Saba Salman
@sabasalman.com
Journalist, editor, author
http://sabasalman.com
✍🏽Private Eye|Guardian|Byline Times|Independent|Ed. Community Living
📚Made Possible
📚Book #2 Jessica Kingsley 2026
Chair @sibs.org.uk Ambassador @ndtihello.bsky.social Fellow @thersaorg.bsky.social
http://sabasalman.com
✍🏽Private Eye|Guardian|Byline Times|Independent|Ed. Community Living
📚Made Possible
📚Book #2 Jessica Kingsley 2026
Chair @sibs.org.uk Ambassador @ndtihello.bsky.social Fellow @thersaorg.bsky.social
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Saba Salman
@sabasalman.com
· Sep 3
A new intro for a new term:
I just finished book #2 (pub 2026) and started a new role at Private Eye.
And I chair Sibs, for disabled people's siblings, edit Community Living, was a reporter, loc gov corr, housing ed and 20yrs a Guardian writer.
👉sabasalman.com
My sister Raana's a big influence:
I just finished book #2 (pub 2026) and started a new role at Private Eye.
And I chair Sibs, for disabled people's siblings, edit Community Living, was a reporter, loc gov corr, housing ed and 20yrs a Guardian writer.
👉sabasalman.com
My sister Raana's a big influence:
Read about this lot and head into the weekend thinking that, in comparison, you're really quite good at your job... a taste of a few financial, digital, and democratic disasters going on around the country.
#LocalGov
#LocalGov
Indignation in Somerset, where the cash-strapped council has warned of bankruptcy since its formation three years ago, only for Whitehall to offer it a pittance in the next local government finance settlement.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Read about this lot and head into the weekend thinking that, in comparison, you're really quite good at your job... a taste of a few financial, digital, and democratic disasters going on around the country.
#LocalGov
#LocalGov
Well at least the news profile of local government is soaring and media outlets are producing trackers and lists so voters can check if their elections are postponed..
Quite liking the easy to use Sky one here, even if this image of the four 'leaders' looks well odd.
news.sky.com/story/local-...
Quite liking the easy to use Sky one here, even if this image of the four 'leaders' looks well odd.
news.sky.com/story/local-...
Number of councils that have requested delay to local elections revealed - is yours one of them?
Twenty-one of the 29 councils that have confirmed to Sky News that they will be seeking a delay to their May elections are led by Labour. Opposition parties are furious at the potential delays.
news.sky.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Well at least the news profile of local government is soaring and media outlets are producing trackers and lists so voters can check if their elections are postponed..
Quite liking the easy to use Sky one here, even if this image of the four 'leaders' looks well odd.
news.sky.com/story/local-...
Quite liking the easy to use Sky one here, even if this image of the four 'leaders' looks well odd.
news.sky.com/story/local-...
Don't be put off by the grim headline - this two minute read also outlines some of the solutions, which feature in the latest @communitylivingmagazine.com
#healthcare
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#healthcare
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Saba Salman: Progress in healthcare is pitifully slow
Evidence of inequality stacks up, as do suggestions for action, yet change on the ground is slow.
communitylivingmagazine.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Don't be put off by the grim headline - this two minute read also outlines some of the solutions, which feature in the latest @communitylivingmagazine.com
#healthcare
communitylivingmagazine.com/saba-salman-...
#healthcare
communitylivingmagazine.com/saba-salman-...
Public service announcement: read this to feel better about your work performance in the dark days of January - including fisticuffs and storming out at one organisation where the 'standards' committee didn't meet for 18 months...because its members fell out.
www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
Private Eye | Rotten Boroughs: Rotten Boroughs Awards 2025
The latest beneficiaries of our discredited honours system...
www.private-eye.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Public service announcement: read this to feel better about your work performance in the dark days of January - including fisticuffs and storming out at one organisation where the 'standards' committee didn't meet for 18 months...because its members fell out.
www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
Must be awesome to not only believe your own hype but assume others do too.
On one hand: it's not about me personally but about uniting the UK.
On the other: I am the man to unite the party and have suffered "personal pain and difficulties" in recent days.
Poor guy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
On one hand: it's not about me personally but about uniting the UK.
On the other: I am the man to unite the party and have suffered "personal pain and difficulties" in recent days.
