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News in: Wes Streeting has become a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist. Wonderful. Well done, Wes. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

NEW: Unregulated experts could be banned from the family courts under newly proposed rules for cases involving children. However, some organisations have told The Bureau of Investigative Journalism that the proposal, which is out for public consultation, does not go far enough. 👇tinyurl.com/2a82h7p8

Unregulated ‘expert’ was ‘pivotal in the decisions to remove 11 children from 6 mothers, who she said had alienated them from their fathers’. In 2 cases, ‘court found that the father had engaged in coercive & controlling behaviour and/or domestic abuse’. thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-0…

The OBR predicts that we will build 305,000 homes a year by 2030 thanks to removing planning restrictions, but also that house prices will be 11.3% higher on average. But I thought the only cause of expensive housing was the mismatch between supply and demand??

Police raid Quakers as women met to discuss protests over climate change and Gaza bit.ly/3RpE9lA I wonder how many meetings of farmers to discuss blocking London with tractors over paying tax have been raided! Of course neither should be - this is policing thought crime.

BREAKING: More journalists have died in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 than in both World Wars and other major wars, combined. Our new report outlines the costs of war to journalists – and the journalism we all rely on. [THREAD, 1/8] watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/pap…

Vets tell BBC they are under 'consistent pressure' to make money bbc.in/4cBsGJF

Calling all pet owners! Our #Fileon4Investigates investigates the UK vet industry and the corporate takeover of high street vets! Produced by Jim Booth Tom Wall and edited by Carl Johnston Please do listen! 8pm BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Could Sara Sharif have been saved? My new The Observer podcast analysing the opportunities over 3 family court cases, and whether they were squandered, publishes on Monday - and here’s my and Hannah Summers Observer article today - observer.co.uk/news/national/…

For-profit care homes looking after poorer state-funded residents deliver worse care than equivalent council or charity-run homes. My write-up of new Oxford Uni research by Anders Bach-Mortensen Ben Goodair ... also my first piece in the new Observer observer.co.uk/news/national/…

Brand new research reported by Tom Wall this weekend: Our new article, describing the extent of inequalities in care homes - with better care going to those that can pay for it. For-profit homes delivering poorest care for state-funded residents observer.co.uk/news/national/…

Tom Wall Full paper available open access here: academic.oup.com/ageing/article… cc: We Own It Socialist Health Association Ed Davey

Sad to hear Keir Starmer saying immigration is turning the UK into an “island of strangers”. People who have moved here from other countries are my friends and neighbours, not strangers.

NEW: More than half of disabled people with daily living needs in parts of England and Wales could lose out under planned cuts At least 50% of PIP daily living allowance claimants in ten constituencies could lose this benefit By me, for Big Issue bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

NEW: A teacher physically assaulted and racially abused their adopted children while their partner - a barrister and family court judge - failed to protect them. Yet a high court judge has ruled they cannot be named despite a legal bid led by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism 🧵 tinyurl.com/56vxe44z

NEW: Govt to announce £39 billion for a new 10 year Affordable Homes Programme. It’s a 70% increase on the £11.5 billion the Tory govt gave for a 5 year programme. Question remains: how many social homes (most affordable) will be built with the money? Charities want a target

£39 billion for 10 year Affordable Homes Programme being widely welcomed in the housing sector. But lots more detail needed, including how much of the £39bn will be for social housing and not Shared Ownership and other “affordable rent” homes. Some possible numbers…👇