Monday lunchtime. Prep for a comms strategy session done ✅
Look up to see ….the sun. Phew. Feeling v lucky could get out for a weekend walk in Sussex. Where yes, for a few hours yesterday the sun also shone.

Good to speak to BBC Breakfast about Scope view on the proposed changes to PIP.

Making it harder to claim and replacing cash for vouchers won’t reduce the extra cost of disability. It will show DWP doesn’t think it is their problem and leave people poorer.

New head of prisons’ union calls for urgent review of indefinite sentences independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Reality mimicking drama. This week’s Post Office Inquiry has reinforced the kafkaesque nature of the Horizon scandal. So similar to ITV’s drama portrayal.

‘Bug’ = ‘anomaly’

convenient memory lapses

‘sorry not sorry’…. #PostOfficeScandal
bbc.com/news/articles/…

And breathe! When a morning of media activity lets up (in a good way) this is a tonic. I know loads of you will relate to this.

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Morning. Switching up my morning listening habits today. Hearing rakeem omar BBC Radio WM interview Craig Jones MBE re exciting Fighting With Pride news- coming up his colleague Kevin- is an important reminder of vital service local radio provides for communities. #local #LGBTVeterans

This happened today .. appreciative and rather overwhelmed as I am, I do want to say that in broadcasting, every ‘individual’ contribution comes amid a team effort. So - thank you colleagues and friends BBC Radio 4 Today BBC Radio 4
And of course thank you The Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV)

New to my reading list

The 6 spellbinding novels that make up the 2024 #WomensPrize for Fiction shortlist capture between their pages the enormous breadth of the human experience.

Congratulations to all the authors!
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A dreich day here.

Dislike the weather, like the word.

Very supportive of The Times and The Sunday Times launching a “groundbreaking year-long inquiry into the future of the criminal justice system” but an overwhelming focus on the police and courts, with scant mention of prisons and probation, absolutely *is* part of the problem
thetimes.co.uk/article/47e9e6…

NEW: Times launches new year-long inquiry into crime & justice, promising a ‘radical blueprint for far-reaching reform’.

thetimes.co.uk/article/47e9e6…

For anyone inspired by #londonmarathon2024

Stumbled across this podcast from Third Sector Lucinda Rouse Emily Burt about staff mental wellbeing in the charity sector.

Mostly it's social justice charities I work with, directly or through others eg Lloyds Bank Foundation

it's a really live topic. Recommend it ⬇️
open.spotify.com/episode/4mY34E…

Decades of underinvestment have led to 1 in every 52 children in Blackpool being in care.

This is what happens when cuts to prevention are combined with appalling levels of child poverty.

It's unacceptable, and has to change.

buff.ly/4b2k10D

A little bit of news: very excited that I’m now a senior reporter Big Issue ✨

Still covering stories around social justice, and looking forward to many more!

Criminal review board 'sorry' for failing Andrew Malkinson bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…