Stephen King @StephenXKing
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So, @Nigel_Farage - one of the founders & owners of @reformparty_uk - can present an “impartial” programme on a TV “news” channel during the general election according to the broadcasting regulator @Ofcom. The leader of the party @TiceRichard & its only MP @LeeAndersonMP_ can…
So, @Nigel_Farage - one of the founders & owners of @reformparty_uk - can present an “impartial” programme on a TV “news” channel during the general election according to the broadcasting regulator @Ofcom. The leader of the party @TiceRichard & its only MP @LeeAndersonMP_ can…
#localgov secretary @michaelgove does not rule out a ‘formal structure’ for mayors to work more closely with central government
My fact learnt today - if the price of eggs had risen at the same rate as housing land rose between 1955 & today a dozen eggs would cost about £91.
This is an important point about temporary accommodation that I don't see made often enough. It's not just bad for the people in it - it's funded completely differently from other housing, and a way that's deeply unfair to local authorities.
This is an important point about temporary accommodation that I don't see made often enough. It's not just bad for the people in it - it's funded completely differently from other housing, and a way that's deeply unfair to local authorities.
When you know they’ve seen you, because clearly they must be using their mirrors right?! - but still they don’t want to give you your lane... #cycling in #sheffield
‘British Land research shows there is 10 times as much lab space in the US city of Boston as there is Oxford, Cambridge and London combined.’ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…
Government finally admits what has been known for some time - the grant rates being offered for Affordable Homes weren't sufficient to cope with rising construction costs and rising interest rates. So the programme won't build the planned 180,000 new homes.
Government finally admits what has been known for some time - the grant rates being offered for Affordable Homes weren't sufficient to cope with rising construction costs and rising interest rates. So the programme won't build the planned 180,000 new homes.
Sir Rodney Brooke spent over half-a-century working in local authorities. His story is compelling:
“The main political parties all talk about devolving power from Whitehall. Now it is time to act." Our CEO John Dickie makes the case for giving the next Mayor of London and metro mayors around the country the tools they need to deliver in this article in @standardcity 👇
“The main political parties all talk about devolving power from Whitehall. Now it is time to act." Our CEO John Dickie makes the case for giving the next Mayor of London and metro mayors around the country the tools they need to deliver in this article in @standardcity 👇
A third of UK businesses are short-staffed every week amid recruitment struggles - londonlovesbusiness.com/a-third-of-uk-…
3/ Neither the rise nor the fall of ambitious civic governance is just a Birmingham tale In the 1880s Chamberlain was instrumental in creating rationalised local govt nationwide In the 2020s council budgets are down by roughly a fifth on 2010; a third of libraries have closed
Anti-minimum wage lobbying from hospitality firms is ramping up - warnings of it decimating the sector or having "dire consequences". Which is odd because hospitality isn't shrinking it's fast growing, from 6 to 8% of jobs since the minimum wage was introduced
Devastating for all involved - I didn't know Cheistha but she seems an incredibly talented person and a massive loss to the school. Tragic, bizarre, and rage inducing that we cannot design a city where it is safe to simply cycle home
Devastating for all involved - I didn't know Cheistha but she seems an incredibly talented person and a massive loss to the school. Tragic, bizarre, and rage inducing that we cannot design a city where it is safe to simply cycle home
Families in London have to pay higher childcare costs than elsewhere in the country. And those in poverty feel the burden the most. Make childcare make sense - a new report from @4in10: 4in10.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
The majority of people across the mayoral areas want to see policy powers held at the local level 🏙️ "The fact that the public wants powers to be held at a local level is good news, and shows a strong appetite for devolution to move further and faster" - @AndrewCities 👇
Since 1998, 570,000 social homes in England have been sold under the right to buy - equivalent to a seventh of social rent homes today. The discount these homes were sold for sums to £35bn in today's money - a direct transfer of wealth from state / public to individual...
Since 1998, 570,000 social homes in England have been sold under the right to buy - equivalent to a seventh of social rent homes today. The discount these homes were sold for sums to £35bn in today's money - a direct transfer of wealth from state / public to individual...
There’s a lot in the Mais Lecture and, as others have pointed out, it’s a lot more subtle than the pre briefing suggested. I remain intrigued as to how Reeves intends to deliver this without spending time, political capital and, yes, money to rebuild local government 1/2
Cars in the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of cars on the U.K's roads as there were 30 years ago, but @BBCNews are still running articles claiming that a handful of cycle lanes and LTNs 'cause congestion' in London.
Across England we're handing £9bn a year in housing benefit to private landlords. In some areas, including some seaside and post-industrial cities and towns, but also Enfield and Brent, over £1 in every £3 of rent paid is paid through HB. So what's going on??
