In 2024, National Highways acted on a handful of the 1,236 high-risk outfalls. Without challenging targets and sufficient funding to clean up these outfalls and soakaways it will only tackle a few, making very little difference to reducing water pollution actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...

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A city engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.” Tools to prevent road death and injury already exist. Helsinki can do it. Vision Zero is achievable, no excuses. www.london.gov.uk/caroline-rus...

A reminder that Oxfordshire has also very successfully rolled out 20mph in a rural county with exceptionally limited political pushback. I really don't think this is talked about enough. Are your Cllrs refusing 20mph cos "Our LA isn't London"? Tell them about Oxfordshire! Happy to share policy docs.

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Got some time this weekend!? Up for a challenge? We'd love for your help to hike and check part of the #SlowWays #NationalParksTrail! All the pink bits are checked. Are you anywhere near unchecked sections? Find out more and get involved >>> buildstories.slowways.org/national-par...

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Great read from @adamtranter.bsky.social ⤵️ Technology should not be introduced at the expense of pedestrian freedom to use the highway safely and conveniently. We need to make sure that the most vulnerable road users are protected and prioritised so that our streets work for all.

The Green Party's @zackpolanski.bsky.social was in #Doncaster last week supporting local candidates for council and for the mayor He told me the party hoped to bring new voices to the City of Doncaster Council www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/politic...

Doncaster Press ask "Why vote Green? What difference does having a Green Party representative make?" Great to speak to Harry Harrison about @greenparty.org.uk 👇🏽

Rachel Reeves is right that the world has changed - so why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Rigid adherence to arbitrary fiscal rules & refusing wealth taxes is a political choice that’s causing huge pain & harm, as well as laying out the welcome mat for the populists at Reform UK

“Now’s the moment to speak honestly about Brexit’s colossal harm. Most know it already. Even 54% of Britons who voted leave …say they would accept free movement for UK & EU citizens in exchange for single market access” Spot on ⁦‪@pollytoynbee‬⁩ Labour urgently needs to start making the case 👇

Greens response: "a gargantuan waste of money" greenparty.org.uk/2025/03/25/a...

Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The switch to 20mph roads in Wales meant: 🟢 100 fewer dead or seriously injured 🟢 26% fewer injured 🟢 The lowest 3 month casualty figure since records began 46 years ago That's in just the first year. Real lives saved, real families spared a lifetime of pain and hardship.

Healthy societies can’t afford billionaires. Every single one is a policy failure. 'Trickle down' economics has never worked. It's nothing more than a way for the rich to hoard ever more wealth while everyone else struggles to get by. There is a better way. 👇

“It’s a PR disaster for Labour …People love wildlife much more than they like these numpties banging on about bats and newts.” Well said @chrisgpackham.bsky.social 👏😀

Morning ☕️ I can’t believe my petition is now less than 1000 signatures away from a government debate. I’ve been doing this with no evangelical 💰 media or Twitter. Please share and help get this over the line. Protect us from MAGA fascism petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Who does this Labour government represent? They have a big majority with only 33.7% of the vote (and turnout was only 59.8%) How many people who voted for them did so they could cut disability benefits? Tax the rich, don't punish those in need of support www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Absolutely shocking to see a Labour secretary of state stand at the despatch box and proudly announce slashing support for some of those who need it most - including removing the UC health top-up for young people, as if young disabled people don't exist?! #DisabilityBenefits

Why is there ANY debate? 🤦‍♀️ 20mph in Wales meant about 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured in a year. “There is, perhaps, a lesson here for politicians: sometimes it can be best to ignore the noisiest voices, and take the evidence-based course.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

"Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?" - really nice to see our motonormativity research being used to explain this. Cheers, @peterwalker99.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

How many times do we have to say it? *Austerity doesn’t work*. More cuts to public spending is economically illiterate and morally indefensible - people didn’t vote Labour to get more Tory austerity. FFS tax extreme wealth, don’t slash public services @patmillsuk.bsky.social

Next week the Labour (yes, Labour) Government are expected to announce even deeper cuts to public services than first thought. Labour cuts, Tory cuts, it's always the rest of us who pay the price. The Green Party would tax the rich properly to help close the inequality gap.

Trustees wanted at Sheffield Community Bike Project🚲💡🛠 Are you passionate about making cycling accessible? Do you have one or more of the following skills or experience? (See next post)

This is how our government has been corrupted:  1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.  2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.  3) Donors make a huge profit.  4) Repeat. For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.

