"What we weren’t prepared for when we first wrote the book [The Spirit Level] was how much worse things could get:" Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett on the state of UK inequality, 15 years on. https://t.co/nOXy34b0eC
“When’s the governing going to start?
“For the last year all you’ve governed is your own survival and the country is on its knees”
Labour’s @jessphillips says today's politics overshadowed a major report on child abuse #bbcqt
Pretty sobering press release that I've received from the Trussell Trust just now: need for food banks has outstripped donations for the first time.
The charity distributed 46% more emergency food parcels in August and September than it did in 2021.
Labour ideals of fairness and equality have been at the core of my life. I’m standing to be the next Labour MP for Sheffield Central to support the city that has supported me.
Please join me, in taking on this great challenge.
https://t.co/aVjaLLga9L
For Sheffield. For Labour.
Wholesale gas is 37% cheaper than it was at its peak in March.
Retail gas is 53% more expensive than it was in March.
The parent company of British Gas reported a 411% increase in profits during this time.
Ministerial resignations are usually about accepting responsibility.
But this week Ministers are resigning to dodge responsibility.
And some still won’t resign even now.
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Well done Mrs Laing on running the #CardiffHalf! @MoorlandPrimary is there a link to the justgiving page that you could put on twitter for people who want to donate?
Only 10 days until Sam runs the Cardiff Half for ACE with @Ashley_Walsh and Charlotte! Please donate here if you can: https://t.co/2pQXPO0oNJ and share far and wide to help us reach our £3000 target. Thank you!
23 yrs a Dr, 14+ yrs an EM consultant. Never have I seen patients receive such suboptimal care and be at such risk. They are coming to serious harm as are ED staff who feel overwhelmed, broken, abandoned. This was predictable and preventable. @NHSMillion@RCollEM@doctor_oxford