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We need a clear vision for health from the top. The appointment of a high calibre adviser like Axel Heitmueller hugely encourages me that there’ll be a pull-signal for ambition from the centre, challenge to lazy thinking and energetic obstacle-clearance. gov.uk/government/new…

Excited to see this announcement from the Government’s SovereignAI unit: funding for the world’s largest dataset of protein interactions, led by a truly world-class group of researchers As Demis Hassabis says, “This is a brilliant initiative for UK science”

NEW: Future challenges for health and social care provision in the UK Max Warner and Ben Zaranko's journal article in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy considers recent trends in health and social care productivity and the scope for future improvements:

The internet is awash with vile images of child abuse. And too many children access violent images. It’s time for a change. So I welcome these new investigations from Ofcom - we need clear rules, and emphatic sanctions for those that break them. ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/…

From July, younger women aged 25-49 who test negative for HPV – meaning they are at very low risk of cervical cancer over the next ten years – will safely be invited at five-year intervals rather than three, in line with major clinical evidence. ➡️ england.nhs.uk/2025/06/nhs-ro…

Bad news for VPAG.

Good!

If a platform is going to distribute free user-generated p*rn per terms of service, it should be required to verify that children and nonconsenting adults are not abused in the content and that children are not abused by being exposed to the content.

V interesting piece by Sir Jeremy Hunt MP on the responsibility he bears for soaring numbers on welfare, and what Reeves can do about it: economist.com/by-invitation/…

Where to begin?

Good.

Incoherent silicon-lovebomb speech at TechWeek from t-shirt-ed Peter Kyle. “We choose the path of progressive change. To build a modern economy and opportunistic society.” Eh? Meanwhile, in France Macron announces a crackdown on u16 social media use. What a contrast!

Distasteful scenes outside NHS ConfedExpo this morning. For the record, Palantir DOES have an important role in the #NHS. I am hugely grateful all those working on these critical projects #datasaveslives

Bravo @westateeeting for strong settlement. But will 🇬🇧 be healthier? No! OBR forecasts incapacity benefit-ers up 7.0% to 7.9% to 3.2M people by 2029. Outcomes backwards not forwards. Our health system is broken. We need reform, not pay rises, or 🇬🇧 is bust. #HealthNation

Hats off to Manchester Health Mafia who were out in force for launch of a powerful programme of synergistic interventions on obesity and CVD. Thanks to Burnham, Brittney and Bridgewater (the B’s), Manchester health is becoming the playbook for the nation. 🚀 #HealthNation

I challenged the proposal for a mega #CCP embassy in London, citing Uyghur Genocide, Imprisonment and bounties on Hong Kong pro democracy activists, including Jimmy Lai & sanctioning of UK parliamentarians Rahima Mahmut Chloe Cheung 張晞晴 Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC Hong Kong Watch UK Parliament Human Rights Committee

Strangulation is the second most common way women are murdered: over a quarter of femicides. Over a quarter of young people said they had been unconsensually strangled during sex - girls are being told it’s mainstream and to be expected. Violent and misogynistic pornography has

Urgent! GOV.UK has agreed to accept last-minute objections to the 🇨🇳 mega-embassy. Objectors, please write as soon as possible! ⚠️ 緊急通知！ 英國政府已同意接納對中共「超級大使館」的臨時反對意見。 大臣話：如有異議者，請「儘快」提交反對意見。

🚨 This is the moment the Islamic Republic of Iran’s State TV was hit live on air. A key symbol of regime propaganda. Wow, What can I say… They used that same TV to bring my own family on air to disown me, publicly. They broadcast lies that I was raped by three men after I

Labour MPs voted Shaun on to the Home Affairs Select Committee. His job is to scrutinise the Government’s actions on grooming gangs. Clearly this cannot stand. If they can’t kick one of their own off a committee, how are they going to prosecute those who need to go to jail?