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Compassionate Leeds Programme Team @compassionateleeds.bsky.social · 12h

👋We are interested to connect with people working with children, young people and families in Leeds.

Compassionate Leeds Trauma Informed Information Hub: mindmate.org.uk/im-a-profess...

🎟️Events: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/compassion...

Compassionate Leeds: Trauma-Informed Practice Information Hub - MindMate

This Hub is a place for all who work with children, young people and families in Leeds to find out more about compassionate and trauma-informed practice.

mindmate.org.uk

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d

One in twenty Reform councillors elected in May 2025 has left by the Autumn
- half expelled/suspended
- a quarter resigned from council
- some defected

An "unusual rate" of attrition in 6 months, says Tony Travers

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Reform Is Losing Councillors Elected In May At An 'Unusual' Rate

Reform UK has lost more than 5 per cent of the councillors it had elected six months ago, an analysis by PoliticsHome has found.

www.politicshome.com

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

Also this weekend, a solid piece from Guardian - finally! - with some interesting responses from the man himself, Oleh Voloshyn.

He claims Gill simply ballsed up his expense claims despite Gill - inconveniently - pleading guilty.
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www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill

How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

www.theguardian.com

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 2d

🚨Event next week🚨

Successive governments have failed to grapple with Britain’s housing challenges, but can the Chancellor afford not to act decisively at this month's Budget?

🏠Register to join our discussion next Thursday⤵️

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Date and time:
Thursday 13 November 2025
9:30 am - 10:45 am
Speakers
Emily Williams
Director of Residential Research at Savills
Paul Cheshire
Emeritus Professor of Economic Geography at the LSE
Jamie Carswell
Director of Housing and Safer Communities at the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Lindsay Judge
Research Director at the Resolution Foundation
Ruth Curtice
Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation (Chair)

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 3d

Fully repealing the two-child limit on benefits is by far the best way to ensure fewer children are growing up in poverty.

Half measures – from moving to a three-child limit to exempting working families – would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 4d

I can’t envisage a child poverty strategy which garners any credibility without fully scrapping the two-child limit.

Unconvinced? Check out (even better share) this summary of the peer-reviewed evidence base @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social

largerfamilies.study/publications...

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3d

We're now at "black people aren't British". Open sewer racism. Look forward to seeing him on QT again soon.

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The University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social · 5d

Not all young people are digital natives. In fact, 75% of young people don’t feel they have the necessary digital skills to thrive in life.

What if a life-size playable board game could help students learn about digital inequalities in everyday life?

www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/bridgin...

Bridging the ‘digital divide’ with board games

Helping young people who have moved to University navigate online and digital spaces necessary for their education, and overcome the pitfalls they may encounter, is the subject of a new board game fro...

www.sheffield.ac.uk

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 6d

This was very cathartic to write, and I'm grateful to @samfr.bsky.social for giving me the space to try and set out just why the two-child limit must go, and go in its entirety

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 6d

New post out:

"The worst social policy ever"

Today we have a guest post from @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social on the abomination that is the two-child limit and why Labour need to scrap it ASAP.

Lots of data but also powerful testimony.

(Free to read)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

"The worst social policy ever"

We have a couple of bonus guest posts over the next week.

open.substack.com

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 6d

Fully repealing the two-child limit on benefits is by far the best way to ensure fewer children grow up in poverty.

Half measures have been mooted – from moving to a three-child limit to exempting working families – but they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 6d

I have a limited number of 2for1 tickets available for my Manchester show this Sunday - DM me for the code!

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 7d

Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7d

Elon Musk, Fellow of the Royal Society. Presumably, being "mindful that what is said or stated in a personal capacity could still impact the Society", as per its Code of Conduct.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 7d

Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.

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New Economy Brief @neweconomybrief.bsky.social · 7d

On the International Day of Care and Support, this week’s New Economy Brief explores what the Carer's Allowance scandal tells us about how our economy and society undervalue care: neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/w...

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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 11d

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It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
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Collage of designs: framed prints, phone case, cushion, mug, slip mat, and t-shirt all featuring vintage inspired graphics.

