Come work with me! Looking for a smart, passionate and proactive change-maker to be our UK Advocacy & Campaigns Officer to deliver campaigns to save lives in war. Sound like you/ someone you know? Please spread the word! Deadline 5 May crisisaction.bamboohr.com/careers/48?sou…

Come work Save the Children UK!

We're looking for a new Senior Politics & Public Affairs Advisor to join our team & lead our UK govt & parliamentary engagement on child poverty in the UK.

If you're interested & want to find out more, do get in touch!

jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/vacancy/senior…

Come and work on gov relations in 🇬🇧, ME & Africa Wellcome!

With elections basically everywhere, it's such a crucial time to persuade politicians to prioritise science & tackle the world's health challenges.

V happy to chat to anyone interested...

linkedin.com/jobs/view/3849…

Another BONANZA of UK science policy announcements today, including the promised progress report on DSIT's Science and Technology Framework.

I love a good annual report, so this one was first on my reading list.

Here’s 6 things that caught my eye 🧵: gov.uk/government/new…

Very important report today from Environmental Audit Committee. Carrying on as we are with inadequate preparation, inadequate insulation and inadequate cooling is a recipe for increasing healthcare costs and fatalities. twitter.com/CommonsEAC/sta…

Labour The Labour Party is revealing its life sciences strategy - details have been press released today and coverage is starting to emerge.

Here's a couple of things that caught my eye, while we wait for the document itself to go online 🧵
digitalhealth.net/2024/01/labour…

We are profoundly sad to confirm that our colleague Sameh Ewaida and his family have been killed by an Israeli air strike in #Gaza . Aid workers are #NotATarget .

Our deepest sympathies are with those close to the family.

Thank you Sameh for everything you did for children.❤️

PR: @Save_Children condemns killing of staff member & family in #Gaza airstrike. “Too many families like Sameh’s have been killed, too many communities ripped apart…We urgently reiterate our call for a definitive ceasefire,' CEO Inger Ashing Inger Ashing
savethechildren.net/news/save-chil…

When the Government set out its tests for returning to 0.7% in 2021, Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP said:

“Any of my colleagues who are satisfied by that, frankly, are being hoodwinked. The terms the Treasury have set are a fiscal trap'

He was right. As was Jeremy Hunt, who voted with him.

'This is why we’re calling for a ceasefire, it’s not because we’re naïve but because we’re experts.'

Read Gwen's blog: bit.ly/49zEp9H

#StopTheWarOnChildren

Calls for a #CeasefireInGazaNOW have been branded naïve. But the alternatives are no solution at all. We cannot allow children across the region to continue growing up in fear and without hope. Some thoughts on this here savethechildren.org.uk/blogs/2023/no-… Save the Children UK

Everything in this piece by Lisa Nandy is true, up until it says the conflict needs a “longer pause” rather than a ceasefire. What use is a plan for education when the bombs start to fall again?

This is SO good from @SaveCEO_UK.

'This is why we’re calling for a ceasefire, it’s not because we’re naïve but because we’re experts.'

savethechildren.org.uk/blogs/2023/no-…

In her article for The Independent, Lisa Nandy is right about the scale of child suffering in #Gaza , but she is wrong that a ceasefire isn't needed now.

independent.co.uk/voices/labour-…

The humanitarian operation in Gaza will grind to a halt in the next 48 hours as no fuel is allowed to enter Gaza.

more updates to follow

#Gaza UNRWA

Welcome back @david_cameron. Your new role gives you a big opportunity to transform children's futures. Here's a to-do list to get started:

1. Push for #CeasefireNOW in Gaza & Israel
2. Reverse the aid cuts you opposed
3. Prioritise climate action & tackling poverty & hunger

On daily 4-hr pauses in fighting in north #Gaza ,Save the Children International's oPt Jason Lee said: 'Pauses may briefly stop violence but won't stop hunger, dehydration, disease. North or south, people must be protected&not forcibly displaced. #CeasefireNOW & access are critical to meet needs.'