A rare article that captures some the complexity of foster carers role and their place in the system. Worth a read!

I spoke to Foster Talk The Fostering Network NAFP
Barnardo’s Social Market Foundation National Fostering Group Ofsted about why #foster #carers are struggling and the sector's discriminatory past as the care system reaches a critical point - read my The Lead feature
here: bitly.ws/3fFdS

FOSTER CARE IN CRISIS: Government allowances are not keeping up with the skyrocketing costs of fostering.

Why are Black and LGBTQ+ families being deterred?

✍️ Charlie Duffield

Foster Talk Social Market Foundation Ofsted The Fostering Network NAFP National Fostering Group
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This is exquisite writing...and what a story

SHOCKING FACT: If you earned £30,000 a day from when Jesus was born to the present day, you would still not make as much as Shell did in profits last year.

I’ve never been through such a long period of not having the words to describe the evil this country is perpetrating every single day

NEW: we don’t reflect enough on how severe the housing crisis is, and how it has completely broken the promise society made to young adults.

The situation is especially severe in the UK, where the last time house prices were this unaffordable was in ... 1876.

Almost every TV/Film freelancer I know is currently out of work right now. The UK business is collapsing and no-one is really talking about it... theguardian.com/media/2023/nov…

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Take your brother, dad, uncle, take your husband or your boyfriend. Have had very emotional conversations with lots of men this week.

Devastating statement released by our colleagues at the PRCS today:

'We do not have the means to evacuate the sick and the wounded in our hospitals, or the elderly and the disabled. There are no safe areas in the whole of the Gaza Strip. Humanity is on the line.'

Worth noting that now the only high speed rail in Britain will only go as far north as Birmingham. Kent to Birmingham. Decades after countries like France and Japan completed high speed lines which cover their territories.

“What are the male comics going to do about other male comics that are just like Russell? Because it’s their problem.”

London Hughes speaks about Russell Brand allegations and warns that he’s not the only comedian “that you can say these things about”.

#TimesRadio

I learned to love my disabled body – why can’t my non-disabled friends love theirs? theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

'Young people now have so much more to cope with – from the threat of climate collapse to Instagram perfection – and they have to be so much more resilient'

My deep dive into the school avoidance crisis👇Not Fine in School Square Peg

metro.co.uk/2023/09/03/why…

To be honest, young people pretty much did “national service” recently by being shut up in halls at university, or unable to celebrate the end of school with their friends.

All to stop them spreading a virus which was very unlikely to kill them, but very dangerous to the old.

It's more that we need to be honest about how freelance income works. I have another job alongside journalism. Other people, let's be honest, have other sources of support that are, let's be honest, linked to privilege.

'The era of global warming has ended. The era of global boiling has arrived'

UN Secretary General António Guterres warns of 'unbreathable' air and 'unbearable' temperatures to come.

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📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

🏠 From tough competition, to bidding wars and eviction notices - we hear what tenants are currently experiencing in the rental market

Felicity Hannah is live at 3pm with Sam Gruet + Ben Beadle + Tim Bannister + Nyree Applegarth 👇🏼

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As #DIYdentistry hits the headlines again, a reminder of my long read from last year on the reality and reasons behind the #NHS #dentistry crisis

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For the first time ever it now costs over £700-a-month on average to rent a room in the UK - and a staggering £971 in London, according to new data from SpareRoom.co.uk #property