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The Advonet Group @advonetuk.bsky.social · 7d

We have a #JobVacancy for a Coordinator in our @leedsautismaim.bsky.social and @bradfordautismaim.bsky.social services!

It involves processing referrals, meeting clients and ensuring their needs are met. More details are at advonet.org.uk/2025/10/29/j... #LeedsJobs #BradfordJobs #CharityJobs

Autism AIM | The Advonet Group

We're Hiring!

AIM Coordinator

Hours: 22.5 per week

Salary: £15,694.39 per annum -
actual salary (£26,157.31 per annum pro rata)

Deadline for applications: Friday 28th November, 12 Noon

Interviews on: Monday 8th December

Find all our vacancies online at
advonet.org.uk/careers

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 8d

A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 8d

The impact of lower qualifications follows young people long into adulthood.

Barry Fletcher, CEO of Youth Futures Foundation, says the biggest gap is between those who do and don't have a GCSE.

Catch up on the full discussion ➡️ buff.ly/AQmrtM0

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 8d

The costs of government policies have pushed up electricity bills over the past decade, hitting poorer families hardest.

Spreading policy costs across the tax base instead would boost living standards for lower earners.

Chart showing Savings and extra costs from proposed policy changes, in cash terms and as a proportion of total expenditure, by equivalised after housing costs income deciles: GB 2025-26

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 8d

Britain's wealth gaps means that a typical worker would need to save more than a lifetime’s worth of their earnings to become wealthy

It would now take 52 years of typical earnings – £1.3 million in total – to move from the middle to the top of the wealth distribution.

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Chart showing ratio of the absolute wealth gap between fifth and top wealth deciles (measured by average family wealth per adult) to median full-time earnings: UK/GB

In 2006-08, the gap in average wealth per adult between the top and middle deciles was equivalent to around 38 times typical fulltime earnings. By 2020-22, this had risen to 52 times

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 8d

It’s SUCH a good episode of Lexx Ed this week… if you’ve ever wanted to dip your toe but didn’t know where to start then TRY THIS WEEK. It’s our Halloween special all about the history of blood transfusions and blood…

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Jess Morley @jessrmorley.bsky.social · 8d

Calling ALL health data folk: Re UK Health Data Research Service.

The UK gov & Wellcome have pledged up to £600 million to create a HDRS.

Myself & an ace team have been tasked by Wellcome to assess the existing health data ecosystem & identify what is needed to support the HDRS 👇.

Get in touch

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 9d

How old were you when you got your first job?

The data shows that the age at which people are entering the labour market is going up, and up.

Readi 'False starts' now to learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/kIei4lG

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 9d

🏠Our latest Housing Outlook finds that the affordability gap between Local Housing Allowance and local rents set to reach record level next year🏠

Read now➡️https://buff.ly/iZ80qbA

Hannah Aldridge, Senior Research and Policy Analyst at the Resolution Foundation, said:

“The Local Housing Allowance is frozen at private rent levels from September 2023. Rapid rent rises since then have created an alarming affordability gap for almost two million low-income families. Without Government intervention in the Budget, this freeze in support will become a major drag on families’ living standards.

“The long-term freeze in rates is fiscally shortsighted, achieving short-term savings at the cost of a temporary accommodation crisis that is already costing local authorities £2.8 billion a year.

“With the gap between Local Housing Allowance rates and the 30th percentile of rent expected to pass the previous record of 17 per cent next year, and on track to reach 25 per cent by the end of the Parliament, the Government needs to re-link housing support to local rents before the gap does further damage to living standards.”

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 10d

If Reform do get into government, the media organisation whose response will most closely resemble the cravenness seen in the US will be the BBC - probably even more than the right wing press

Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 10d

Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?

Reform’s Sarah Pochin forced to apologise after claiming adverts 'full of black people' drive her 'mad’ | LBC

The Runcorn and Helsby MP was responding to a viewer live on air who complained about the demographics of advertising.

www.lbc.co.uk

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