All of which led me to a conclusion. The worst moments tend to be those in which leaders felt uncertain. But NO ONE has ever told me their best day was their most certain day. What they pick are days that involve people working TOGETHER even amid uncertainty.

Budget of £300,000, return on investment last year: advisers got £800,000 of clients’ personal debts – on average £7,700 per person – written off. More than £1.1m in benefit entitlements secured. By stopping tenants being evicted, it estimates it saved local landlords £268,000.

Who knows when, but there'll be a general election this year, so we are re-launching the Election Tech Handbook! If you're planning on building anything related to it, whether partisan or non-partisan, free or paid, mature or just an idea, come and tell us about it! Link below:

The UK: doing relatively well in maths but not at making sure children have enough to eat. OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives PISA study finds 11% uk children going hungry- for good performers it’s 3% Concludes: “UK schools do well in educating their pupils – but society more broadly is failing them.”

There never was a job for life. In 1993, the average time that workers had been in their post was 60 months. Three decades later, it’s... still 60 months. Nostalgia is a dangerous guide to just about everything

Hi Parcelforce Worldwide SMS says delivery attempted. I’ve been in all morning and this isn’t true. Website says they’ll be a card telling me where my parcel has gone. Not true. Website / phoneline offer no help. Would pay for alternative providers if given the option. Ideas?

Hello friends at Taifun and Democracy Club - do you know anyone who aggregates minutes etc from English councils? Or anyone who has tried, or is interested in trying? Same question to the super-connected Edward Saperia …

The discourse: American economists debate their ‘jobs boom’ while the right in the UK hand-wrings about the UK being too lazy to work The reality: 👇

god knows I've had disagreements with Tom over the importance of transport and construction, but he's right about this. the "regional" problem in the UK is the specific problems of Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow, and it's not true that investment has been tried.

The assault on Pouria Zeraati, a journalist and host of Iran International TV, by unidentified individuals in London has rekindled concerns over the Islamic Republic’s campaign of terror outside of #Iran. iranwire.com/en/journalism-… #factchecking

In the week council tax rises for most households in Eng/Wales by more than inflation, new figures from a debt charity show a sharp rise in people with Council Tax arrears and how much they owe. With Sarah Rogers and Peter Tutton of StepChange on BBC Money Box noon BBC Radio 4

Just a reminder that applications are now open for our year-long flagship course Introduction to Political Technology! This year, in addition to the six residential places, we are pleased to offer six non-residential places on the course. Course participants spend a year immersed

Here it is. If you are a professional, if you are under NDA with your clients, if you are a creative, a lawyer, a doctor or anyone who works with proprietary files - it is time to cancel Adobe, delete all the apps and programs. Adobe can not be trusted.

"We're local lads, we've lived in Southport our whole lives," Joesph Wood, 37, from Craig Prince brickwork said. “I have friends who go to the mosque, and I just can't believe it really. It's a sad day in Southport."

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Our organisations are socio-technical systems. Very often in our improvement efforts we over-focus on the technical (strategies, priorities, processes, methods, metrics) & under-focus on the socio (collaboration, agency, relationships, culture). We have to work with both: - Use

Open property ownership information plays major role in tackling corruption. 133% fee increase is a big blow to campaigners and journalists on low budgets who do the work. Far more important than the minimal income this generates for Land Registry. More in Private Eye Magazine.

Five years on from Brexit, London remains a European city, where European Londoners are valued and cherished. You are our neighbours, colleagues, friends and loved ones. Thank you for making London your home. You are wanted here—and always will be.

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Georgia Catt @ByrnesyGsy Along the way, I also made discoveries - about myself. Technology was at the heart of how Hannah was stalked & harrassed. But it was only doing the podcast, that I realised the overlap between our stories. This was Hannah with me during my own trial. Facing my own persecutor. 7/