The graph on the left shows Anita's budget, and the surplus of £152 she has each month after paying for essentials. The graph on the right shows the equivalent analysis once the changes are made. They have a monthly deficit of £526

Copied over from twitter but- this doesn’t make sense. There’s only one descriptor you can actually get 3 points for. All the others go up in even numbers only. So either this means rewriting the descriptors or the person proposing it doesn’t understand the system. It’s just another arbitrary change

Been reading this by @richardpope.org in my lunch hours and it’s rewiring how I think about public services and the policy building behind them. It’s also really nicely written. Strong recommend.

The government just announced tougher protections for stalking victims.

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I’m as surprised as you are but the funniest thing I regularly read is a newsletter about finance. It’s about lots of finance things so very often it is about fraud. Money Stuff from @matt-levine.bsky.social is also v informative- strong recommend

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,957,035! I guess that’s a Champions League spot