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[Fiona Nailor 🐝 @Fionanailor]

@RealIvdR @BDubleYou @bt_uk That is interesting. Yes me too. Using 4G on my phone enabled me to get emails.

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@drphilhammond @LCWF_TBK As you mention Devizes - cabinet members can have a minor injury here out of hours, needing an x-ray, and they will need to travel an hour to a major hospital to get one. Lovely new urgent treatment centre only available 9-5 once you’ve spoken to a doctor, no X-ray.

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@scope Was @Jeremy_Hunt played the clip of this lady’s speech? A shame if not. It would have been good to educate him and get his response. He obviously doesn’t understand how PIP works and what it is used for.

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@naomicfisher @littlehousew Like a detention for not having an eraser.

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@dtibbdvz @sainsburys Oh no. Wonder how mine sneaked through.

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@bewildermoo @MartinSLewis More than £7000 in many cases. We saw private halls in Bristol at £13,000 so even on a full loan it’s unaffordable. Loan amounts need to increase to cover rising cost of housing/energy/food.

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@Aquaesul @FlyingBunnyRope They are so ugly too. Hardly in keeping with the beautiful Abbey and surroundings.

[Naomi Fisher @naomicfisher]

So why are parents so upset and angry about the @educationgovuk attendance campaign? It’s because it reveals how the DfE thinks about parents of children who are struggling to attend school, and shows how very little they understand of the causes of school attendance difficulties.

The posters all have same format. A child complains about something in the morning - worries, a stomach ache, or a runny nose but ‘look at her/him now!’, with a picture of a happy child in school uniform. The message to parents is clear. The DfE thinks they are ‘too soft’ and just need to push a bit past their children’s resistance to get into a place where they will be happy - school. Children might complain but it’s not serious. They’ll ’be fine’.

This is a message which parents are used to hearing. ‘They’re fine once they’re here’ is so common as to be a cliche amongst parents with children who beg them every evening not to send them to school the next day or who protest every morning. Schools don’t see the problems and so they assume that they aren’t happening.

For parents who are struggling every morning to get their children into school - and then dealing with highly distressed children after school - these posters confirm their suspicions that everyone thinks this is their fault. They are just not ‘good parents’. It confirms that no one believes them when they say that their child is deeply distressed by school and that the problem isn’t home.

These parents already feel blamed, and these posters add more shame. They do nothing to address or even mention the reasons why so many children are struggling to attend. The DfE thinks they know why there’s a problem - it’s parents who believe their kids and who don’t push them into school hard enough. To the parents who have been asking for support but who are met with long waiting lists and high thresholds for CAMHS, along with fixed penalty fines for poor attendance, this confirms what they already felt.

There’s no help coming. It’s just ‘try harder’.

[Naomi Fisher @naomicfisher]

What is it that is so crucially important in school that we should prioritise attendance over everything else, and no matter what suffering it causes? As someone who missed a lot of school, I'd really like to know. 3/

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@dtibbdvz I expect ours will come down tomorrow. Someone is itching to do it!

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@DrCaz_1000 @sstroschein2 @LongCovidKids @CRBoxFoundation It still is the norm. Still no adequate ventilation in shared spaces.

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@MoneySavingExp Terrible news and I’ve also heard they are discontinuing Toffee Crisp! NO! Not allowed! What are they thinking?! #Caramac

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@1_purple11 @Dr_D_Robertson Just what I was thinking. Is it better to wait until better/newer vaccine arrives?!

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Our RUH - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/oz9MwbXTX5 via @UKChange

[Jamie Oliver @jamieoliver]

Today is GCSE results day, which I know can be a stressful time. A lot of bright kids with dyslexia will be frustrated by what they receive, because the education system doesn't play to their strengths – but I’m always keen to say don't let this define you. The wider world is more open to you coming at life in a slightly different way. You don't have to be conventional, you just have to have the confidence to do it. And remember, school is just one part of your journey. We’ve come a long way since I was at school, but it’s nowhere near enough. We need to embrace everyone’s inner genius, which definitely comes in different shapes and forms. Whatever your results today, I know you can and will achieve amazing things!

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@jenniphillipsc2 @cirian75 @ErdmuteD Portland Mayor complaining about the size of room and bed on Bibby Stockholm - maybe they want to measure the average university accommodation room and beds and will find similar, for which students pay loads.

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@DandG_Support what is the point of receiving an email from you confirming a booking for a boiler service for today only to find out there is no appointment booked. Appalling service!!