EXCL: Rishi Sunak spent £2m of taxpayers' money on focus groups & polling which helped craft messaging on 'eat out to help out' ahead of second Covid wave - despite keeping health chiefs in the dark on £850m scheme
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❌A whopping 5 million Brits could lose their vote on polling day due to a lack of awareness over new #voterID rules, including more than 1 in 4 young people.

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The government spent more than £23k on legal services related to Michelle Donelan’s letter to UK Research and Innovation about members of an advisory panel, bringing the total cost of the incident to the government & UKRI to more than £60k.

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I know it's a long title, but it's a great PhD opportunity!

'Magical holiday in a magical location” Let us bring some magic to your holiday. Choose from one of our 3 Glamping Huts or our converted Double-Decker bus on our rural retreat on the edge of Dartmoor. Our friendly #alpacas are waiting to meet you
#Glamping #Dartmoor

'It's pumped 72bn litres of sewage into the Thames and been blamed for ruining the boat race. But, ANDREW PIERCE reveals, at least the water is clear in the pool at CEO's £4m home as it teeters in bankruptcy'.

Anyone for a swim? 🤔

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Disrupt yourself or face a slow but steady decline into obsolescence.

Read the full article: Disruption-Proof: How Entire Sectors Avoid Transformation
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Presenting last night to a group on the issue, conflict & tensions around #CompassionateAgeism . Reminded how it can be misinterpreted in the context of social policy & practice. The notion of its oppressive & pernicious nature not always easy to grasp or confront a challenge.

Our Love Yoga Tree studio at Dartmoor Reach has made it to the regional finals of the Muddy Stiletto Awards. Please can you vote for us in the Finalist category

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#BusinessAward #voteforus #yourvotecounts

'Carer’s allowance: let’s end this scandal now!'

Prof. Sue Yeandle comments on the recent The Guardian articles on #CarersAllowance , providing context and highlighting the need for much overdue reform.

Read the piece here:
centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/202…
#UnpaidCarers #socialcare
Economic and Social Research Council

In this episode of Let's Talk Ideas we are joined by whatsthepont discussing idea antibodies that can kill innovation, the problem with following 'best practice' & why we spend so much time ‘bike-shedding’. Tune in on Spotify, Apple or your fave app pod.link/1719984214

“The wilful destruction of Sure Start and the reductions of children’s benefits after 2010 has set back opportunities for millions of children’s futures. That’s why our country desperately needs a new Sure Start.”
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🚀Our Migration Fund is open for applications

The Migration Fund supports organisations working towards a world in which everyone is free to move, and no one is forced to move.

We offer long-term grants to organisations of any size working in the UK.
phf.org.uk/migration-fund
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Some good thoughts about pernsioner poverty here. The rise of people of pension age living in uncontrolled private rental properties is one that give me nightmares on a personal and national level. As with all public policy at present, private renters an invisible group

Important response and thoughtful critique to the Alzheimer's Society advert. Thank you Neil Crowther

Why not tell Rachel Reeves that you think capital gains should be taxed at the same rate as income? It would raise £12 billion of revenue, reduce inequality and help remove the bias in our tax system that under taxes the rich. vm.tiktok.com/ZGemmm1cS/

Congrats Community Care on reaching 50 years of publication. For all of us it has been challenging times championing #socialwork , #socialcare & #SocialGood . Now is the time to embrace the “community” part of care & seek collaborations & partnerships across the whole social sector

congratulations to all who fought for this step forward for unpaid carers

The launch of the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/0… The Report is published in full this morning. What it makes clear is that the claim that politicians make that there is no money left is wrong. There is enough money available to tackle all the problems we face.

Everyone in the boroughs we serve deserves local news written by local teams.

2024 is crunch year. There are no grants for what we do. Every month we use the resources we have to put stories in front of thousands of readers for free.

It's hard for us to ask for help.