NEW: Around 65% of the cabinet are privately educated. This is more than double that of Theresa May’s 2016 Cabinet (30%), and more than David Cameron’s 2015 Cabinet (50%). Just 7% of Brits are privately educated. A two-tier education system creates a two-tier society.

Meanwhile… in New Zealand

Three in five disabled households can’t afford to keep their home adequately warm this winter, according the latest research by Sense. Alice Peacock speaks to one mum about why she won't be celebrating this Christmas. #CostOfLivingCrisis mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/m…

In a fun piece for the Sunday Star-Times I spoke to four Kiwis abroad returning for the first time since Covid, about Christmastime reunions, happy tears at the airport and BP pies. Link here: stuff.co.nz/travel/kiwi-tr…

For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help. I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).

Latest for the Mirror’s #endhousinghell campaign: A toddler living in a mouldy flat has been hospitalised with pneumonia, while his baby sister “struggles to breathe every night.” The council says it will take at least three years for them to be rehoused mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/t…

There's a deluge of organisations asking for your money to help Turkey & Syria right now. But, as we saw in Ukraine, few of them have a presence on the ground One who does & is actively saving lives right now is The White Helmets Here's how to give: gofundme.com/f/white-helmet…

watching your editor review your copy live in the Google doc is like being awake during surgery

For Canvas Magazine, I caught up with three New Zealand dancers making moves abroad - including Hannah O’Neill, the new ‘etoile’, or star dancer, of the Paris Opera Ballet. Big thanks to sarah daniell🩰 nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/new-…

Check out my round up of the UK’s bonkers Coronation food and a review of my baking efforts. Thanks Alice Neville for the cooking task 🥧

Loved this from Amelia - someone had to voice what so many of us think about the Colleen Hoover hype

Real fruit ice cream - a classic summer treat in New Zealand - is popping up all over the UK and is proving popular with the Brits too. I spoke to a few of the people making it for the Sunday Star-Times🍦🍓 thepost.co.nz/a/food-drink/3…

We're delighted to welcome a new business reporter, Alice Peacock, to Newsroom and Newsroom Pro from this week. Alice has returned from five years in the UK, most recently at the Daily Telegraph on its business and money sections.

Kicking off my second week at Newsroom with a report on how NZ’s labour market is expected to get worse, before it gets better newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/une…

Comment: Every year, the MediaRoom column nominates outstanding performances or products in NZ journalism. This year's top accolade goes to the man who knew too much. newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/10/whe…

Science research agency Callaghan Innovation has made 61 roles redundant over the last 18 months - news of the latest 20 cuts come just days after the announcement that the Marsden Fund will no longer fund social sciences and humanities. Via Newsroom newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/10/fur…

Minister Van Velden says she prefers to meet with workers directly, rarely making time to meet with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, which represents 360,000 workers across the country. How many workers do they FSU and Red Unions represent? newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/04/van…