In all of this, the whole shameful & wrong premise is that to seek asylum is itself a crime, & that to be an asylum seeker is to be less deserving of human care than those of us lucky enough to live in peace, depriving a young person, who has done nothing wrong, of support.

What do you think of our Prime Minister @rishisunak as a result of him blocking swift bricks ? Comment below. Don’t hold back - swifts’ existence is at stake. Perhaps he hasn’t quite understood…..

Yesterday I went to HarperKids & Farshore Insight Event where I learnt about the overwhelmingly positive benefits 20 minutes of daily story time can have on children (and teachers). Teachers know it works, they just need the time to do it.

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#NewIllustrationoftheDay . By Ed Vere. Mostly muted primary colours and lovely detailed drawing in various media on brown paper. From his book The Elephant and the Sea, now in paperback. About an elephant who realises his ambition to be a lifeboatman in Cornwall. PuffinBooks

Thanks a bunch Home Office for your heartless decision to refuse my beautiful Chinese daughter-in-law a visa to accompany my son on a short visit to the UK to attend his brother's wedding and meet the family including his 97 year old grandmother. So cruel. We are heartbroken.

INCOMPE(BEN)T? Corrupt or plain stupid for giving 90% of Teesworks(biggest industrial site in Europe) to two mates for £96.79p, ‘Lord’ Ben Houchen should never be trusted with taxpayers’ money again. Not fit to be Mayor. Please vote him out this Thursday. vimeo.com/939621713

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Gillian Keegan MP Utter nonsense - Labour introduced phonics through the national strategies.

Making mental health talking and other therapies easily and speedily accessible to all who need it, so many can recover and restart their lives is great, and once done you can look at those who aren't working who could be.

Taking away vital support from people when they have

Lord David Cameron spent about £5m on his Luxury Jet, while Rishi Sunak tells you he is going to pay disability benefits with vouchers.

It is a war on you, they are stealing all your money, and pouncing around as Lord Dave.

The CFP for our hybrid conference on 'Care, Community, and Hope in Children's and YA Literature' closes tomorrow (1 May). Please do send in your abstracts as we'd love to have lots of you there to discuss these important themes.

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Jacqui Sydney 📕 Julia Green David Fickling Books Mr Tom Slattery Paul Watson Jon Biddle Kate Heap: Scope for Imagination Wallee @ErinLynHamilton Rob Crossley Chris Soul Mary Rees It’s a very powerful story, Jacqui. Loved it.

Tom G 📕 Julia Green David Fickling Books Mr Tom Slattery Paul Watson Jon Biddle Kate Heap: Scope for Imagination Jacqui Sydney 📕 Wallee @ErinLynHamilton Rob Crossley Chris Soul This sounds wonderful Tom. I loved The Children of Swallow Fell so am definitely looking forward to another book by Julia.

Ettie & the Midnight Pool has such an evocative allure that I read it in 1 sitting yesterday. Wow Julia Green 🤩 Thanks David Fickling Books for this gem of a book! Coming 6/6/24 for 10+.
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‘More than 80% of children’s homes in England and Wales are run to make a profit.’ Disgraceful, @conservatives.

Why is everything unsustainable but Cameron can hire £420k a day private jet, or Braverman claiming £25k energy bills for home she didn’t reside in, or Johnson claiming his lawyer fees, or Zahawi claiming his for his horses stables, or writing off £Bs in useless PPE? I could go

I could use my lovely blue tick to go off on some thousand word diatribe about how beyond awful these low-lying scoundrels are, but instead I’ll just stick with: register to vote, make sure you have the right ID to vote, and vote.

A reminder that this is the same government that is currently promising to clamp down on what it describes as 'immoral' waste in the civil service

I am disgusted by reports that the Home Office will begin rounding up and detaining asylum seekers, in preparation for deportation to Rwanda.

This is a terrifying, repulsive election stunt from a government devoid of humanity.

We will resist, together.

Bribing children to read with rewards and keeping them in at break for not reading at home won't help them discover the joy of reading. Sharing stories as a class, dedicating time to read, talking about books together, enjoying poetry and being a reading role model will.