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"The best thing that can happen to me (in terms of what I do next) is to be told I can't. A stubbornness to show I can do things has guided a lot of my life." 📻 Listen to our founder Professor Jean Golding on BBC Radio 4 #DesertIslandDiscs with Lauren Laverne this Friday at 9am!

The #AutumnStatement announcement to uprate benefits in line with inflation in April is a relief but it comes far too late. In a new report with Emma Hyde @ThomasMSmith_ we outline why those on the lowest incomes desperately need more support *now*

No surprises here that vital social care reforms are kicked into the long grass yet again. Why does the social safety net not extend to our care if we are affected by the diseases of aging? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Vote him out

Incredible moment where Suella Braverman inadvertently admits the absurdity of the UK asylum system.

Extraordinary new low - one in four 999 calls missed in October by ambulance service. So shocking that people are being significantly harmed because the emergency services are no longer working. theguardian.com/society/2022/n…

And while Hancock prats around in the jungle here’s another corrupt chicken coming home to roost via his VIP route for PPE contracts.

The front pages of the Metro, i, Financial Times, Times, Telegraph, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Mirror, Daily Star and Sun all appeared in "The Papers" section of the BBC News app this morning. But this one, from the Guardian, did not. I wonder why?

Are you what used to be known as a “lady barrister”? Have you ever been mistaken for “a member of staff”affable or otherwise, when in a professional setting? If so, you are in distinguished company

Sky News has spoken to a devastated family who say their five-year old child died this week after their pleas for him to be admitted into hospital were dismissed by staff at The Rotherham NHS FT who told them they didn't have any spare beds. This is the story of Yusuf Mahmud Nazir.

5 books that will help you build healthy academic writing habits (so you can write a lot and publish a lot):

David Beer has created a playlist based on the themes of his forthcoming book 'The Tensions of Algorithmic Thinking: Automation, Intelligence and the Politics of Knowing.' 🎶Listen here: open.spotify.com/playlist/6kbWG…

I’m not that shockable these days but seriously Home Office? This international student was held in a detention centre for TEN DAYS after his uni confirmed he had a place & had paid his fees? He’s missed his enrolment & has to fly home out of pocket theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/n…

Based on 'Against Youth Violence' by Luke Billingham and Keir Irwin-Rogers this policy briefing covers key messages and policy recommendations that focus on improving the lives of children, young people and families. Find out more on Transforming Society: transformingsociety.co.uk/2022/11/28/pol…

“…a culture of casual elitism persists in some top firms, cementing a white, middle-class bias that is holding back social mobility and hampering inclusion.” Find out more about Louise Ashley’s new book in the Financial Times: #SocialMobility ft.com/content/39258b…

After many years in the making Co-Production Collective have launched their co-production Resource Library to use Please explore and share widely!👇 - it was as ever a pleasure to help in this so valuable and needed resource resources.coproductioncollective.co.uk Niccola H-Pascal Big Lemon 🍋

As the Tories try to shift the blame from their failures by scapegoating refugees, let's remember the words of Tony Benn.

On 14 May 1938, England’s football team were pressured by the FA, the British Foreign Office and British ambassador to Germany, Nevile Henderson, to give the Nazi salute in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, to assist the policy of appeasement. Stan Cullis refused, and was dropped.