This is patriotism. 🇬🇧 This is pride. This is unity. This is a city and a region saying loud and clear- no to racism and no to a far right agenda seeking to divide us. So much love for our place and our people today. Thank you to everyone who came out and showed who we are.❤️

This is welcome news. Redirecting focus from imprisoning women to exploring alternatives marks an important shift. Women’s centres achieve better outcomes and are more cost-effective, but they must be adequately funded to succeed. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

If you haven't completed this survey, make sure you do it today. Apparently transport survey participants are much more likely to be male (which could explain a lot) - so get your mothers, sisters, daughters etc to complete it too

Interesting use of Smart water - hadn't heard of this before

Our new cost of a child calculations show that, for the first time since the research started in 2008, all family types on low and modest incomes are unable to meet their costs or reach what the public deems a minimum acceptable living standard.

What. A. Night. Together we marched to #ReclaimTheNight and show- we will never accept violence and harassment and we will not stop until every woman is safe: Safe on our streets Safe in our homes Safe our workplaces Safe everywhere. Not just one night, but every night.

I talk about this endlessly in my book....how our current electoral system is NOT fit for purpose @petergeoghegan.bsky.social explains more re donations Jeez Labour...tighten up these horrors....

Thanksgiving was better during the Bartlet administration. Wingnuts out there will enjoy this…from pardoning two turkeys to the Butterball Hotline to Charlie and the knife. Happy Thanksgiving 🇺🇸 youtu.be/vH-J94gQMow

We are now up to 84 universities making staff redundant. A key part of our society is retreating at a staggering pace that would never be allowed if the decisions were all seen and weighed up together. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

💰 | Wealth is becoming the new work. The result is a society where life chances are increasingly determined by what you inherit, not what you do. In his new report, @tom-clark.bsky.social examines 'big wealth' and looks at the policy options. http://www.ippr.org/...

📈 Your house has outvalued you this century. Since the turn of the century, house prices have more than tripled, while individual employee earnings have only doubled. Is wealth the new work? Find out here: http://www.ippr.org/...

Campaigners continue to hold weekly protests at the site, with a faith vigil on the first Sunday of every month attracting people of many different faiths

This is a brilliant report from Common Wealth on the long and deep effects of deindustrialisation in the two Midlands towns of Mansfield and Corby

Really important piece by @hannahfearn.bsky.social with a quote from our director "If the government actually wants to get more people into the labour market, then it needs to deal with the underlying causes of the failure of support systems, & the fact that most of this work is being done by women"

The proportion of low-to-middle income families with a mortgage has declined since the 1990s, with more renting in the private sector. In 2000-01 around 4-in-10 owned their own home, compared to just 3-in-10 in 2022-23. Read more ➡️ https://buff.ly/4hCO0kd

Sigh..... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Home is the most dangerous place for women, says global femicide report