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An essential and sobering report on homicides and suicides where domestic abuse and housing come into play, based on detailed analysis of 75 domestic homicide reviews by @kathyswinds.bsky.social www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/dome...

New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion. It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops

This idea has been percolating since 2021, but I got to see how it is finally coming to life with the help of @bushbell.bsky.social @eddiehughes.bsky.social and more

Out out! #theimportanceofbeingearnest #stephenfry

@microsoft.com I logged a fault with you last week and you have not responded or fixed the problem. Please will you resolve this

Would be helpful if a few people who were still MPs would say this...

This is a lie. There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years. But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

Just a simple reminder for today.

This 👇

Simply making Amazon pay their tax in the UK would be enough to pay for lifting the 2 Child Benefit Cap. Amazon have a Revenue of £27bn in the UK but usually pay NO tax at all.

This 👇

Just watched the John and Amy Hunt interview with @vicderbyshire.bsky.social. I’m struck by their love, quiet dignity and strength in the face of unimaginable horror. Amy is right when she talks of the epidemic of social media fuelled misogyny that is putting women and girls in danger.

Annual trip for my sis and me to see the Colonel’s Review - one of my favourite days of the year. The skill and musicianship of the bands is outstanding.

Love this.

🏠 This time next week is the govt's #SpendingReview. @cihhousing.bsky.social is calling for 🔹 90K social rent homes/year 🔹 £5bn to retrofit social housing 🔹 A renewed Decent Homes Programme 🔹 Action on homelessness & supported housing 📄 Read our full submission: shorturl.at/fGVHJ #ukhousing

We've been working with CDS to bring together stakeholders from across the social housing sector to explore how co-operation and power sharing between providers and resident communities can work to address key issues the sector is facing.

This 👇 is a political choice. And a direct result of decades of failure to #BuildSocialHousing - failures the government could reverse at the spending review if it chooses. Please help us persuade them england.shelter.org.uk/support_us/c...

At the @royalderngate.bsky.social this evening for an Elkie Brooks gig. She’s 80 next week. What a voice. Such power and control. Haunting version of ‘To make you feel my love’ and a proper heavy metal version of Knights in White Satin’ Excellent.

Today is an object lesson in the radicalisation of the British right-wing press. Britain is being disparaged and insulted by a foreign far-right conspiracy theorist. But the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and even the Times choose focus their criticisism on the British prime minister instead.

Tim's having his wisdom teeth removed on Christmas Eve. "Based on his track record, he should never have been allowed to have them in the first place. He's not exactly Balthazar!" screamed Joan. #NewAlanBennetts

I am loving these #NewAlanBennetts @with1v.bsky.social has loads of them.

This morning I’m feeling proud and grateful that I’m a woman of a certain age.

Good story in @thirdsector.co.uk on our #CharityReformGroup essays being launched today. Our sector needs a stronger voice in the national discourse. For that to happen we need to be louder and clearer on what we’re about. www.thirdsector.co.uk/charities-be...

Can we give a big welcome to @pollyneate.bsky.social please? @allymcgovern.bsky.social @alisoninman.bsky.social @simplicitly.bsky.social @martinhwheatley.bsky.social @tomemurtha.bsky.social @tobylloyd.bsky.social @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social

This 👇

I am loving these #NewAlanBennetts @with1v.bsky.social has loads of them.

"Rural England is in crisis. The shortage of affordable homes threatens not only housing but also the health, wellbeing, and sustainability of our countryside"🏡 English Rural for NHF our #PlanForHousing series housing.org.uk/news-and-blo... #ruralhomelessness #socialhousing #affordablehousing #rural

Who knew there was a tiny jazz club at the top of the Toulouse Lautrec in Newington Butts. Looking forward to an afternoon of great jazz in a unique setting with the Sam Every Big Band

My lovely friend ER invited me out on duty. We had a properly glorious afternoon. Have a read.

My lovely friend ER invited me out on duty. We had a properly glorious afternoon. Have a read.

NEW REVIEW! This week Leonard Cohen, HP Sauce and the acceptable temperature of butter all feature in a write up of a genuine institution. And is a meal just about the food, the room and the service, or is there more to it than that? ediblereading.com/2024/10/04/r...

‘Sometimes, paradise is a house.’ Very much so @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social

Great piece by @samfr.bsky.social on threat of school standards slipping English schools are very good but performance is now at risk from factors (e.g poverty) beyond the control of schools. Needs cross-gov action but the missions agenda is so far underdeveloped open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/d...

Overcrowding is more severe for low-to-middle income families renting privately. Low-to-middle income households face nearly four times the levels of overcrowding of those on higher incomes. Read more: https://buff.ly/4hCO0kd

Paul Smith, CEO at Elim at NHF webinar on working in partnership to deliver supported housing - it's much better for people to move into independent living than into hospital! We more need #supported housing to make sure people can live independently and take pressure off #NHS hospital services.

Excellent piece. The effects of ‘the state’s long and dangerous retreat from housing’.

Polly Neate, CEO of the charity Shelter, said: "Parliament must not enact this legislation. Instead of punishing people for being homeless, politicians should be trying to prevent them from ending up on the streets."

Thought I’d give Bluesky a go. It’s good to be here. I’m a housing professional who has experience in the education and charity sectors. We have a massive housing crisis to solve; a crisis made by political choices and one that can be solved by making different ones. Let’s get to work!