Scrapping the two-child limit is a gamechanger for children who have been going without the things they need to learn & grow. This was one of the nastiest policies for children in modern times. Its removal is a ray of hope & an essential first step towards ensuring every child has a fair start.

Many residents have contacted me about the impact that ongoing global events will have on their household bills. Reassuring that the Government is already supporting those facing the greatest pressure amid the ongoing cost of living and will continue to focus on the cost of living.

Jacob Rees-Mogg repeating the same old right-wing lies on asylum & immigration despite being part of 14 Tory failed years in office. Good to see for once a Labour MP: Rachel Blake challenge him on his arrogance & baseless & made-up figures to scare people. #Newsnight

“I want zero illegal migrants." “You do not speak for the British people." Sir Jacob Rees Mogg, Conservative peer, and Rachel Blake, Labour MP, clash over their views about small boat crossings. #Newsnight

Truly remarkable political antennae from Kemi Badenoch to call for windfall taxes to be cut just as oil and gas companies line up to enjoy a windfall for the ages. www.businessgreen.com/news/4527688...

wind and solar are a huge success in Britain - though 'you can be forgiven for not knowing', says Will Hutton. though it's 'fiendishly complicated', the price of electricity in Britain needs to be decoupled from the marginal price of gas. @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/columni...

If it weren't for the environmental costs and political risks, there would be a big temptation within government to say, 'go on then, you can have some more oil and gas drilling licenses'. And then sit back and watch as it makes next to no difference to energy bills, employment, or tax revenues.

The left holds Paris. Emmanuel Grégoire is new mayor, succeeding Anne Hidalgo. He beat the right by about 51%-40% say estimates. Many factors mattered, but clear that voters endorsed left's transformation of Paris into biking city. See my @financialtimes.com column as.ft.com/r/7840a393-8...

How Covid fear shaped the meningitis response Inside the public health challenge in Kent By @hannahsbee.bsky.social

'When public health works, it’s invisible,' Prof. Devi Sridhar wrote last week (17 March) Guardian editorial on Saturday (21 March): That invisibility makes it all the more important that politicians, and the public, are reminded how vital it is. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

on #newsnight Jenrick allowed to grandstand and 'mansplain' with his fact-free, pre-packaged propaganda. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social must be sharper than this.

Britain remains dependent on oil and gas - and that dependence costs us a lot. @edconway.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

I just feel that for a long time now, we've had governments that stick their heads in the sand about what is going on around them until it is impossible to ignore. I probably feel that acutely as someone working on climate. Credit to Ed Miliband - he is an exception here.

Do we want to keep fixing the same issue? Unlearned lessons from the first big oil crisis - As energy prices tripled in the 1970s due to Middle Eastern wars, Scandinavia, France and the Netherlands sped up green transition #energycrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Eliminating Britain's reliance on fossil fuels by adopting renewable energy and green technologies, like EVs and heat pumps, would be the best and most cost-effective option for the future economy. @thecccuk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Atlantic ocean current that keeps northern Europe warm is in danger of collapsing. @ellenhalliday.bsky.social asks: why is this getting so little attention? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...

How we fund the BBC is obviously a key question. The licence fee is increasingly unpopular. Evidence suggests commercial forms of funding are not viable alternatives to the BBC licence fee. Most other countries have moved away from licence fee funding towards general taxation or a household levy

Detailed proposals from @demos-uk.bsky.social for democratic reform of the BBC, preserving & expanding its role as critical "information infrastructure" Its ideas for a citizens' panel, a 'public lock' & independent funding merit serious consideration in the government's ongoing BBC Charter review

Time’s nearly up to respond to the DCMS public consultation on the future of the BBC! For some good inspiration and reminders of the value of the BBC for arts and culture, see the excellent paper published by Campaign For the Arts: www.campaignforthearts.org/wp-content/u...

In a world of lies, we need the BBC more than ever. This week could be our last chance to save it | Polly Toynbee

Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton | Sadiq Khan

A party that is resolutely anti-bourgeois while being staffed and supported by the bourgeoisie is an intriguing and inevitably impossible strategy. Anyway good luck attracting those Reform voters who hate you.

agree. Home Secretary’s next moves should now be halted. performative cruelty was supposed to end with the public’s dismissal of the Conservative government. … and perhaps #Mahmood should be moved out in a pre-May reshuffle?

