Fascinating. If you look down on people, disrespect them or ignore them, eventually they will give up on you. This is fixable but it is going to be hard.

Progressives: be more like the cloth mother and less like the wire mother. (Better still, don't be a 'parent' at all... be a partner to people.) Taken from this: democracyjournal.org/arguments/the-…

This is really significant – after years and years of talk about prevention, this suggests actual money will be reprioritised towards primary and community care. ⁦Rebuild General Practice⁩ theguardian.com/society/articl…

Great thread 👇

Lisa Nandy to DCMS staff: “For too long, for too many people, the story we tell ourselves, about ourselves as a nation has not reflected them, their communities or their lives. This is how polarisation, division and isolation thrives. In recent years we’ve found multiple ways

Why “respect” matters more than ever in leadership. Andrew Grice The Independent draws on UCL Policy Lab and More in Common research to examine the strengths and challenges facing Keir Starmer and Gareth Southgate. #EURO2024  #KeirStarmer independent.co.uk/voices/keir-st…

“As the report shows, the new government will need both delivery and connection in order to succeed”. Our Director Marc Stears joins Lewis Goodall Luke Tryl Claire Ainsley and Miranda Green on the panel.

Quick off the blocks analysis by More in Common UCL Policy Lab of the U.K. General Election shows the public have clear priorities for change - NHS, cost of living, immigration. Delivery really matters but needs to be matched with politics and story of respect

We’re so pleased to see the Government include our ask of a Community Right to Buy in their new English Devolution Bill. This could be genuinely transformative. We’re looking forward to working with the Government and MPs to make sure this genuinely empowers local people who

Big day for communities. Big day for community business. Community Right to Buy announced in King's Speech. And door open to further powers to the neighbourhood level. Thanks to campaigning from lots of us and championing by political allies. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6697ac9c…

So proud of everyone involved in We're Right Here: the campaign for community power. There's work to do (isn't there always) but today is a good day. Credit to @peoplesbiz Locality Co-operative Party Plunkett UK and many many others.

“To give no trust is to get no trust” 💡💡💡💡💡💡💡 Want to know how the Taiwanese government drew on ancient wisdom to increase trust levels from below 10% in 2015 to nearly 70% this year? TLDR: they chose actively to trust - and therefore INVOLVE - the Taiwanese people. 🧵

Delighted to sign this important letter:

“Building the foundations of national renewal on a deep respect for the contribution each person can make sat at the heart of the PM’s speech – and is what we’ve helped set out in Ordinary Hope”. Marc Stears for Real Britain Ros on ’ordinary hope’ with Joseph Rowntree Foundation. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…