David Brindle
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One-time Guardian journo now charity chair and social care commentator
Oh dear
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
about 19 hours ago
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Stephen Bush
3 days ago
Big scoop by my colleagues, this:
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Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates
Chancellor explores alternative ways to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole estimated at up to £30bn
https://www.ft.com/content/6cbb46b1-c075-453b-a9f9-7eb1e9120d9b
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Extraordinary story
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6 days ago
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Chris Kendall 👊🇪🇺🧶
6 days ago
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE.
#ProjectFear
#wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
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So tired of all the raiding
9 days ago
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Robert Hutton
11 days ago
Out for the Count: my SKETCH of James Cartlidge failing at DPMQs so spectacularly that he managed to overshadow David Lammy's TREASONOUS lack of a poppy.
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Out for the count | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
The most important thing in politics, according to Lyndon Johnson, is knowing how to count. He was talking about votes, but the rule also applies, as we shall see, to questions. And friends.
https://thecritic.co.uk/out-for-the-count/
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Intriguing detail from
@katie0martin.ft.com
- was this appreciated in Downing Street?
12 days ago
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Excellent choice
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/julia-u...
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Julia Unwin named as government’s choice for next Charity Commission chair
https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/julia-unwin-named-as-government-s-choice-for-next-charity-commission-chair.html
13 days ago
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Woodward & Bernstein, your legacy is secure
@thetimes.com
16 days ago
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Car crash of an interview with R4 comedy commissioning ed Julia McKenzie on her scheduling of Call Jonathan Pie at 6.30pm. Apparently the family audience at that time is ‘minuscule’. That’s all right then. ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002lff0
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Feedback - Call Jonathan Pie, and Life Changing - BBC Sounds
Andrea Catherwood talks about Call Jonathan Pie with Radio 4 commissioner Julia McKenzie.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002lff0
17 days ago
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Crying Wolfson?
@financialtimes.com
18 days ago
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It’s new Private Eye day, thank the lord
19 days ago
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Knave of Clubs pub, London E1, by Marketa Luskacova. More of her fab 1976 photos are on display at the gloriously revived boozer
19 days ago
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Heart goes out to anyone who followed this crumble recipe in last week’s
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
22 days ago
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Brian Tyler Cohen
25 days ago
The Pentagon announces they are replacing The New York Times’ press credentials with the MyPillow guy’s media outlet.
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Robert Hutton
26 days ago
Boris’s Children: my SKETCH of Today in subjects he loves to forget.
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Boris’s children | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“My memory is now contaminated.” It was one of the more accurate statements we heard from Boris Johnson on Tuesday morning, though this is never a high bar. He was speaking, again…
https://thecritic.co.uk/boriss-children/
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Number of people aged 100+ in UK doubled since 2004. Most per head in Wales. Must be the laverbread.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
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Estimates of the very old, including centenarians, UK - Office for National Statistics
Annual mid-year population estimates of people aged 90 years and over by sex and single year of age to 105 years and over, and comparisons between UK countries.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/ageing/bulletins/estimatesoftheveryoldincludingcentenarians/2002to2024
27 days ago
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Ordered Tuesday (standard service) delivered Saturday 👏 If only all public services …
30 days ago
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High time for Vol II, Ivor
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about 1 month ago
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Lots of
@bbc5live.bsky.social
listeners seemingly less than impressed by 2 hours 20 mins of unmoderated Trump/Netanyahu love-in
about 1 month ago
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Hammersmith & Fulham continues to be the only local authority in England with a policy of free personal care
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Iain Coleman obituary
Labour MP fired by compassion for those left behind by society who fought for free social care provision at home
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/08/iain-coleman-obituary
about 1 month ago
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You couldn’t make it up …
@hsj.co.uk
about 1 month ago
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The King's Fund
about 1 month ago
The social care system is not fit for purpose. Many people can't access the care and support they need and others are left facing catastrophic costs. Our new long read outlines the six key issues and the options cited to tackle them.
https://bit.ly/3VPOdH3
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Fixing Social Care: The Six Key Problems And How To Tackle Them
Different people have different opinions about what’s ‘wrong’ with social care and how to fix it. This long read outlines the six key issues and the options cited to tackle them.
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/long-reads/whats-your-problem-social-care?utm_term=thekingsfund&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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‘The current figures look too tight’ - informed & dispassionate analysis of the government’s social care pay plan from Andy Harrop
open.substack.com/pub/cradle2g...
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Paying for fair pay
The social care Fair Pay Agreement will be introduced in 2028. But can it be funded from existing spending plans?
https://open.substack.com/pub/cradle2grave/p/paying-for-fair-pay?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
about 1 month ago
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‘I think it’s going to be 5%’ - Diane Morton, Reform’s lead member for social care, on Kent county council’s likely council tax rise next spring
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about 1 month ago
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Turning out some old files and came across this Valuing People Now press pack from 2009 promising support for people with learning disabilities ‘in every aspect of their lives’
about 1 month ago
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Some acronyms just leap off the page. Others not so much … LEMONADE (An incLusivE coMmunity fOod model for health wellbeiNg and sociAl connectedness of olDer pEople)
about 2 months ago
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Reserving judgment pending details on the £500m pay boost for care workers (in 2028!) but pleased with this image being used by government
about 2 months ago
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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis
about 2 months ago
political reporters: "who's to say which side is right? I'm just reporting what they say!" science & health reporters: "me! I can say who's right! can anyone hear me?"
