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At Justice Committee today, Lord Timpson said that he's planning to set up a Prison Education Advisory Board to support HMPPS in developing the future direction of travel on prison education. Amy Rees also gave an update on the new contracts. parliamentlive.tv/event/index/e2…

This opening paragraph sets the tone for a grim report from Independent Monitoring Boards on the awful state of the prison estate. imb.org.uk/news/breaking-…

Any prospective landlords want to take on my local pub The Gorringe Park and save it from closing permanently? Looks like it'll need a new kitchen as the upstairs is being sold/let separately, presumably as flats. Tooting Newsie Tooting About Tooting Bec&Broadway james-ashley.co.uk/_files/ugd/7c4…

So the revolving door of ministers at the Ministry of Justice didn't stop revolving for long, with the Courts Minister off to be SoS for Transport after not even 6 months. (I hear she was well thought of in the MoJ so the promotion isn't much of a surprise in the circumstances.)

It's time for the Big Give! A week of frenetically checking the website to see how much we've raised, and of feeling incredibly grateful to the amazing people who donate. If you can, please do help us to do what we do by donating. Whatever you give will be DOUBLED!

New projections show that the prison population is expected to increase to 95,700-105,200 by March 2029, with a central estimate of 100,800. But, as the projections acknowledge, a lot will depend on what comes out of David Gauke's sentencing review. gov.uk/government/sta…

It's not too late to donate to Prisoners' Education Trust via the Big Give and have your donation doubled. If you can, please support the work that we do and help enable people in prison to access education. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a0569…

We’re 81% of the way there with 24 hours to go! Can you help us get to our target? donate.biggive.org/campaign/a0569…

This is an incredible, inspiring essay by Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in the Financial Times, describing the power of reading and its importance when she was imprisoned in Iran. Free Nazanin ft.com/content/aab774…

Great to visit HMP Featherstone with Pact to hear about their Family Literacy in Prisons (FLIP) course and speak to people who'd done, and really enjoyed, it. Thanks to Andy Keen-Downs CBE for the invitation. Find out more about FLIP here ⬇️. nicco.org.uk/directory-of-r…

We've made it to our Big Give target! A huge, huge thank you to the 138 people who have donated. It's so inspiring to have your support. And well done to my amazing colleagues for organising the whole thing and, as always, making it all run like clockwork.

There’s still an hour left of the Big Give, so it’s not too late to donate. And if you like parks and London, please consider CPRE London and their great work to improve local green spaces. (Full disclosure: my wife Laura Collins works there!) donate.biggive.org/campaign/a0569…

Thank you so much to everyone who supported and shared our Big Give #ChristmasChallenge! With your wonderful support, we hit our target and raised an incredible £43,765 to help people in prison find hope through learning 📚

This should be a really interesting project, with Nina, Tom, Keri and John involved.

This was a really good day, and Frank Cottrell-Boyce was *great*.

We’re so grateful to everyone who’s donated, whether it’s £5 or £5,000. Our supporters are amazing!

Great to start my Christmas break - and my Christmas shopping - with a trip to Backstory | London bookshop this morning. Such a privilege to live near such a friendly, helpful independent bookshop. And they have good coffee, too. backstory.london

Congratulations to Marcus, who is one of the nicest, cleverest people that I’ve ever worked with.