Jack Graves

Mostly listening to Bruce Springsteen 🎸 reading the Waverley Novels 📚 and working in #localgovernment 🏘🚮🌳 Media relations & public affairs @londoncouncils

[Jess Phillips @jessphillips]

Someone actually resigned. I am shook

[Jack Graves @jackgraves]

THREAD 🧵

[London Councils @londoncouncils]

The government’s upcoming #SpendingReview is vital for securing the country’s economic recovery and the future of local services.

Did you know London boroughs have seen a 25% funding reduction since 2010 – even though there are now a million more Londoners?

[Khaled Hosseini @khaledhosseini]

The people of Afghanistan do not deserve this.

[Jack Graves @jackgraves]

Stark figures from the London Housing Directors' Group, @G15London, and @Savills.

Even if London met its current delivery targets, this wouldn't be enough to tackle the #housingcrisis.

https://t.co/Ku7pckOYEx

[London Councils @londoncouncils]

“London’s #housingcrisis has dragged on for far too long and there’s no end in sight. Due to total market failure and years of underinvestment at a national level, there simply aren’t enough affordable homes being built."

Read our press release here 👇
https://t.co/FH61ZV6dI3

[Jack Graves @jackgraves]

Mel Brooks's "mid-career" memoir due out later this year. What a guy! 🤣

[Paul McCartney @PaulMcCartney]

BE COOL. GET VAX'D - Paul

[thesixthbeatle @thesixthbeatle1]

Beatles covers in the 21st century...

[Dame Rachel de Souza @Rachel_deSouza]

Very important piece from ⁦@soniasodha⁩ and a timely and strong reminder:
‘Without adequate safeguards, institutional abuse will always happen: ...No institution is immune.’ https://t.co/zSjoTdt00v

[Merlin Fulcher @merlinfulcher]

This 1981 GLC map neatly shows London's flood risk prior to Thames Barrier completing in 1984, reminding us political willpower AND an ambitious public sector needed now more than ever to tackle climate crisis...

[Daniel Sugarman @Daniel_Sugarman]

Remembering how at London Olympics - the 40th anniversary of the massacre - the IOC flatly refused to do this. Glad they’ve finally found some basic decency.

[The Mirror @DailyMirror]

Boy expelled for giving teachers laxative cakes becomes chief schools inspector
https://t.co/h7h37jlkiW

[Jack Graves @jackgraves]

“The less money you have,” writes Orwell in The Road to Wigan Pier, “the less inclined you feel to spend it on wholesome food.”

[The New Statesman @NewStatesman]

Instead of lecturing the poor on what to eat, we should address the material deprivation that encourages weight gain, writes @J_Bloodworth.
https://t.co/SIGfaK2o38

[Jack Graves @jackgraves]

This piece from @LGeraghty23 is a superb summary of a shocking situation.

Removal of dangerous cladding shouldn't come at the cost of new affordable homes - thereby worsening the housing crisis.

The government needs to bring extra funding to get this resolved.

[Big Issue @BigIssue]

“My daughter’s 15 and she hasn’t slept since then during the night. She sleeps during the day now when I’m awake because she’s so scared to be in a fire." https://t.co/cy5Y4vJhGV

[Jack Graves @jackgraves]

As @CllrDRodwell says: "More PDR risks a disruptive free-for-all, with short-term financial considerations deciding the future use of buildings."

https://t.co/0uugPOzG68

[Jack Graves @jackgraves]

Lots of concern about permitted development rights and the likely consequences of extending PDR even further. Time for a government rethink?

[Housing, Communities & Local Government Committee @CommonsHCLG]

Our Permitted Development Rights report is now available

➡️Read it now: https://t.co/voCvumtf1T

[Jack Graves @jackgraves]

Important to see this positive #socialcare narrative.

Almost half of ASC spending is on working-age people.

Discussion on the future of care shouldn't just be about costs - what about the individual & collective opportunities?

Great research @LeonardCheshire & @FrontierEcon👏

[Leonard Cheshire @LeonardCheshire]

Our research shows reforming the social care system could boost the UK economy by up to £20 billion a year by helping disabled people into work.

No more excuses, no more stalling, investing in care benefits everyone. #CareForEquality https://t.co/RS0NUEnMff

[Jack Graves @jackgraves]

'Hero' is the word🙂

Excellent coproduction of a community response to #flytipping - although of course it shouldn't be needed 😡

https://t.co/AZ0a7wYtSb

[Stephen King @StephenXKing]

So called #freedomday lunch time in the City - not what you would call busy

[Heather Jameson @HeatheratTheMJ]

As long as they don't decide to pass a tax rise down to council tax. The council tax system is broken enough as it is - see @CommonsHCLG report for details.