Woman of the Day chemist Clara Immerwahr, the first woman in Germany to pass the predoctoral qualifying examination for professional chemists and the first woman awarded a doctorate in physical chemistry at a German university, died OTD 1915 aged 44, by her own hand. Please be…

#NotInMyName

Hope useful Alison Inman James Pargeter Rachael Williamson Jules Birch Vicky Spratt Jim Gleeson 👍

Looking forward to your Labour Housing Group In-Conversation with Alison Inman but I hope that you will be more appropriately dressed

The one in which I outline the history of funding (and defunding) supported housing

cratus.co.uk/strong-support

ARTS: Una Murphy takes a look at the Kabosh production of Mary Ann McCracken story - viewdigital.org/kabosh-brings-…

📖 NEW REPORT: Reforming the Right to Buy

The Right to Buy has harmed the ability of councils to help those in housing need.

Our report presents ways in which it can be reformed to give councils greater ability to protect and grow their stock.

housingforum.org.uk/reports/policy…

🚨I just wrote this 👇 in which I look at three emerging/important issues and what the public think 📊- the armed forces (& conscription), assisted dying, teens and smartphones (using Ipsos UK & other sources although views are my own)... link.medium.com/XWpoOAO29Ib

❗'Since the Grenfell Fire of 2017 more than 15,000 residents have been forced to leave homes due to fire or fire safety defects. And evacuations are on the rise'

❌ @MichaelGove Lee Rowley when will this nightmare end❓

#BuildingSafetyCrisis

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Funeral notice for Miss Margaret Robertson:

1100 on Thursday 2nd May at Sefton Road United Reforned Church in Morecambe.

Margaret Robertson has no family, if anyone can attend would be lovely.

She was 102, a former PMRAFNS McIndoe nurse,looking after Guinea Pig Club injured

Sorry but the idea of Framingham having a The Labour Party MP is hilarious.

Tory staff running network of anti-Ulez Facebook groups riddled with racism and abuse theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Utmost respect for Abi Lyle for speaking out so powerfully about her horrific ordeal at the hands of Jonathan Creswell Keiron Tourish BBC News NI

Commonweal Housing exisit to enable and facilitate expert front line parters to develop and test their ideas for new #HousingSolutionsToSocialInjustice Our Call For New Ideas funding can be the start of that process. Please share your ideas with us.

Preparing for 28th October & the new Procurement Act - compulsory reading for procurement professionals & contracting authorities from my fellow @acsllp partner Steven Brunning blog.anthonycollins.com/post/102j5z5/t… #procurement #contracts #housing #localgovernment

🔈In partnership with Joseph Rowntree Foundation Nationwide Foundation and FrameWorks UK we have a new Chartered Institute of Housing webinar series starting on 14 May: Join us for practical, evidence-based guidance and tips for communicating about homes in the UK

For more info and to sign up👇

cih.org/blogs-and-arti…

Six years ago this month: the launch of 'Municipal Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Council Housing' at the LRB Bookshop. The revised paperback edition is still available at a bargain price at all good bookshops.

Woman of the Day suffragist Emily Davies born OTD 1830 in Southampton, founder of Girton College, Cambridge, a lifelong campaigner for equal rights for women and one of the first women to address a Royal Commission as an expert witness.

Her father had traditional views about…

Louder for those at the back: MOST FAMILIES HIT BY THE TWO CHILD CAP ARE IN WORK. The discinction isn't work, it's income. And the choices for the poorest aren't the 'same choices' as the better off, they're about putting food on the table and keeping a roof over their head.