Poor guy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Robert Jenrick claims he is 'uniting the right' by defecting to Reform UK
The former Conservative minister denies the move was about personal ambition, in an exclusive BBC interview.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Must be awesome to not only believe your own hype but assume others do too.
On one hand: it's not about me personally but about uniting the UK.
On the other: I am the man to unite the party and have suffered "personal pain and difficulties" in recent days.
Poor guy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
On one hand: it's not about me personally but about uniting the UK.
On the other: I am the man to unite the party and have suffered "personal pain and difficulties" in recent days.
Poor guy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Weakening the Send legal framework would strip families of these protections, leaving many parents without recourse and risking undoing decades of hard-won progress toward inclusive and equitable education.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
New campaign urges Starmer not to diminish legal rights of Send children
Backed by actor Sally Phillips and MPs across parties, group raises concerns about overhaul of provision in England
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:43 AM
“Weakening the Send legal framework would strip families of these protections, leaving many parents without recourse and risking undoing decades of hard-won progress toward inclusive and equitable education.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Don't know enough about the 18m development and guidance from those with lived experience, referenced in the info here.
There'a also a list of 'features and accessories' that reflect [some] autistic experiences.
The latest from Mattel's inclusive line.
corporate.mattel.com/news/barbie-...
There'a also a list of 'features and accessories' that reflect [some] autistic experiences.
The latest from Mattel's inclusive line.
corporate.mattel.com/news/barbie-...
Barbie® Introduces the First Autistic Barbie Doll, Championing Representation for Children through Play
Mattel, Inc. unveiled today its first-ever autistic Barbie doll created with guidance from the autistic community to represent common ways autistic people may experience, process, and communicate abou...
corporate.mattel.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Don't know enough about the 18m development and guidance from those with lived experience, referenced in the info here.
There'a also a list of 'features and accessories' that reflect [some] autistic experiences.
The latest from Mattel's inclusive line.
corporate.mattel.com/news/barbie-...
There'a also a list of 'features and accessories' that reflect [some] autistic experiences.
The latest from Mattel's inclusive line.
corporate.mattel.com/news/barbie-...
Reposted by Saba Salman
Just reminding everyone who still has an X account of this from Private Eye
January 11, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Just reminding everyone who still has an X account of this from Private Eye
Reposted by Saba Salman
Looking forward to more extensive coverage of the civil war about to break out in our hellhole cities.
January 12, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Looking forward to more extensive coverage of the civil war about to break out in our hellhole cities.
Reposted by Saba Salman
New stories out now! One aim this issue is to show what works in healthcare, employment and in people's artistic and social lives. Our first issue of the year features brilliant contributors like @samcarlisle.bsky.social @maryohara1.bsky.social @georgejulian.bsky.social
communitylivingmagazine.com
communitylivingmagazine.com
Community Living
The campaigning magazine on equality, inclusion and living life: learning disabilities, care, health, welfare, housing, arts and more
communitylivingmagazine.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:16 AM
New stories out now! One aim this issue is to show what works in healthcare, employment and in people's artistic and social lives. Our first issue of the year features brilliant contributors like @samcarlisle.bsky.social @maryohara1.bsky.social @georgejulian.bsky.social
communitylivingmagazine.com
communitylivingmagazine.com
Still feeling a bit sluggish in this grey new year?
The titbits here will jolt you awake and reflect how rot does not discriminate when it comes to region or political hue.
#Localgov
The titbits here will jolt you awake and reflect how rot does not discriminate when it comes to region or political hue.
#Localgov
Which local councillors have picked up the Nod and Wink award, the Hand in the Till prize, or been named Shit of the Year? Find out in the Rotten Boroughs Awards 2025, in the new Eye, out now.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
January 12, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Still feeling a bit sluggish in this grey new year?
The titbits here will jolt you awake and reflect how rot does not discriminate when it comes to region or political hue.
#Localgov
The titbits here will jolt you awake and reflect how rot does not discriminate when it comes to region or political hue.
#Localgov
🔽just some of the people featured in 2025 in rights-based @communitylivingmagazine.com which I'm proud to edit.
Next one's out in January, highlighting potential and calling out failure. Big thanks to our tiny editorial team, trustees, sponsors, subscribers, contributors & collaborators.
Next one's out in January, highlighting potential and calling out failure. Big thanks to our tiny editorial team, trustees, sponsors, subscribers, contributors & collaborators.
