Of course 🙄

Incidentally, and of course, nowhere to be found on Spotify…

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Sad, sad news

Steve Albini, US alt-rock musician and producer, dies aged 61 theguardian.com/music/article/…

Great to speak to ⁦Richard Partington⁩ The Observer about why I am standing to be the next MP for Peckham & the change I believe a Labour government can bring. 👇🏾👇🏾 theguardian.com/business/artic…

EXCL: Labour’s ‘new deal for workers’ will not fully ban zero-hours contracts ⁦Jessica Elgot⁩ & ⁦Richard Partington⁩ reveal.

But allowing employees to choose a zero-hour option has prompted fears of undue pressure from employers 👇🏼 theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

It’s local elections this week. But Rishi Sunak’s campaigning has been focused on his own party… with damaging results for local govt…

My column in today’s ⁦The Guardian⁩ - From welfare to warfare: Sunak’s spending shift imperils local services again theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Nature destruction will cause bigger economic slump in UK than 2008 crisis, experts warn theguardian.com/environment/20…

Excellent tale. Warrington's gamble for redemption (as Andy Haldane suggests councils are doing to sidestep austerity) is a risky one...
- How a Monaco hedge fund boss got tied up with an indebted English town ft.com/content/acf745… via @ft

“I’m going to miss those towers when they’re gone. So many of us will. To me, they look like home.” ... final line in this reminds me of Fiddler's Ferry.

Powering down: end times for the UK’s final coal-fired station
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High interest rates could add billions to UK green energy transition, says Resolution Foundation report theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Sunak accused of launching ‘full-on assault on disabled people’ as he flags up proposals to restrict disability benefits claimed by mentally ill people theguardian.com/politics/2024/… by Rowena Mason

Single biggest thing government could do to reduce number of economically inactive people who are long-term sick is sort out our mental health services.

Two million people in England are on NHS mental health waiting lists. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Read coverage of our new report by Sasjkia Otto, 'When I'm 64: A strategy to tackle poverty before state pension age' here 👇

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UK inflation falls to 3.2%, the lowest level since 2021 theguardian.com/business/2024/…

UK inflation has fallen to 3.2% in March, the lowest since September 2021.

Down from 3.4% a month earlier, and over 10% a year earlier

Nearly 1m UK pensioners living in deprivation, official figures show - while ⁦The Fabian Society⁩ research shows poverty tripling under the Conservatives for 60-66 year olds who are ineligible for a state pension and lack job support theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

The one area of government spending where there is political (if not necessarily fiscal) headroom to increase. Quite depressing really.

Labour aims to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP theguardian.com/politics/2024/…