"This is a very bad sign" Exclusive: The NHS Rainbow Badge scheme has secretly been shut down by the UK government, VICE News can reveal. Insiders say NHS England was pushed to stop funding the LGBTQ inclusion scheme, and staff don't know it's been cut. vice.com/en/article/ak3…

I’m 30 and I’m shocked at how much worse things have got in just 7 years. The place my husband and I rented between 2017-2020 is now being let for £650 more p/m than we paid (+ hugely inflated bills). Meanwhile the starting salaries for both our first jobs haven’t changed at all

Yesterday I payed off my student loan, whilst I’m pleased, it’s worth highlighting what a ridiculous and frankly shameful situation student loans have become. A🧵 below on how student loans have become a money making racket, its long term problems and alternatives:

“They're seeing life being lost… in front of their eyes in the most dramatic fashion… This is about human survival.” @rescueorg calls the imminent famine in Gaza “a profound failure of humanity.” Here's my conversation with its CEO David Miliband

Can't get over that there's been a *68%* increase *in one year* in the number of people who don't have enough food to *3.7 million* people and it's not anywhere near the biggest news story.

Is Britain ready for the Baby Bust? My column this week is on, quite literally, the biggest story in the world - what's happening to population. Quick thread as some of the stats are pretty jaw-dropping (1/?) thetimes.co.uk/article/were-d…

It's an utter tragedy that babies - in Britain, in 2024 - are dying of preventable, Victorian diseases in because of fears around whooping cough vaccines. Parents - please chat through your concerns with an NHS nurse or doctor you trust. We won't judge, we'll listen. (1/2)

Having failed on its promise to deliver 6000 more GPs by 2024, the government is quietly replacing GPs with non-medics. Over half of all surgery appointments are now with non-GP staff such as PAs. It’s an astonishing, wholesale change to NHS care - without patient consent.

NEW 🧵: how Britain became gripped by the worst homelessness crisis in the developed world

Devastating & heartbreaking scenes in Rafah following yet another Israeli attack - in flagrant breach of the ICJ ruling & international law. Our own Government's lack of leadership is beyond shameful. They must finally halt arms sales & put real pressure on to end this horror.

This has the potential to be an absolutely incredible appointment. I need to sit down.

I know Biden pulling out of the US presidential race is big news but I can’t stop thinking about how an asparagus fortune teller prediction on Jeremy Vine could be right. x.com/chiefbrody1984…

WOW! Everyone should listen to this superb maiden speech from newly appointed Prisons, Parole & Probation Minister James Timpson in the House of Lords today What an absolutely inspired appointment this is👏👏👏

I’m not a Tweeter. I’m a scroller. But I really want to share what I’ve done since winning #RaceAcrossTheWorld. It’s something I’m really proud of. A thread 🧵 RTs appreciated x

Walthamstow said no to racism

So proud of Bristol - it was such a wonderful place to spend my early 20s!

Gisèle Pelicot, my Person of the Year.