Sarah Cole

Rarely here now. It stopped being fun. Find me elsewhere for messages.

[South Wales Fire and Rescue Service @SWFireandRescue]

#INCIDENT There has been a chemical incident at Dow Corning in Barry and residents in the Dinas Powys, Sully and Penarth areas are advised to close doors and windows as a precaution while the matter is being dealt with. South Wales Fire & South Wales Police are at the site.

[Nick Speed @speedupdating]

It can be all too easy to forget, living here in Wales, that the poor reach of our national media isn’t just a problem for us… so I found @KuperSimon’s piece on the no news era and what it means fascinating and depressing.

https://t.co/EWuL48yV44

[Cavendish Cymru @CavendishCymru]

The First Minister has officially announced his first Welsh Government Cabinet🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

A full list of the Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers can be found below👇

[Sarah Williams @SWjourno]

RPs advised to prepare now for major updates to accounting standards #NHFFinance #UKhousing #SocialHousingFinance https://t.co/fEQW4hkL6p

[Sarah Cole @welshcoles]

Of course :)

[Keith Edwards @KeithEdwards121]

@welshcoles Is that for passing around Sarah? :-)

[Sarah Williams @SWjourno]

- @heliaebrahimi: if both parties sticking to fiscal rules, essentially a 'financial straitjacket', where they want debt to be falling, where is the money coming from? Only big pledge Labour have made, on green, they have rowed back on. W/ change of gov what changes? #NHFFinance

[NHF Events @natfedevents]

A warm welcome to all our delegates, speakers, exhibitors and staff attending #NHFFinance at the ACC in Liverpool today.

We're so excited to join you all for what promises to be a fascinating and inspiring two days.

Explore the agenda: https://t.co/nneodU6Huk

[Sarah Cole @welshcoles]

#NHFFinance looking forward to seeing many friends and making new ones with my new Welsh government hat

[Jennifer Williams @JenWilliams_FT]

New: The focus has been on Birmingham, but councils across the county are drawing up fire sale lists in an attempt to balance the books.

Around ten are in talks with govt in about staving off bankruptcy

https://t.co/n6lMQZ30xp

[Sarah Cole @welshcoles]

@taff_Helen Good advice I went for sciences and it has been surprisingly helpful for my accountancy career.

[KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner @Kwajotweneboa]

* 10.6 million people are living in social housing.
* Of those 161,000 (1.5%) arrived in the UK in the last five years.
* Only 15% of those living in social housing are foreign-born (includes those who have citizenship)

I’d also like to know where Jack found his evidence to suggest the many immigrants in social housing that he talks about, are also unemployed …… 🙄

[Peter Apps @PeteApps]

Looking around at the sudden outbreak of public awareness and political engagement for the post office scandal and wondering if and when this will happen for Grenfell and the building safety crisis

[Sarah Cole @welshcoles]

*waiting

[Sarah Cole @welshcoles]

For all those dramatists looking for the #Horizon scandal the list of potential subjects is long. My personal list of lives interrupted starts with #Grenfell #Windrush and includes just about anyone wanting for much needed #UKSocialHousing

[Sarah Cole @welshcoles]

@neilhwilliams I'm guessing that the decs had to come down quickly remembering the family escaped from Herod to Egypt? It's always good to remember that Jesus was a refugee.

[Sarah Cole @welshcoles]

@neilhwilliams Yep tho at grandparents tree and dec's didn't go up until Christmas eve, and I miss the Twelfth night party with presents in memory of the King's arrival.

[Sarah Cole @welshcoles]

@PeteApps Well done for a clear explanation. Social housing rent is not subsidised other than initial grant for the capital cost meaning less interest is charged to llord..but ..Key difference to market rent is private llords want a profit £££.

[Peter Apps @PeteApps]

Your regular reminder that 81% of new social housing lettings go to white British tenants and 90% go to UK nationals. At a dangerous political moment, please don't let the right establish one of their favourite narratives (lies): that immigrants get all the council housing.