, surveys and patient testimony, is here: rcem.ac.uk/press-rel...
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NHS staff on the frontline are being forced to plug gaps in services that should be filled by skilled managers and admin staff, according to a new report
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
NHS frontline staff forced to ‘plug gaps that should be ‘filled by managers’
Skilled clinical professionals are spending hours each week ‘chasing paperwork, managing rotas or navigating broke administrative systems’ says a new report
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
NHS staff on the frontline are being forced to plug gaps in services that should be filled by skilled managers and admin staff, according to a new report
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...