@mcgregor.bsky.social’s been @ippr.org trustee years &I can confidently say he’s one of the wisest, smartest, kindest. He talks human not bullshit. Really impressive experience +perspective at intersection of politics/policy/campaigns/digital. And an incredibly open, generous operator. Wicked hire ❤️

New details published today reveal which countries will bear the brunt of the UK's aid cuts, exposing the human consequences of a decision that risks leaving more people hungry, more communities without vital support, and more lives lost to preventable causes.

I've written for @labourlist.bsky.social on Bridget Phillipson's recent speech on the need for universal access to early education/childcare (and a suggestion for the first step to get there) - labourlist.org/2026/07/univ...

Let me introduce you to... the parenting spreadsheet My column this week (300 free clicks): as.ft.com/r/8afe1f37-b...

England are losing, and John Stones is down injured. The camera cuts to Mick Jagger. Guy Mowbray says some pre-scripted thing about "He won't be feeling much satisfaction." YES BUT THERE'S A PLAYER CALLED 'STONES' DOWN INJURED. MOWBRAY! YOU HAD ONE JOB.

new rule: the winner of the tournament earns the right to face Cabo Verde for the title

I've written a new post exploring a fascinating turn in education reform. After a period in which there was pressure for ever narrower approaches to education, today's pioneers are advocating for a holistic model, with schools at the centre of a thriving civic life. (1/n) medium.com/@jamestplunk...

Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...

Seems like a good place to post this as bsky must have the highest density of policy officers of any social media platform: TUC looking for a policy lead for employment rights and labour markets. A nice team. Key experience needed in screenshot. www.tuc.org.uk/jobs/policy-...

"Former Bulk Distributor assistant editor Andy Burnham is set to become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, marking an extraordinary journey from the pages of the tank container industry press to the steps of Downing Street." bulk-distributor.com/2026/07/form...

To claim that welfare is over generous is pure political venom. In reality, people are treated with complete inhumanity, failing to get the support they need because of a decade and a half of brutal politics and cuts. Labour is no longer playing along. Bravo. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

What is it about human-to-human relationships that can’t be replicated by technology? What is unique to our relationships? relationshipsproject.org/what-is-unique-to-human-relationships/

Humanitarians always prioritise the most vulnerable people affected in any disaster - children, women, mothers, elderly people, those with disabilities like Rosa. You can help her and so many more by donating now to #Venezuela #earthquake appeal 👇 dec.org.uk

Delighted to work with Crisis and other orgs across the housing and homelessness world on this report demonstrating the urgent need to unfreeze LHA www.crisis.org.uk/media/00pnzl...

"The AI build-out... is increasingly financed not by selling overpriced equity but by contracting future cash flows and borrowing against hardware.... That is not the architecture of 2000. That is the architecture of 2008." www.groundbrkr.com/p/the-second...

I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year

I’d add to this: Building more council housing now will help defuse a ticking time bomb of either a soaring a housing benefit bill, rising pensioner poverty or some combination of the two as people in the private rented sector retire in the decades ahead.

Two earthquakes have hit Venezuela within seconds of each other. Hundreds have been killed and thousands injured. DEC charities are working with local partners to reach people with emergency aid and support search and recovery efforts. Please donate using this link: https://bit.ly/4wl7NLi

Very thankful for this letter to Becky Pepper-Jackson (the 16 year-old trans girl SCOTUS ruled against yesterday) from James Dale, a gay man whose expulsion from the Boy Scouts was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2000.

🧵 Have you listened to Common Ground on BBC Radio 4? Evan Davis visits Grimsby to explore how divided we really are and what it takes to strengthen community. Community businesses are key. They invest locally, build trust & bring people together, as we explored here: buff.ly/KWsgAN5

This really is worth a watch. Such damning evidence on the inadequacy of social security support & why much more is needed if we are to drive child poverty down & ensure all children are able to thrive. I hope Andy B and his advisers are watching.

Tesco is extending its Kids Eat Free scheme to 7 days a week over the summer, where children get a free meal with an adult purchase, but honestly, this detail about how small the adult purchase can be broke my heart.