December 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🔽just some of the people featured in 2025 in rights-based @communitylivingmagazine.com which I'm proud to edit.
Next one's out in January, highlighting potential and calling out failure. Big thanks to our tiny editorial team, trustees, sponsors, subscribers, contributors & collaborators.
Next one's out in January, highlighting potential and calling out failure. Big thanks to our tiny editorial team, trustees, sponsors, subscribers, contributors & collaborators.
Reposted by Saba Salman
As the festive season draws closer, many adult siblings tell us it’s hard to balance their own needs with the needs of their disabled brother or sister. Read our advice on coping with festivities here www.sibs.org.uk/festivities
December 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
As the festive season draws closer, many adult siblings tell us it’s hard to balance their own needs with the needs of their disabled brother or sister. Read our advice on coping with festivities here www.sibs.org.uk/festivities
The last Eye of 2025...And my first Christmas one!
Festive titbits include the local political branch which came a Christmas cropper thanks to AI slop, and the council red tape that denied a village its full set of seasonal lights...ho ho no!
Festive titbits include the local political branch which came a Christmas cropper thanks to AI slop, and the council red tape that denied a village its full set of seasonal lights...ho ho no!
Tory-run Slough has “lost track” of 500 people living in temporary accommodation, meaning it underestimated its spending by £10m. It blames staff turnover and incompetence, and a new IT system; but while the blunder was spotted in October 2024, officers have only just fessed up to councillors.
December 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The last Eye of 2025...And my first Christmas one!
Festive titbits include the local political branch which came a Christmas cropper thanks to AI slop, and the council red tape that denied a village its full set of seasonal lights...ho ho no!
Festive titbits include the local political branch which came a Christmas cropper thanks to AI slop, and the council red tape that denied a village its full set of seasonal lights...ho ho no!
To the ex-colleague (who shall remain nameless) who recently said reporting on local government must be 'a bit dull'...um🔽
Turmoil in Northamptonshire with police, fire and crime commissioner Danielle Stone lambasted over her leadership of the scandal-hit force she was elected to improve and scrutinise.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
To the ex-colleague (who shall remain nameless) who recently said reporting on local government must be 'a bit dull'...um🔽
Catching up on shoddy news: already delayed data on health injustices faced by people with learning disabilities is retracted. Post-Covid, it's the kind of data that should be treated with urgency. Nope, it was incomplete. New version due in Jan. I won't hold my breath. www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/assets...
www.kcl.ac.uk
December 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Catching up on shoddy news: already delayed data on health injustices faced by people with learning disabilities is retracted. Post-Covid, it's the kind of data that should be treated with urgency. Nope, it was incomplete. New version due in Jan. I won't hold my breath. www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/assets...
'The court heard Mr Cole and Ms Rees had met to go for dinner at a restaurant where he became upset because Ms Rees wanted the "most expensive meal" on the menu which he said he was not prepared to pay for.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Coroner attacks carer's conduct before man's Tenerife fall death
An autistic man fell from a fifth-floor hotel balcony after an argument with his carer, an inquest hears.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
'The court heard Mr Cole and Ms Rees had met to go for dinner at a restaurant where he became upset because Ms Rees wanted the "most expensive meal" on the menu which he said he was not prepared to pay for.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Words from information commissioner John Edwards on R4 earlier stayed with me; he stated obvious but ignored truths, like how councils must (but often don't) act, information's seen as a compliance issue but it affects lives, councils must act with 'curiosity and humanity'
ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...
ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...
Better records together
Better records together - help for care experienced people accessing their care records, and organisations that handle requests for care records
ico.org.uk
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Words from information commissioner John Edwards on R4 earlier stayed with me; he stated obvious but ignored truths, like how councils must (but often don't) act, information's seen as a compliance issue but it affects lives, councils must act with 'curiosity and humanity'
ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...
ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...
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For @motherjones.com, I wrote about what's at stake for chronically ill contractors and freelancers as Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits expire.
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For many contractors, losing ACA subsidies means losing health care
The GOP's unprecedented premium hikes put chronically ill workers—especially freelancers—in peril.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For @motherjones.com, I wrote about what's at stake for chronically ill contractors and freelancers as Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits expire.
