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“A brilliant, literary puzzler” Peter Swanson
“Brilliantly twisted, laugh-out-loud hilarious and devilishly addictive” Louise Candlish
“The modern queen of crime does it again” Ian Moore
OUT NOW @viperbooks.bsky.social 🇬🇧 and @atriabooks.bsky.social 🇺🇸
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so great that Labour's adult care policy amounts to a Louise Casey report and an unspecified pay rise in about 2028 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Hospitals in England ‘face dangerous winter overcrowding due to discharge delays’
Exclusive: Analysis of NHS data shows rise in patients ‘stranded’ in beds as flu crisis hits and resident doctors’ strikes loom
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
so great that Labour's adult care policy amounts to a Louise Casey report and an unspecified pay rise in about 2028 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Out now, The Wargame, a podcast series that simulates a Russian attack on the UK.
We imagine it's October 2025 Russia deploys a task force of ships, jets & submarines to the North Atlantic.
The UK is in missile range.
The PM calls an emergency Cobra meeting.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
We imagine it's October 2025 Russia deploys a task force of ships, jets & submarines to the North Atlantic.
The UK is in missile range.
The PM calls an emergency Cobra meeting.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
False Flag | The Wargame Ep 1
Podcast Episode · The Wargame · S2 E1 · 59m
podcasts.apple.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Out now, The Wargame, a podcast series that simulates a Russian attack on the UK.
We imagine it's October 2025 Russia deploys a task force of ships, jets & submarines to the North Atlantic.
The UK is in missile range.
The PM calls an emergency Cobra meeting.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
We imagine it's October 2025 Russia deploys a task force of ships, jets & submarines to the North Atlantic.
The UK is in missile range.
The PM calls an emergency Cobra meeting.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Court upholds Ofsted’s decision to close AP Care Homes with judge scathing about owner Ampika Pickston’s professional conduct. Via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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bylinetimes.com/2025/05/27/f...
Failing Celebrity-Run Care Home for Girls Permanently Shut to Keep Children Safe
Court upholds Ofsted's decision to close AP Care Homes with judge scathing about owner Ampika Pickston's professional conduct exposed during an 18-month Byline Times investigation into the crisis-hit ...
bylinetimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Court upholds Ofsted’s decision to close AP Care Homes with judge scathing about owner Ampika Pickston’s professional conduct. Via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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bylinetimes.com/2025/05/27/f...
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It’s the last day of #TheListofSuspiciousThings being @Waterstones fiction book of the month & I can’t tell you what a JOY the experience has been. Every shop I’ve visited has been so warm & welcoming & I’ve loved seeing all the displays. It’s been a total privilege #booksky
January 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
It’s the last day of #TheListofSuspiciousThings being @Waterstones fiction book of the month & I can’t tell you what a JOY the experience has been. Every shop I’ve visited has been so warm & welcoming & I’ve loved seeing all the displays. It’s been a total privilege #booksky
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Delving into today’s Ofsted inspection reports into children’s homes with the customary apprehension, I find this dreadful home in Cheshire East run by the private company Forevermore Care Group Limited
December 18, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Delving into today’s Ofsted inspection reports into children’s homes with the customary apprehension, I find this dreadful home in Cheshire East run by the private company Forevermore Care Group Limited
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This children’s home in Staffordshire run by the private company Resicare Alliance has been suspended by Ofsted amid an investigation into serious child protection allegations and shocking living conditions for children with learning disabilities
files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/5026...
files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/5026...
files.ofsted.gov.uk
November 30, 2024 at 9:32 AM
This children’s home in Staffordshire run by the private company Resicare Alliance has been suspended by Ofsted amid an investigation into serious child protection allegations and shocking living conditions for children with learning disabilities
files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/5026...
files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/5026...
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The NAO is disclaiming the Whole of Government Accounts for the first time ever. This is due to the severe backlogs in English local authority audits
www.nao.org.uk/press-releas...
www.nao.org.uk/press-releas...
Spending watchdog disclaims government’s accounts for the first time - NAO press release
The Whole of Government Accounts consolidates accounts from over 10,000 public bodies, providing an overview of the UK’s public finances.
www.nao.org.uk
November 26, 2024 at 12:11 PM
The NAO is disclaiming the Whole of Government Accounts for the first time ever. This is due to the severe backlogs in English local authority audits
www.nao.org.uk/press-releas...
www.nao.org.uk/press-releas...