"Allowing larger employers to transfer more of their levy funds to SMEs is a welcome step... the Government should go further to increase flexibility by extending the deadline for employers to spend levy funds." Our @muniya_b responds to new apprenticeship reforms in @CityAM ⬇
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Rest in peace, Frank Field. A great parliamentarian, crusader for social justice and source of wise counsel. What a blessing to have known him and benefited from his advice and kindness, even as his illness gripped him. Deepest condolences to all who knew and loved him.
Disappointed with my time of 4h: 26m:27s but very thankful to kind friends and contacts who have given £1236 for @royalmarsden. Thank you so much. Now I'll nurse my dodgy toenail and have just entered the ballot for next year 😬 #gottherunningbug #maranoia
Very sorry to see that Frank has died. A man of often uncomfortable principle, he made our politics better. Former Labour minister and anti-poverty campaigner dies aged 81 theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
#localgov secretary @michaelgove does not rule out a ‘formal structure’ for mayors to work more closely with central government
@michaelgove Shadow @UKLabour minister @DanJarvisMP, who served as mayor of @SouthYorksMCA from 2018 to 2022, asked @michaelgove to consider a ‘dedicated formal structure that will enable the metro mayors to work more effectively with Whitehall Government’ - bit.ly/3Wc24sp #localgov
My thoughts and condolences are with @frankfieldteam and his family on this sad day. Lord Field was campaigning to the end. Fighting for justice and poverty especially for children. I was proud to be his constituency MP.
Statement from Lord Field of Birkenhead’s family issued by his Parliamentary office:
Sorry to see former Labour minister #FrankField has died aged 81. A brave and driven politician who showed the impact a backbencher can have. He left the Labour Party a few years ago over its culture of #antisemitism. I remember when I was working on #VincentSq and regularly…
This is an important point about temporary accommodation that I don't see made often enough. It's not just bad for the people in it - it's funded completely differently from other housing, and a way that's deeply unfair to local authorities.
@NGoodrichHsg The growth in temporary accommodation (paid for from council tax not housing benefit or universal credit) is largely due to the benefit cap as well as lack of social housing. Its shifting cost of housing provision from central to local government
Five weeks ago we lost my father - Vivian V Brown. Sam loved him deeply. Dad fought hard, enduring chemo, against leukaemia for six long and difficult months. Today we buried him. Today we honour him. Today we celebrate a life lived full and well. May he rest in eternal peace.
One point I like to make is that cycling actually makes even more sense in cities that aren’t London - it’s so big here that an average cycle commute will be 30-45min or more. In most towns and cities you could be anywhere in 20 mins without breaking a sweat
London. One 30sec snapshot. Imagine if every UK town and city moved around like this.
Bike security is a huge barrier to cycling. Outside Euston Station where there is a designated bike stand, multiple bikes/parts have been stolen. Even a child’s bike had its saddle taken. If cars were being stolen like this, there would be a huge clamp down to stop it…
Government finally admits what has been known for some time - the grant rates being offered for Affordable Homes weren't sufficient to cope with rising construction costs and rising interest rates. So the programme won't build the planned 180,000 new homes.
New delivery target for Affordable Homes Programme expected shortly as government admits ‘very unlikely’ to hit original dlvr.it/T5g9rx #ukhousing
It’s hard to believe that a few years ago I was more likely to be smoking 20 a day than running 20 a day, but here we are and in a few days I’ll be running my 10th marathon. There’s nothing quite like the fear and excitement this expo creates. Let’s go @LondonMarathon 🙌🏻
BD (£) KPF unveils plan for Kings Cross Knowledge Quarter life sciences scheme: The firm has submitted a planning application for developer Delancey for a nine-storey building at 176-178 York Way in Islington that would contain 18,000sq m of floorspace. bdonline.co.uk/news/kpf-unvei…
All the short-term noise & culture-war stuff around energy is obscuring the fact that humanity is transitioning into a new era of clean energy abundance. It's amazing & thrilling! We just need to get there before we fuck the planet up too badly. </fin>
This night 1988 Kenneth Williams went to bed. He woke in the night & took some strong painkillers. He was due a major operation & was in great pain. By the morning, he had died. He was 62. Remembering one of the greats, a comedy hero who I was blessed to meet. A witty clever man.
Thought I had a gentler start Monday then the phone went at 7:40 to say plumber had arrived at Baking Ideas. Towelled dry, dressed, cycled down, all sorted. On cycle back I suddenly thought a matter of weeks ago I was struggling painfully to get out of bed. Thanks #NHS
Stopped to admire the narcissi in bloom in the really transformative redesign of the junction between Clerkenwell Road and the green. What a change. More please !
@LeoMars75 Given that Dublin faces the same issues.... It's clearly not a Brexit issue. No real rise in wages in twenty years would be the culprit...
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