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Peerless reporting by Sue Mitchell on File on Four. Might as well call all the 2025 journalism awards now.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Illegal working and streams of taxis - BBC gains rare access inside asylum hotels
Asylum seekers and hotel staff at four hotels revealed what daily life is like for them.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy8ee2w73jo
about 2 months ago
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Curious consequence (apparently) of VAT imposition on private schools
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about 2 months ago
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Stefan Marciniak
about 2 months ago
NHS guidelines stand In the UK, paracetamol (acetaminophen in USA) is the first choice of painkiller if you're pregnant. It's commonly taken during pregnancy and does not harm your baby
www.nhs.uk/medicines/pa...
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Pregnancy, breastfeeding and fertility while taking paracetamol for adults
NHS medicines information on paracetamol and whether you can take it while pregnant or breastfeeding.
https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/paracetamol-for-adults/pregnancy-breastfeeding-and-fertility-while-taking-paracetamol-for-adults/
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Quite the week for the family
about 2 months ago
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Confirmation today that Exercise Pegasus starts on Thursday to assess the UK’s readiness for another pandemic arising from ‘a novel infectious disease’. Hoping someone remembers care homes this time …
2 months ago
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‘I happen to think the prime minister is a decent, honest and competent man. But I’m beginning to wonder if he’s not a little unworldly’ 🎯
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2 months ago
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‘[I] could no longer lead the sector when the political leadership don’t want to engage with me’ - Claire Murdoch per Health Service Journal (£)
2 months ago
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Robert Hutton
2 months ago
Peter Mandelson Sacking Day seems to come around sooner every decade. My SKETCH of Today in "No! Not Peter! Not again?"
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Oh Mandy … | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
Some of us are old enough to remember where we were every time Peter Mandelson resigned. His departures from high office are like royal weddings: a chance to freeze a moment in our nation’s long story…
https://thecritic.co.uk/oh-mandy/
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Small point but why ‘Boris Files’ not ‘Johnson Files’? Just fuels the charming rogue myth.
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2 months ago
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2 months ago
We're looking for organisations to host IMPACT projects in 2026-27 We're looking for sites of all sizes, from individual services to whole regions View the long list of possible topics here:
impact.bham.ac.uk/contact-us-2...
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Judicious advice for corporates thinking of cosying up to Reform from top comms strategist Rutherford Hall (aka
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social
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3 months ago
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Happy transfer deadline day to all who celebrate
3 months ago
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Viewed from Cowdenbeath, I guess 60 miles might conceivably seem ‘near’
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Thanks but I’ll take no lectures on restraint from this past master
3 months ago
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Nick Davies
3 months ago
The govt's commitment to adult social care reform procrastination is truly impressive. First it commissioned Louise Casey to publish a review in 2028, then it decided she should first review grooming gangs, and now it is considering appointing her to a full time role in No.10
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It’s clear there are too many charities (170,000 registered in England & Wales) but numbers continue to rise. More than 1,000 applications in July, the highest ever monthly figure. This has to stop.
charitycommission.blog.gov.uk/2025/08/26/a...
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An evolving charity sector
It often surprises people when I tell them that, after 16 years in this role, I still see something new in the charity sector every single week. Charitable status carries such an important role in our...
https://charitycommission.blog.gov.uk/2025/08/26/an-evolving-charity-sector/
3 months ago
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Superb by Ben Jennings
@theipaper.com
3 months ago
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On a day when optimism feels in sort supply, check out Hope for All Ages - 50 ideas from ‘changemakers’ that just might leave us in a better place by 2050
www.unitedforallages.com/news
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News | United For All Ages
Creating stronger communities and a stronger country by bringing older and younger people together and tackling some of Britain’s biggest social and economic issues.
https://www.unitedforallages.com/news
3 months ago
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Community Integrated Care
3 months ago
This is what happens when the influence of British Cycling meets one of the UK’s biggest social care charities - a groundbreaking day of inclusion and social impact for people who draw on care and support! 🚴♂️✨ 🎥
youtu.be/XkiiK-Yzdvk
@britishcycling.org.uk
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Community Integrated Care and British Cycling | A Day of Inclusive Impact
YouTube video by Community Integrated Care
https://youtu.be/XkiiK-Yzdvk
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Profound apologies to the person to whom I have just mailed a letter (sic) with an old 1p stamp found in the back of a drawer thinking it a 1st class. So out of practice …
3 months ago
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit
3 months ago
A great friend and colleague to many people at this Unit:
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/in-memo...
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In Memoriam: Professor Anthea Tinker CBE
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Anthea Tinker
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/in-memoriam-professor-anthea-tinker-cbe
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