A disgrace. The reason no one uses the buses is because they are so infrequent 👿
November 26, 2024 at 9:18 AM
A disgrace. The reason no one uses the buses is because they are so infrequent 👿
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November 26, 2024 at 9:17 AM
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Large parts of adult social care market in England face collapse, thinktank warns
Large parts of adult social care market in England face collapse, thinktank warns
Sector will have extra £2.8bn cost burden from April due to tax and wage rises announced in budget, says Nuffield Trust
Large parts of England’s adult social care market face collapse as a result of tax and wage rises announced in the budget, with…
dlvr.it
November 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Large parts of adult social care market in England face collapse, thinktank warns
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Trump has picked Linda McMahon - a former WWF wrestling executive who made up that she had a relevant degree - as education secretary. And she's not even in the worse ten of his picks.
November 20, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Trump has picked Linda McMahon - a former WWF wrestling executive who made up that she had a relevant degree - as education secretary. And she's not even in the worse ten of his picks.
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On the podcast, I reveal sources say that no tears will be shed by Morgan McSweeny if the Assisted Dying legislation doesn’t pass
While not taking a view on the issue, the politics is increasingly problematic
This will dominate next year and mean months of red on red if it passes on November 29
While not taking a view on the issue, the politics is increasingly problematic
This will dominate next year and mean months of red on red if it passes on November 29
And it’s out
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Kr4...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Kr4...
November 18, 2024 at 8:25 AM
On the podcast, I reveal sources say that no tears will be shed by Morgan McSweeny if the Assisted Dying legislation doesn’t pass
While not taking a view on the issue, the politics is increasingly problematic
This will dominate next year and mean months of red on red if it passes on November 29
While not taking a view on the issue, the politics is increasingly problematic
This will dominate next year and mean months of red on red if it passes on November 29
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November 19, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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Snow is seriously overrated
November 19, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Snow is seriously overrated
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Doesn't look like Anas Sarwar is on here, so had to nick this from The Other Place.
Smart politics, and it's how devolution is meant to work, but still a bit awkward for Reeves and Starmer.
Smart politics, and it's how devolution is meant to work, but still a bit awkward for Reeves and Starmer.
November 19, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Doesn't look like Anas Sarwar is on here, so had to nick this from The Other Place.
Smart politics, and it's how devolution is meant to work, but still a bit awkward for Reeves and Starmer.
Smart politics, and it's how devolution is meant to work, but still a bit awkward for Reeves and Starmer.
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"We could have taken a different approach in Scotland" on Winter Fuel Payment, Anas Sarwar has said
www.holyrood.com/news/view,an...
www.holyrood.com/news/view,an...
Anas Sarwar: Scottish Labour government will bring back Winter Fuel Payment
Anas Sarwar: Scottish Labour government will bring back Winter Fuel Payment
www.holyrood.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:52 AM
"We could have taken a different approach in Scotland" on Winter Fuel Payment, Anas Sarwar has said
www.holyrood.com/news/view,an...
www.holyrood.com/news/view,an...
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This is plausible because if there's one thing you associate with ballet stars it's clumsiness.
November 18, 2024 at 12:12 PM
This is plausible because if there's one thing you associate with ballet stars it's clumsiness.
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Overhaul of children’s social care in England will crack down on firms’ profiteering
Overhaul of children’s social care in England will crack down on firms’ profiteering
Government says wide-ranging reforms will end ‘neglect’ in system that leaves young people behind
* Labour ready to show it is serious about changing children’s social care
Excessive profiteering by unscrupulous private companies charging sky-high…
dlvr.it
November 18, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Overhaul of children’s social care in England will crack down on firms’ profiteering
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Local authorities say there were more than 1,500 children in 2023 for whom councils were paying over £500,000 a year to be placed in residential homes, with a lack of other options being the most common reason. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Exploitative' children's home firm profits to be curbed
The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Local authorities say there were more than 1,500 children in 2023 for whom councils were paying over £500,000 a year to be placed in residential homes, with a lack of other options being the most common reason. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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OBSERVER: Fears grow over children at risk placed in illegal care homes #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 16, 2024 at 9:11 PM
OBSERVER: Fears grow over children at risk placed in illegal care homes #TomorrowsPapersToday
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BBC / TV shows and all the newspapers need to set up accounts here rather than on Twitter STAT
November 13, 2024 at 12:30 PM
BBC / TV shows and all the newspapers need to set up accounts here rather than on Twitter STAT