I want to say something to the people with mental health conditions that have got in touch with me worried / panicked about the govt news on possible benefits changes... NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.

- The govt has put out a green paper. That is an EARLY STAGE consultation document.

Well done, West Suffolk NHS FT 🏳️‍🌈
#Call4Concern

healthwatchsuffolk.co.uk/news/new-patie…

Incipient poppy. A couple of days of sunshine should do it.

I’m an NHS GP & I’m raising a 🚩

There’s a significant GP crisis in England

GPs are unemployed & can’t find work

Many having to leave their families to find work anywhere in the country

Ironically, there’s also a “GP shortage” in the NHS with patients struggling to get an

Abolish Physician Assistants.
Scrap ARRS funding.
Use savings to invest in doctors + nurses as core clinical staff.
Stop pretending anyone can be a GP.
Revamp doctor training programmes.
Have a long term NHS workforce vision.

It’s not rocket science. Wes Streeting MP

‘Protect freedom of speech and academic freedom on campus’, says ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union has sent a letter to leaders at both public and private universities across the United States.
#Palestine #FreedomOfSpeech #StudentProtests
ekklesia.co.uk/2024/04/30/acl…

Wages worth less than in 2008 in nearly two-thirds of local authorities
'This is a damning indictment of the Conservatives’ economic record. This is the same government that’s given us the most dramatic fall in living standards on record.'
#LivingStandards
ekklesia.co.uk/2024/04/30/wag…

Well, I never...

Nationalising Thames Water will not in any way threaten the stability of UK financial markets taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/2… Treasury sourced rumours that financial markets that nationalising Thames Water might cause massive upset in UK financial markets are deliberate misinformation

Workshops challenge Christians to address broken food system
Expert speakers include Guy Singh-Watson, farmer and founder of Riverford, the organic vegetable box delivery company, and Richard Kipling, Head of Research at the Sustainable Food Trust.
#food
ekklesia.co.uk/2024/04/29/wor…

Voters twice as likely to trust local politicians to improve their area
'we need to see national government give regions the power to build their own strong and sustainable economies through a fairer funding model...'
#LocalElections2024
ekklesia.co.uk/2024/04/29/vot…

If we’re going to have a ‘grown-up conversation’ about mental health and PIPs, as Mel Stride suggests, perhaps we could hear from some of those affected by the plans #r4today

🚨Emergency legal update - What we know about the Rwanda Act and Treaty so far🚨

It's been reported by the press that the Home Office starts a surprise 2-week operation to detain people for the Rwanda flight on 29 April.

Read our Rwanda plan update. ⬇️

righttoremain.org.uk/what-we-know-a…

'The DWP must make sure that people are not cast into financial hardship due to a bureaucratic change, and that robust support is in place for those vulnerable claimants who need it most.'
independent.co.uk/news/uk/depart…

If true that people are to be detained well ahead of any flights, for electoral advantage, it is, let’s say, not immediately obvious how that would be a proper purpose or therefore a lawful use of the Home Office’s powers

Operation comes weeks earlier than expected and is thought to have been timed to coincide with local elections.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Paul Lewis Chiselling away at the meagre amount carer's can receive. How mean and petty. That's not looking after the public purse that punishing the people who save the country millions.

Global immunisation efforts saved 154 million lives over 50 years
“Thanks to vaccinations, more children now survive and thrive past their fifth birthday than at any other point in history”
#vaccination #health
ekklesia.co.uk/2024/04/28/glo…