Patrick Hughes
@salientwork.bsky.social
Employment; delivery of excellent public services; public transport; blues, world music and jazz; West Ham
Everybody active. All working together. No one left behind.
Everybody active. All working together. No one left behind.
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Another small but important step forward though we need to see coherence across the new initiatives and programmes in this space.
Another small but important step forward though we need to see coherence across the new initiatives and programmes in this space.
Government support to unlock work for sick and disabled people | Public Sector Executive
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March 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Another small but important step forward though we need to see coherence across the new initiatives and programmes in this space.
Another small but important step forward though we need to see coherence across the new initiatives and programmes in this space.
Piece on DWP spending debate with HMT. Kendall quite right to go with employment support as counterweight. Work Choice an interesting option. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Work and pensions secretary battles Treasury over £5bn welfare cuts
Liz Kendall wants to expand back-to-work programmes, while the Treasury is keen on using the extra money to avoid more tax rises
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February 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Piece on DWP spending debate with HMT. Kendall quite right to go with employment support as counterweight. Work Choice an interesting option. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Great piece on Victor Havel and his response to imprisonment prior to the Velvet Revolution
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Virginia Woolf on living against time, Vaclav Havel on turning suffering into strength, and a lighthouse for these dark time
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February 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Great piece on Victor Havel and his response to imprisonment prior to the Velvet Revolution
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Pity the middle-sized nations of the world on.ft.com/3C2E7MA
Always helps if you add the link…
Always helps if you add the link…
Pity the middle-sized nations of the world
Small countries have the best outcomes, while the few giants shape the globe
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January 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Pity the middle-sized nations of the world on.ft.com/3C2E7MA
Always helps if you add the link…
Always helps if you add the link…
Pity the middle-sized nations of the world
Well worth a read in its own terms but also for parallels with issues close to home. As in, small scale agility bodes well; and big fortresses power on through. In between is the place of uncertainty for organisations that seek to deliver well.
Well worth a read in its own terms but also for parallels with issues close to home. As in, small scale agility bodes well; and big fortresses power on through. In between is the place of uncertainty for organisations that seek to deliver well.
January 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Pity the middle-sized nations of the world
Well worth a read in its own terms but also for parallels with issues close to home. As in, small scale agility bodes well; and big fortresses power on through. In between is the place of uncertainty for organisations that seek to deliver well.
Well worth a read in its own terms but also for parallels with issues close to home. As in, small scale agility bodes well; and big fortresses power on through. In between is the place of uncertainty for organisations that seek to deliver well.
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A big shift for DWP people after some 40 years as sole Caxton House tenants. Might presage rather closer working with DfE. Though co-location always requires relationship change….
A big shift for DWP people after some 40 years as sole Caxton House tenants. Might presage rather closer working with DfE. Though co-location always requires relationship change….
DWP HQ Caxton House set to close next year
Government Property Agency also says 102 Petty France exit is lined up for 2028
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January 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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A big shift for DWP people after some 40 years as sole Caxton House tenants. Might presage rather closer working with DfE. Though co-location always requires relationship change….
A big shift for DWP people after some 40 years as sole Caxton House tenants. Might presage rather closer working with DfE. Though co-location always requires relationship change….
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This will resonate with anyone with Welsh family heritage I’m thinking. With slag heaps and flooding at the forefront of the mind.
This will resonate with anyone with Welsh family heritage I’m thinking. With slag heaps and flooding at the forefront of the mind.
The most infuriating thing isn’t that Wales is treated as a non-country – it’s that we accept it | Will Hayward
From the the Barnett formula to the humiliation of having an English ‘Prince of Wales’, you’d never catch Scotland allowing this treatment, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
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December 8, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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This will resonate with anyone with Welsh family heritage I’m thinking. With slag heaps and flooding at the forefront of the mind.
This will resonate with anyone with Welsh family heritage I’m thinking. With slag heaps and flooding at the forefront of the mind.
Apologies @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social should have tagged you.
I should have added that J B-M is entirely right about the “waterbed” problem in the welfare system. Bearing down on one bit drives up another bit of the system as recipients look for the simplest way to solve their personal/family poverty problem
December 7, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Apologies @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social should have tagged you.
Reposted by Patrick Hughes
This is fascinating - make sure to read the whole thread!
Does HS2 have a future?
And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?
And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?
December 7, 2024 at 11:07 AM
This is fascinating - make sure to read the whole thread!
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Ireland is the “Home Member State” for Israeli bonds in the EU. Israel chooses which state it designates (was UK until Brexit). Once chosen, CBoI is the competent authority that has to check their bond prospectuses comply with rules (“approve them”).
www.centralbank.ie/regulation/i...
www.centralbank.ie/regulation/i...
Prospectus Regulation | Central Bank of Ireland
Page provides an outlined of the Central Bank’s obligations under the provisions of the Prospectus Regulations
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December 7, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Ireland is the “Home Member State” for Israeli bonds in the EU. Israel chooses which state it designates (was UK until Brexit). Once chosen, CBoI is the competent authority that has to check their bond prospectuses comply with rules (“approve them”).
www.centralbank.ie/regulation/i...
www.centralbank.ie/regulation/i...
Respected analyst goes slightly against the grain here. Do we really have an inactivity problem? Maybe not as much as we think. But we certainly have a worklessness & poverty challenge.
What if the UK isn’t actually the sick man of Europe? on.ft.com/3ZEPMu3
What if the UK isn’t actually the sick man of Europe?
Britain’s illness-related inactivity crisis looks increasingly like a mirage
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December 7, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Respected analyst goes slightly against the grain here. Do we really have an inactivity problem? Maybe not as much as we think. But we certainly have a worklessness & poverty challenge.
What if the UK isn’t actually the sick man of Europe? on.ft.com/3ZEPMu3
An important foreshadowing of the forthcoming White Paper. This coming week I believe. An interesting echo of “no fifth option” in 97/98.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Liz Kendall says young people who won’t take up work will lose benefits
Work and pensions secretary says she will transform opportunities as Starmer bemoans ‘bulging benefits bill’
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November 24, 2024 at 11:46 AM
An important foreshadowing of the forthcoming White Paper. This coming week I believe. An interesting echo of “no fifth option” in 97/98.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A personal announcement. Delighted to be appointed as Chair of the new Lewisham College Board. Looking forward to working with newly appointed Board members to help the College thrive
September 22, 2024 at 7:33 PM
A personal announcement. Delighted to be appointed as Chair of the new Lewisham College Board. Looking forward to working with newly appointed Board members to help the College thrive
Welcome @kevverage.bsky.social
I’m new too but liking the feel of this place already
I’m new too but liking the feel of this place already
August 13, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Welcome @kevverage.bsky.social
I’m new too but liking the feel of this place already
I’m new too but liking the feel of this place already