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GM Poverty Action

GMPovertyAction

What can Greater Manchester learn from approaches to social security policy in the devolved nations? Take a look at the four short essays GMPA has published today in partnership with

ceri

ceritheviking

In my garage clearout I came across far too many strategies and plans that basically became shelf warmers. This one had a lot thrown at it, but ended 8 years

Office for National Statistics (ONS)

ONS

The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 16 April 2021 (Week 16) was 10,438. This was 1,340 more than Week 14

The Telegraph

Telegraph

Coronavirus death reports are reported every day, but they are just a snapshot of what is happening across the countryThe truth is, the real death toll is much higher than

Joshua Zitser

mrjoshz

I’ve had a lot of people in my mentions criticising me for being against free speech, re: Wiley. This is wrong.Let me explain why. In England and Wales it can

Russ Jones

RussInCheshire

The week in Tory, a thread:1 Accidentally made it illegal to drive to Wales2 Made it easier to see other people's parents than your own3 Issued new advice that was

Stand Up For Barry

StandUpForBarry

The Welsh Premier League began in August 1992; the exact same day the English @PremierLeague kicked off.Since then, it's taken some casualties, to say the least... The first ever champions

Phil Miller

pmillerinfo

Here's a thread about the @EHRC, to explain the difference between state-funded human rights watchdog and independent human rights researchers. In 2015 I worked for a small research group called

David Owens

asoundreaction

Before furlough, I wrote this for the Western Mail. It outlined my fears as a recovering addict of an escalation in gambling addiction during lockdown. Worryingly, since lockdown began I've

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

At the local level, we now have what you might say is an absurd situation where NHS trusts are competing against each other, sometimes in price terms, to secure PPE.

The Secret Barrister

BarristerSecret

That’s not the conclusion.You’ve taken a report showing that justice spending in England & Wales has *decreased* and is *below* the European average, and you’ve isolated legal aid & compared

Benjamin Partridge

benpartridge

Now follows a thread that will be uninteresting to 99% of you ("what's new?") and will only be interesting to hobbit-y hunched over sound people but sometimes I search on

Prof Kate Williams 💙

KateWilliamsme

And when this little boy finally found happiness, what did we do? We tore his wife to pieces for fun. Just as we did to his mother. All this ‘she

Andy Davies

adavies4

‘Don’t take this place from me, this is a lifeline’Ellen Guy, 69, from Abersychan in South Wales, talking to me in January about the Carers Hub she used to visit

stuart mcdonald

ActuaryByDay

Latest ONS deaths data (to w/e 19 June) has been released.65 fewer deaths than normal were recorded in-week!Year to date there have been 20% more deaths than 5-year avg. There

Owen Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😷

OwsWills

In 1898, a spectacularly ill-fated business venture began in Wales' 2nd city:• It lasted 2 years• Made virtually no money• Cost the equivalent of £600k• Is widely considered mythicalIt was