Labour has voted with the Tories to weaken Ofwat's ability to fine water companies for sewage pollution - theguardian.com/environment/20…

looks like retweets/quote tweets are broken

Ministers are facing calls to abandon the “cruel and nonsensical” fines levied on tens of thousands of unpaid carers for unwittingly breaching earnings rules by just a few pounds a week. theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

My The Guardian story: Tens of thousands of unpaid carers looking after disabled, frail or ill relatives forced to repay huge sums to DWP or face criminal prosecution over 'honest mistake' breaches of carers allowance rules theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

wrote this last month
theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f…

Daily Mail Online The catch is that you don't actually live any longer. It will just feel that way.

Astonishing development:

Exclusive: Tory party “sitting on” further £5m from disgraced donor Frank Hester

tortoisemedia.com/2024/03/14/exc…

Me for Tortoise

Breakout star 'The Unknown' from Glasgow's Willy's Chocolate Experience has landed a new gig - scaring children at London Dungeon this Easter 👻🍫 trib.al/GqYp43l

'Having failed to get a grip of the market they are funding, ministers have at least created the conditions for the next government to do more.'

Great to have The Guardian agree that we need a new social contract in the childcare system!

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This summarises very well how many parents feel: 'Our childcare system is a wild west' from Joseph Rowntree Foundation principal policy advisor Abby Jitendra.

We've done a deep dive into companies accounts of childcare providers. Here the results with Heather Stewart
theguardian.com/money/2024/mar…

NEW: UK Ministry of Defence moved millions in Saudi funds through its own bank account in the wake of the Al Yamamah scandal.

Documents show officials stressing need to ‘keep the Saudis on side’ after revelations about al-Yamamah. theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

5 years ago the award winning Goldsmith Street councils houses were built in Norwich. Yet some are already set to be sold off under Right to Buy. dezeen.com/2024/03/07/gol…

I didn't watch that as am ill in bed but is sunak promising yet more restrictions on protest rights, following Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and Public Order Act 2023?

In December, Kemi Badenoch said she had 'engaged extensively with LGBT groups in my role as Minister for Women & Equalities'.

I sent a FOI request to find out which groups. They've delayed responding as the information is subject to a 'public interest test'.

The News Editor from Inside Housing faces eviction on 15th April - section 21. Michael Gove

Okay but they should have called Liverpool Street to Enfield the Mojito Line in honour Diane Abbot's mojito

Seriously people - look at what's happening in terms of GDP/capita (which is what ultimately matters for our living standards). This is a proper recession just being hidden by having more people - GDP/capita declined 0.7 per cent in 2023 with falls in every single quarter

My latest for @InsideHousing reveals there are thousands more households living in temp accom with shared facilities than official data shows

Because the TA is council-owned, they don’t have the same legal protections, and their numbers aren’t public ⤵️
insidehousing.co.uk/insight/the-le…

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