Blogged on impact of govt’s Employers NI hike on charities, I realised I'd put #Sheffield hero John ‘the man with a pram’ Burkhill in the illustration. He raises money for Macmillan Cancer Support. People like him will have to fundraise even harder now. wp.me/p1zwQG-Gfs

Fujitsu gets a £67M contract after the Post Office scandal - seriously?! Join me and 270,000 others demanding Fujitsu is finally held to account. Sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/hold… via 38 Degrees

Imagine finding out through social media that you'd lost your job. That's what happened to restaurant workers at Almost Famous Burgers last month! Sign the workers' petition fighting for £200k in unpaid wages Unite Hospitality megaphone.org.uk/petitions/just… via @megaphoneuk

I v'e just read the NHS England guidelines on Neighbourhoods which came out in Jan. I have written a short blog about actions we should take to bring pressure on Integrated Care Boards in particular to take action to bring them to life. localdemocracyandhealth.com/2025/02/09/at-…

We're outside the South Yorkshire Mayoral Board. We're here to celebrate the move to bus franchising... ...and to call for us to reach the next stop — full public ownership.

On Wednesday we published an interactive map showing the tens of thousands of UK companies hiding their beneficial owner. It's now updated - with filters and search functions. In this thread I use it to uncover a truly shocking and unexpected case of hidden ownership.

This is really helpful - know a lot of disabled people are really worried, but this shows things won't change over night. There is still time for the Government to change course.

Selling off reservoirs, failing to invest, polluting our water – these aren't just acts of negligence. They undermine our national water security. In an existential crisis we might call that what it is: sabotage. In a time of national peril, sabotage has another name: treason.

Some welcome news ⬇️

Starmer’s welfare cuts could leave thousands of disabled women trapped with abusers, campaigners warn ~ buff.ly/lrLbF0q

1/ This 10‑Year NHS Plan isn’t a reform—it’s a roadmap to decline. Here’s what actually matters—and how each is abandoned in today’s Plan 👇

Reading the Govts 'Fit for the future - 10 year health plan for England came across a concerning soundbite sentence comparing the NHS to Railways. This is inappropriate and says more about the deficits of people who wrote the report rather than of the NHS. wp.me/p1zwQG-Gga

ICYMI: Three forensic looks at the 10 year health plan, in the context of now and experience and context of similar plans in the past politicshome.com/news/article/w… via PoliticsHome

The coterie of Labour luvvies running the NHS today must stop looking backwards for policies, they must look forward with evidence, not nostalgia... ... and build a service that works for today, not reheat the failures of yesterday. myemail.constantcontact.com/Yesterday.html…

We must be crazy as members of the public to continue to believe that privatisation of public monopolies is a rout to greater efficiency and better quality services - good but dispiriting thread from Laurie Macfarlane

The 10 year plan sets out Department of Health and Social Care plans to abolish local health watch -see my blog wp.me/p1zwQG-Ggp. I have now put in an FOI to see the final draft of the DASH Report prior to publication whatdotheyknow.com/request/final_… via WhatDoTheyKnow