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Words matter. People and families don't forget them. I know it as a sibling and through @sibs.org.uk
(I've just finished a project looking at the experiences of people of colour who also have a learning disability - decades on, people remember and feel the impact of ableism and racism combined.)
(I've just finished a project looking at the experiences of people of colour who also have a learning disability - decades on, people remember and feel the impact of ableism and racism combined.)
Growing up with a sister who has a learning disability, I’ve seen people shout the R word at her. That was in the 80s and 90s. Now we’re in the 2020s and I am seeing world leaders and tech leaders use it and I cannot begin to tell you how devastating that is.
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Words matter. People and families don't forget them. I know it as a sibling and through @sibs.org.uk
(I've just finished a project looking at the experiences of people of colour who also have a learning disability - decades on, people remember and feel the impact of ableism and racism combined.)
(I've just finished a project looking at the experiences of people of colour who also have a learning disability - decades on, people remember and feel the impact of ableism and racism combined.)
The 'racism with kindness' tops even the playground bants excuse.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage denies saying anything racist ‘with malice’ as he attacks BBC
Reform UK leader launches tirade against broadcaster in latest effort to address claims of abuse from school contemporaries
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The 'racism with kindness' tops even the playground bants excuse.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Saba Salman
As more festivals and holidays draw closer, many adult siblings tell us it’s hard to balance their own needs with the needs of their disabled brother or sister. Read our advice on coping with festivities here www.sibs.org.uk/festivities
Coping with festivities
For many people holidays and festivals are a time for celebrating, enjoying time with family, and having a well earned rest from work. For others it can be lonely, hard work, and very stressful having...
www.sibs.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
As more festivals and holidays draw closer, many adult siblings tell us it’s hard to balance their own needs with the needs of their disabled brother or sister. Read our advice on coping with festivities here www.sibs.org.uk/festivities
So many unhelpful headlines and narratives supporting the feckless/burden angle. Words like 'soaring' and lumping mental health in with autism and ADHD isn't great for people and families with genuine support needs. These are distinct issues, but obv they can coexist.
news.sky.com/story/soarin...
news.sky.com/story/soarin...
Soaring demand for mental health, ADHD and autism services to be reviewed after 'overdiagnosis' claim
Mental health or behavioural conditions account for more than half the post-pandemic rise in working age people claiming disability benefits.
news.sky.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So many unhelpful headlines and narratives supporting the feckless/burden angle. Words like 'soaring' and lumping mental health in with autism and ADHD isn't great for people and families with genuine support needs. These are distinct issues, but obv they can coexist.
news.sky.com/story/soarin...
news.sky.com/story/soarin...
Mail, Express, GB news have already done lots on this and similar so-called 'asylum capital' cities where kids' first language isn't English.
Most of us see support needs, and more positively, potential for diversity and richness.
Farage? A 'cultural smashing'.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Most of us see support needs, and more positively, potential for diversity and richness.
Farage? A 'cultural smashing'.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farage branded racist over campaign video remark about Glasgow pupils
The Reform UK leader said the proportion of children who do not have English as a first language in Glasgow was
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Mail, Express, GB news have already done lots on this and similar so-called 'asylum capital' cities where kids' first language isn't English.
Most of us see support needs, and more positively, potential for diversity and richness.
Farage? A 'cultural smashing'.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Most of us see support needs, and more positively, potential for diversity and richness.
Farage? A 'cultural smashing'.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A miscarriage of justice: '...wrongly accused, sometimes imprisoned, and often deprived of home, work, reputation, family trust and the very will to live. The arrogance of executives and the unacknowledged faultiness of Fujitsu’s software ruined nearly a thousand'.
"Brooks is a Private Eye man but no idle laughing iconoclast: there is a deep seriousness in his analysis of the legal, corporate & political failings that led to this catastrophe"
Review in The Times of Post Mortem by Richard Brooks. www.thetimes.com/article/b612...
Review in The Times of Post Mortem by Richard Brooks. www.thetimes.com/article/b612...
‘Blessed is the brand’ — the truth about what caused the Post Office scandal
In his forensic, seething account, Post Mortem, the Private Eye journalist Richard Brooks dives deep into the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history
www.thetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A miscarriage of justice: '...wrongly accused, sometimes imprisoned, and often deprived of home, work, reputation, family trust and the very will to live. The arrogance of executives and the unacknowledged faultiness of Fujitsu’s software ruined nearly a thousand'.