Call for better support for 'kinship carers' news.sky.com/story/call-f...

Populists attack London because it is ‘progressive and successful’, says Sadiq Khan www.ft.com/content/2e88...

The House of Lords fought hard to dilute parts of Labour’s Employment Rights Bill – but the core reforms survived. From sick pay to fire-and-rehire, here's how the landscape is about to change dramatically ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social

Sunday book review: Bringing Back the Beaver by @gow_derek https://markavery.info/2020/09/27/sunday-book-review-bringing-back-the-beaver-by-derek-gow/ 'This book needed to be written & now needs to be read widely' @BeaverTrust @GeorgeMonbiot @isabella_tree @TonyJuniper...

Now over 61,000 🚀

NEW: The judge has begun her sentencing remarks in Nathan Gill hearing. She notes the behaviour expected of MEPs "members are to act solely in the public interest". 1/

There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million In New York - population 8.5 million - there were 391. London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago. And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing

MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms. Quite right. Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit. Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.

Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests | Mark Cunliffe @markcunliffe76.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

Nearly there! We need around 50 signatures to push my petition calling for transparency and a review of deregulated free zones to 10,000. Please sign and share across your social media platforms. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

On 13 January 2025, Keir Starmer announced his flagship policy for Britain’s “AI revolution”: AI Growth Zones. ⚠️WARNING ⚠️ These zones are deregulated corporate playgrounds. Communities pay for soaring bills, environmental devastation, with zero democratic say. open.substack.com/pub/european...

That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership

The Power Station film - kickstart a community-led renewable energy revolution... ☀️ power.film/pages/screen...

"Meeting society’s housing needs without causing lasting damage to the environment is a challenge. Retrofitting existing homes, providing social housing, reducing second-home ownership and disincentivising the purchase of homes as a financial investment are all possible solutions."

Autumn walks. St Leonard’s Forest.Sussex.

Good morning. I don't know who did this, but I love you.

Sign the petition if you want to continue living in a democracy without corporate free zones stealing your money, your land, your homes, and your human rights. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

What You Can Do About UK Enterprise Zones 🧵 The UK’s enterprise zone network is expanding under Labour’s Industrial Strategy Zones. Here are concrete actions you can take to resist the corporate carve-up of Britain: Thread 1/12

Gaza death toll rises to 68,531 - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-68531

Seems kind of urgent

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible. Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

@greenparty.org.uk has voted to oppose the introduction of Freeports and Special Economic Zones across the United Kingdom at it’s annual party conference in Manchester. @zackpolanski.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social greenparty.org.uk/2024/09/08/g...

New US Dark Age incoming.

🚨If you are one of nearly 14 million adults unable to access NHS dentistry in England sign this URGENT message to the Government. Enough is enough you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

I've written a deep dive into the Tories and Labour nationwide free zones rollout; every day, new info comes to light. This article is forensically researched, references included. Please read, share and where possible subscribe, thank you❤️ open.substack.com/pub/european...

In the UK: "new species and overwintering birds are more than curiosities – they are climate change made visible," writes Jenny Rhodes. See which species are regularly taking the risk to stay put and what the pros and cons are. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @jennyrhodes42.bsky.social

Protection triples in NZ seas. New Zealand has tripled marine protection in the Hauraki Gulf, creating 19 new marine reserves and seafloor protection zones across 18,000 km². It's the Gulf’s biggest conservation expansion in decades, after years of Māori-led advocacy. https://f.mtr.cool/eavzmupviz

Shout out to @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social and @zackpolanski.bsky.social advocating for much needed citizen journalism such as the Bylines Network, Freeports being one such policy rollout exposed by many incredible volunteers and activists alike, myself included! m.youtube.com/watch?v=naOY...

In September 2024, Chancellor Rachel Reeves flew to New York. Her mission? To meet Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm and now, remarkably, what they claim is “the largest provider of newly built affordable housing in the UK for the last three years.” 1/4

You could carry on reading the papers … I’m certainly going to … But the place to find Carole Cadwalldr and her fearless reporting on UK politics in general and 🇷🇺 interference, assets and apologists is @thenerve.news ✊🏻 open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

In the UK we have Keir -island of strangers- Starmer, whose government is driving right wing anti immigrant and asylum seeker policies In Spain, Pedro Sánchez is not only celebrating diversity, they're embracing and speaking positively about immigrants

Nigel Farage’s declaration of war on teachers is a war on compassion, empathy and kindness www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

Devastating news: the Slender-billed Curlew has just been declared extinct. This Slender-billed Curlew is from "A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles" (1863). #SciArt by Benjamin Fawcett #ExtinctionIsForever www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42530095

How do you do, Mountain? Taranaki Maunga, a mountain on New Zealand’s North Island, was granted legal personhood in January after a unanimous parliamentary vote, following years of advocacy by Māori iwi who regard the volcano as an ancestor.  https://f.mtr.cool/hdxdpguvan

Sussex Police - Appeal for information after arson in Peacehaven www.sussex.police.uk/news/sussex/...

The ECHR is much more than a treaty. It’s a quiet promise - a shield against abuse of power, a lifeline for the vulnerable, a declaration of who we are as a nation. In an age of upheaval and division, we must not let it be torn up for political convenience

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

It is with great sadness that we have been informed of the passing of the remarkable Dr. Jane Goodall, age 91, who died of natural causes in Los Angeles, CA while on her speaking tour in the United States. Photo credit: Marko Zlousic #jane #goodall #JaneGoodall #drjanegoodall #wildlife #nature

Some good news. London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces. The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

🔥 Britain is about to launch a new GCSE in natural history – a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world.

The Planning & Infrastructure Bill puts nature up for sale, handing power to developers and silencing communities. It’s a direct threat to our wild places and puts Amber Valley at massive threat of uncontrollable urban sprawl, in which we’d have no say in it. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

⚠️ The Planning and Infrastructure Bill undermines the protection of our rarest habitats and species. It’s an open door to irreversible environmental damage. Without stronger safeguards, protected nature sites are at risk of destruction: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/respons...

3/6 The Tony Blair Institute is already controversial. It has received millions from Saudi Arabia. It also takes money from tech billionaire/Trump supporter Larry Ellison and has ties to oligarchs. This is not neutral funding. It reflects troubling priorities

The Tony Blair Institute is behind the push for digital ID. Read here how the TBI is effectively an arm of Oracle after getting £257m from Larry Ellison. Ellison wants countries "unify all their data so that it can be consumed and used by the AI model." democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

The Guardian, as usual is missing crucial differences between the EU’s ID cards and Starmer’s proposed Brit card, why? Because they are shockingly ill-informed. Thread www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

1/ Whatever you think of digital ID, the process matters. And in 2025, this is still how we make big public policy. 👇

I for one don’t want Peter Thiel and Palantir having my data so I signed this petition. #DigitalIDCards petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...