#Councils

1. THREAD: Today is #HongKong’s Election Day. The polls will open momentarily through 10:30 p.m. local time. Across 18 districts, 452 seats are contested under the first-past-the-post system. (27 ex
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A thread on STREETS - This week the Mayor asked Londoners not to go to public parks if they have their own outside space, but hundreds of thousands of Londoners
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Sensitive thread for those easily upset. But important to me on accepting abuse of any kind in schools without real consequences.Terrfying to write so go easy on me... but here
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Your morning reminder that mass death and unemployment are policy choices. They’re not inevitabilities. Congress could pass massive economic stimulus that keeps people working and solvent. States could choose to
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Everyday I read about how they are trying to push to reopen the desert as fast as possible and I have heard no one explain just where, exactly, customers in
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Since lockdown, I’ve started to walk locally a lot more and in July, I became… a buggy user. Here’s the good, bad and ugly of what it’s been like to
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A thread. This morning I am angry, and sad. Why? Because the TV celeb that has the largest audience to talk about ecology in the UK, @ChrisGPackham, has shown total
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NEW: Tonight the @CareQualityComm has published new analysis of the covid-19 crisis in care.You can read the full report below, but there are some important insights on the way #covid19
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EXCLUSIVE: ITV News has obtained evidence that it was *always* the plan to discharge Covid-19 patients into care homes. 1,800 beds were block booked in care homes by the NHS
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An early #TheWeekInTory (Sun to Tues), but things are moving crazy fast1. Last week the govt said “we will work around the clock to ensure nobody goes hungry as a
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BREAK: The Leaders of all ten councils in Greater Manchester, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham and Deputy Mayor Baroness Bev Hughes have released their unified position on the
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DfE set up a national free school meal voucher scheme to feed children during the lockdown. There have been big problems with this, but they help to provide some insights
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This is a Thread that attempts to list which of our constitutional rights have been suspended during the #CoronavirusOutbreak. Article IV. Sec. 2, Cl. 1 guarantees that states can't discriminate
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I see many evangelicals on here incredibly frustrated by the state of their churches. The problem is that it's not going to get any better. Starting more parachurch ministries won't
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IF YOU’RE JUST WAKING UP- the latest from the wall The Tories have won the Hartlepool by election and have won it handsomely. Majority of nearly 7000. First time the
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Municipal Government and Muslim Separatism in the United Provinces, 1883 to 1916'British rule cut down Muslim power in the United Provinces. Between 1868 and 1916, municipalities and councils acts tempered
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