And on that note, I am clearly VERY MUCH open to work!

Please get in touch with any opportunities. Paper reviews, analysis, features, whatever. And obviously, full- time positions too but that goes without saying!

My DMs are open.

Imagining the editor of BBC News screaming these questions wildly in the newsroom

A shocking Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) report has prompted Security Minister Tom Tugendhat to call on tech companies to “urgently” tackle the issue of online child sexual abuse

2,401 images/videos of children aged 3-6 were found across 2023, 91% of which were of girls
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🚨 PM pledges to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030

He said 'we are not on the brink of war and nor do we seek it' but warned authoritarian states are increasingly acting together to 'reshape the world order'
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Can someone make one of these for government department press offices?

Well this helps to explain the dating desert that my straight female friends in SW London are experiencing

While the PM was giving his latest 'Stop the Boats' speech this morning, new figures were slipped out showing arrivals up by 24% so far this year... gov.uk/government/sta…

✈️ Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the first flights deporting asylum-seekers to Rwanda will take off in July in 10-12 weeks

The government has failed to meet its initial target for flights taking off in the spring
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Meet the MPs running the London Marathon today, who say running makes them better MPs 🏃👇

(Plus they share their running playlists, including some techno, Emma Bunton, and of course Taylor Swift)
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Nice little mention in POLITICO London Playbook PM

New polling from @labourtogether shows 1 in 4 Conservative councillors say cuts to local government budgets have left councils unable to adequately provide statutory basic services. As a former councillor, I'm not surprised. 🧵politicshome.com/news/article/q…

📊 A quarter of Conservative councillors think their local authority does not receive enough money to meet statutory duty service level requirements for adult social care
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Tory councillors aren't too impressed by the funding for social care & road maintenance in their areas

Labour Together/Savanta UK shows:

📊 24% think adult social care is underfunded
📊 19% say the same for children's social care
📊 32% say there isn't enough money for roads

A quarter of Tory councillors say their areas are not receiving enough government money to provide adequate social care

Savanta UK & Labour Together research shared with PolHome

Story by Zoë Crowther

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