My favourite bit about ethnonationalist Matt Goodwin complaining that he lost to Muslim sectarianism is that Muslims voted for a party led by a gay Jewish man. Sectarianism eh.

my principal reaction is relief that Reform UK failed to win. otherwise, most commentary seems over-excited to me. Reuters offers level-headed reporting on Reform's future chances - @reuters.com

How politics went hyper The passions that once drove the left have faded, while the populist right marches on By Anton Jäger

'If Starmer wishes to show his government’s disdain for sexual abuse or the far right, logging off X would be a good start. Public opinion of politicians – and the current Labour party – is in the gutter. It seems unlikely that it will improve by them tweeting from it.' @francesryan.bsky.social

at last (nudged by A-level student) some consideration of policy from @politicsweeklyuk.bsky.social. was good to hear discussion on factions in the (parliamentary) Labour Party from the perspective of policy ... and not just personalities. @pippacrerar.bsky.social @kiranstacey.bsky.social

merry-go-round politics doesn't serve the country. and vested interests - including media - are perfectly happy to encourage the doom script. when will calmer voices get heard? www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Keir Starmer: "I am going to fight" Andrew Marr speaks to Keir Starmer

What next after Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful?

protest is not a crime. @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social 1/

There is an urgent need to update the current definition of terrorism to enable current, and future governments to uphold their duty to safeguard the public and national security, whilst protecting people's rights and preventing overreach. www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/fundamental/...

This is so good. Both as a little political economy analysis of British pubs and as a guide to how to use machine learning to learn about humans.

one yr ago, jd vance lectured europeans in the worst, most bad-faith presentation ever given at the munich security conference. all his phoniness is obvious now in trump admin repression. i spoke to @ronensteinke.bsky.social at Suddeutsche Zeitung about all this & free speech in europe/germany.

EU's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, on US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's comments about free speech - pointing out that the US is ranked 58 on the world press freedom list. Estonia, her country, is second. Interesting, she says. @kajakallas.bsky.social #Rubio

“It illustrates how terrorism legislation is increasingly wielded to manage political dissent.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Progress on rebuilding the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) Mackintosh building could be decided by an insurance arbitration hearing next month

The world deserves to see significant progress with this building in 2026 - it's been too long. Please write to your MP & MSP, join the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society. Emojis are not enough - pressure, action, resolve. Library lighting, The Glasgow School of Art. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1909.

London’s Southbank Centre has been listed, ending a 35-year battle to secure heritage protection for the 1960s Brutalist landmark.

Building in Backlands: Gap House by BDP

🚨BREAKING: The new Representation of the People Bill is here. The Bill aims to "restore trust in our democracy" - but it doesn't even touch the voting system that leaves millions unrepresented. 60% of Brits want to scrap First Past the Post. Tell Starmer to include electoral reform in the Bill ⬇️

🚨 BREAKING: The government has just introduced the biggest electoral reforms package in a generation But it does nothing about the voting system itself We’ve drafted an amendment to establish an independent National Commission on Electoral Reform, the first step toward PR Help make it a reality 👇

without proportional representation, the UK parliament misrepresents us. please join me in calling for a proper review of our voting system with recommendations for its urgent reform. 'Back the National Commission Amendment' actionstorm.org/petitions/nc... @OpenBritainHQ

The government are tightening the rules around dodgy front companies and 'unincorporated associations' donating to politics

We did it! Foreign political donations are being banned, including the dodgy "front company" loophole.

billionaires are buying our democracy. must be stopped. please add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

I wrote for the @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the economic problems that will flow from yet more immigration crackdowns. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

I'd add to @benansell.bsky.social's political analysis here the simple point that a reset here would be *good* for growth and save money. The settlement proposals are not just morally repulsive and politically self-defeating, but also an act of economic self-harm.

If Starmer wants a reset - and not yet another U-turn when the parliamentary party balks at a policy - here is his chance.