Vicki (Howe) Wood
@vcwood.bsky.social
Data strategy consultant working with social housing and higher education providers
Coventry, UK. A sky blue on Bluesky #PUSB
Coventry, UK. A sky blue on Bluesky #PUSB
“If anything, Labour’s mishandling of immigration is even more repugnant. The folly of actively cheerleading a fall in it will be increasingly clear when chronic labour shortages in care homes and health services become more acute and universities’ earnings from foreign students dry up”
My Trade Secrets today, in which it's fair to say I go off on one.
The Labour party is famously "a moral crusade or it is nothing". On aid, immigration and trade they're going for the latter option, with betrayals of principle both repugnant and pointless. 1/n
The Labour party is famously "a moral crusade or it is nothing". On aid, immigration and trade they're going for the latter option, with betrayals of principle both repugnant and pointless. 1/n
The abandonment of Labour’s moral crusade
[FREE TO READ] The UK is taking a cynical but fruitless turn to the reactionary and insular on aid, immigration and trade
as.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:52 PM
“If anything, Labour’s mishandling of immigration is even more repugnant. The folly of actively cheerleading a fall in it will be increasingly clear when chronic labour shortages in care homes and health services become more acute and universities’ earnings from foreign students dry up”
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Ever wish your wages were as good as footballers? Then organise - they did! #OtD 18 Jan 1961 football bosses agreed to abolish the maximum wage for players which was £20 a week after a nearly unanimous vote to strike from the 21st stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7366...
January 18, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Ever wish your wages were as good as footballers? Then organise - they did! #OtD 18 Jan 1961 football bosses agreed to abolish the maximum wage for players which was £20 a week after a nearly unanimous vote to strike from the 21st stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7366...
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‘The latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency
suggest the number of students who live in their own home, or their parents' home, during term time has been steadily increasing in recent years, accounting for more than 40% of UK students in 2023/24’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
suggest the number of students who live in their own home, or their parents' home, during term time has been steadily increasing in recent years, accounting for more than 40% of UK students in 2023/24’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My three-hour university commute is worth the £7,000 saving on halls
Over two-thirds of students choose not to live at university, latest figures suggest - but is it worth it?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 9:17 AM
‘The latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency
suggest the number of students who live in their own home, or their parents' home, during term time has been steadily increasing in recent years, accounting for more than 40% of UK students in 2023/24’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
suggest the number of students who live in their own home, or their parents' home, during term time has been steadily increasing in recent years, accounting for more than 40% of UK students in 2023/24’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Where do people say they live in the South?
While often grouped as part of the South of England, only 33-35% of people in Norfolk and northern Cambridgeshire consider themselves to live in the region, as do just 53% of people in Suffolk
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
While often grouped as part of the South of England, only 33-35% of people in Norfolk and northern Cambridgeshire consider themselves to live in the region, as do just 53% of people in Suffolk
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
January 9, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Where do people say they live in the South?
While often grouped as part of the South of England, only 33-35% of people in Norfolk and northern Cambridgeshire consider themselves to live in the region, as do just 53% of people in Suffolk
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
While often grouped as part of the South of England, only 33-35% of people in Norfolk and northern Cambridgeshire consider themselves to live in the region, as do just 53% of people in Suffolk
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
Love this! From a child of the 1970s and 80s brought up on M&S waste food. Duck a L’orange anyone?
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
December 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Love this! From a child of the 1970s and 80s brought up on M&S waste food. Duck a L’orange anyone?
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
Death rates rise when NHS cuts back on nursing
Using lower-paid workers to plug the gaps left by a failure to hire registered nurses damages safety, new research has shown
www.thetimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
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New President of @royalsociety.org raises concerns about visa costs for researchers
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy
Prof Sir Paul Nurse says the UK is
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
New President of @royalsociety.org raises concerns about visa costs for researchers
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...