Sam Ashworth-Hayes I remember having conversations with teachers 25 years ago about how almost no amount of money could induce them to teach in chaotic, badly run inner-city schools with wild kids. And that was before phones and knives were ubiquitous

Nice to see Michelle with these good people

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It's kind of the ultimate general strike: people not having children anymore. Hard to get decent maternity care? Hard to find a decent school? Hard to make ends meet when one partner needs a break from work? Ok, have it your way. #politicslive

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Ofgem allowed this. Since the pandemic electricity generation profit margins up 198%. Electricity/Gas supply profit margins up by 363%. British Gas profits up 10-fold last year. BP, Shell double/treble profits. No UK regulator protects people. leftfootforward.org/2024/09/why-th…

🔴 In June, Labour said supported Shein listing in London Shortly after, Rachel Reeves resisted calls to close tax loophole that massively benefits Shein Guess what? Reeves' advisor is a lobbyist for firm representing Shein Scoop (also in The Times and The Sunday Times) democracyforsale.substack.com/p/new-rachel-r…

BanAllHunting Pinkles the Great 🌸 🍷🚬 🇬🇧 🚜 Stop talking bollocks, have you ever heard of MRSA? It was terrible in the NHS with people going in for a little operation and leaving in a wooden box, MRSA in the MHS has reduced nearly 50% since 2011. Do you remembers Stafford Royal? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

If you want to get the property market moving, you need to solve the #leasehold problem as at present, leasehold homes are unsellable & everyone in them is frozen. #politicslive

There is also a contradiction between wanting housing prices to fall and encouraging people to regard having a home as being on a "ladder" #politicslive

1/3 Race is not merely a characteristic OF an individual; race reflects individuals' experiences WITHIN a society. Given that race is socio-politically and historically constructed via racism, race cannot exist independently from racism.

How can UK govt pursue plans to 'resolve the housIng crisis' via the private sector while the private sector is able to dump responsibility for dangerously defective homes on to the buyer?? Luke Charters MP

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The CMI has released its weekly mortality monitor. Age-standardised death rates this year have tracked the best year on record (2019) fairly closely. Data since 9 Sep may be artificially slightly lower temporarily, due to a change in death the death certification process.

Jeez. What will any buyer think about our service charge of £8,000 a year?

Civil service applications for the The Royal Society Pairing Scheme are now open and will close on 9 November! This is an exciting opportunity for policy makers and scientists to collaborate to ensure policies are underpinned by scientific evidence. …mentscienceandengineering.blog.gov.uk/2024/08/08/roy…

The Tories have been incredibly stupid to pull at this thread. If they want to smash Starmer over donations and gifts they’ll take themselves out with him

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Congrats to Whitney Wells for a first 1st author publication based on MSc Soc Epi dissertation! Using Understanding Society to look at health trajectories for carers by ethnicity doi.org/10.1136/jech-2… UCL_SocEpi