🚨The warning signs were there for El Fasher. Up to 60,000 people were slaughtered, as the world looked on. 🚨 The warning signs are there for El Obeid. We can’t fail the civilians of Sudan again.

Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/

Having recently been told by a stakeholder I should not canvas the opinions of children because “they don’t pay tax”, I am delighted to see this resource: bsky.app/profile/thet...

Thank you, Bill. And all like you.

🪧 NEW REPORT: The idea that young men are turning towards right-wing politics is overstated. Our data shows they are becoming more progressive, but increasingly alienated from politics. We set out how to give young people a real voice 👇 www.ippr.org/articles/a-g...

I can't even.

So glad that Luqman Saeed - an academic at Ulster University - has written this piece about the Belfast riots. I hope I could write this clearly and perceptively were I under similar pressure right now. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

This is unbelievably at £132k. The difference this will make can not be overstated.

Having spent the day, much like every other day at present, listening to journalists and broadcasters restate unsubstantiated claims, and elide the fact of difference with a trigger for racist violence, here are simple rules even Chris Mason might grasp. ⬇️

That is the hardest thing to accept, but it is also a reason for hope. We know how to prevent malnutrition. We know how to treat it. We know how to reach people in the most challenging circumstances. We just have to be allowed - and resourced - to do it.

Goodman makes one point that really resonated with me - and reflected what we so often say. Many of the disasters he covered in years past were acts of nature. What he found in Somalia, and heard about in Sudan, were the product of decisions. Of choices, made by people.

The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have released a statement saying - like the family of Henry Nowak last week - that the attack should not be used to "divide people or fuel hostility" They condemned disorder and praised the "valuable contribution" by migrants inews.co.uk/news/politic...

This is no more about the details of immigration policy than the progroms my great great grandparents fled were about Jews committing crimes. It's straightforward racist violence and it needs the strongest possible response.

🗣️ 'Child-friendly planning is just one more thing to think about...' Wrong! It can bring a wide array of benefits. And with our local plan plug-in, we've made it easier for local authorities to embed the rights, needs & voices of children & young people in the built environment. buff.ly/x78oEvU

My day job is at a rural branch of a public library, and we have a Pride display. Yesterday I was at the desk when a man came in. Fifties, maybe, or sixties. Plaid shirt, mesh trucker cap, suspenders. He went up to the display and just stood there for a long moment. Then he came up to the desk. 🧵 1/

I’m biased, but this is a great speech by @allymcgovern.bsky.social, and sets out a clear policy blueprint for how to grow cities outside London. Good jobs in tradable sectors; being open and attractive to new people; more and better investment; more local control (via gradual fiscal devolution)

Thank you for shining a light on an issue affecting so many single parent families.

I think every politician who proposes to ban anything on the internet for teens should be required to propose, as an alternate, a free and accessible and all weather space for teens to hang out in their own hometown

Because phones are omnipresent when kids are struggling they’re often struggling through their phones. This makes the phone feel like the source, even though it’s often just the medium through which existing problems travel. medium.com/@nbrody_5108...

This is excellent 👇

The media & political classes (left + right) tend to guess wrong about the public - who have a *much* stronger common sense consensus on civic "inclusive nativism" than most of the commentariat seem to realise

NEWS: Donors and Aid Organizations Announce $500 Million Commitment to Fight Child #Malnutrition in Crisis Zones Read the full press release: https://bit.ly/4atYT5D

Big news for children in care. The Government has announced £8.4 million to help children in care build lifelong, loving relationships — our Lifelong Links approach is central to that mission.

I am fine with the triple lock. As long as, longer term, the pension age rises in line with life expectancy. Raising income tax and cutting National Insurance by the same amount is a much better policy.

"hero of the day" goes to the parent volunteer helping out on a school trip to the british museum, who solved the mystery of the 9-year-old's lost bracelet (which was causing chaos, the whole crocodile had paused to look for it) by deducing that it was still on their arm, just pushed up really far

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

goddaughter has now been asleep in my one bedroom flat for nearly four hours, meaning that I've not been able to really make a sound without being very anxious about it for nearly four hours, and I now think that every parent who's had to raise a kid in a small flat deserve one million pounds

Really pleased to see the government introduce free bus travel for children in the summer holidays - practical help for families struggling with rising costs