Cuts to public services and welfare are wrong – and unnecessary. The government could tax extreme wealth and close loopholes instead. Here are ten tax reforms to raise over £60 billion a year taxjustice.uk/blog/how-to-...

Choosing to take money from disabled benefit claimants rather than levy a wealth tax is simply immoral 👇

So there are now equal numbers of Reform and @greenparty.org.uk MPs. Will we now get equal media time? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Fiona Bruce jokes when Richard Tice keeps interrupting that she might have to put a gag on him. How about we stop having Reform on every single TV and radio show possible and constantly giving them a platform? It's so obviously disproportionate. And it's constant. #BBCQT

Very few Dutch cyclists wear helmets. Yet theirs are among the safest streets on earth. Why? They understand it’s more beneficial to calm motor traffic, build dedicated infrastructure, and nurture a culture of everyday cycling. Not force the most vulnerable users to armour up. youtu.be/P7trv9paMxA

Labour could choose to tax the rich. Instead they choose to push more and more people and families into poverty.

Yes, the UK government SHOULD abandon its Carbon Capture and Storage scheme, which a. would cause a net *increase* in emissions b. is unlikely to work c. uses tens of billions that'd be much better spent on genuinely green projects. Let's hope it has seen sense. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why are council auditors expressing "serious concerns" about plans to reopen #Doncaster #Sheffield Airport? 🚨 Were members of a Citizens' Assembly misled into backing the project? And do Oliver Coppard's "green aviation" claims add up? Part two of our major investigation by @sammgreg.bsky.social ⬇️

The "eco-warrior" phrase belittles the work of all of us who fight for the climate. It is more important than she might realise, that people in the public eye make pro-environmental choices. The opposite is also true: "Stigmatising environmental concern makes climate targets harder to hit."

If you've not seen this: first @sustrans.bsky.social report into children's cycling finds worrying gender gap among kids, plus overwhelming support among them for pro-active travel policies. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The Transport Secretary is bending over backwards to pursue a disastrous decision. How does the relentless backing of the aviation industry benefit the average person rather than just airport bosses and very frequent fliers?

Net zero now makes up nearly 5% of the Scottish economy, providing over 100,000 full-time jobs. While the UK economy sits stagnant, net zero has grown by over 20% in Scotland since 2022. It's not just environmentally necessary, it represents a huge economic opportunity.

It is unbelievably counterproductive to fund increased defence spending by cutting aid to the most fragile countries, or by squeezing stretched departmental budgets. Why does the PM not fund this by increasing taxes on the most wealthy rather than further burdening the poorest?

substack.com/inbox/post/1... arguments for sustainable transport are perceived as political and ideological, whereas arguments for more road space are perceived as technical and rational Why?? Logic?? Who might benefit from this and how? Who might loose from this position

Utterly shameful - a sickening betrayal of some of the poorest people. And counterproductive too - as if global security isn’t also dependent on efforts to tackle the climate crisis, global poverty, inequality, and humanitarian needs.

Latest register of MPs' interests shows Nigel Farage was paid £91,200 for four hours' work promoting gold bullion, and had £40,000-plus in US travel expenses paid for by rich friends.

Huge opportunities in the net zero economy if we invest properly - this is where govt should be focusing, not on climate wrecking airport expansion or oil drilling! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Tory austerity. Now Labour austerity. Still austerity. Let's stop making nonsense rules and actually fund public services.

Sheffield Council started work this week to make walking, wheeling and cycling easier on Pinstone Street. for more info, see: haveyoursay.sheffield.gov.uk/connecting-s...

How good is an area for pedestrians? One measure might be to think of the journey to a nearby school. How many times do you have to cross a road? (Side road or more major) Now how many of those crossings are you comfortable for a 7 year old to do on their own?

Heathrow is typical of the Government. Makes inequality worse, evidence is biased by vested interests and it's terrible for the planet. Rather than a frequent flyer levy, Labour are only interested in representing corporate interests.

Labour's disgusting deportation stunt this week wasn't just morally bankrupt, it was politically stupid. Politicians need to find the backbone to be honest about the real source of our problems: the wealthy elite draining money from our communities metro.co.uk/2025/02/11/l...

Expansion with a side of...expansion 🙄 These ‘economic benefits’ won’t reach anyone except Heathrow’s bosses. If Labour Ministers approve these plans, they’ll officially be making worse climate decisions than the last lot. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...