NEW on Carer's Allowance: Unpaid carers describe 'avalanche of utter stress' caused by DWP, leaving some 'traumatised' and suffering depression and anxiety.

Expert A/Prof Siobhan O'Dwyer says DWP's 'abhorrent' approach is increasing risk of suicides.

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Sorry to rain on your parade The Telegraph

1. We haven't issued a denial
2. We aren't cloud seeding in UAE
3. Our weather and climate scientists are providing evidence-based comments to explain what happened
4. Read more from them at rdg.ac/49GVsW3
5. Jog on

‘As promised… The digested read

‘A five year-old on acid’: Liz Truss’s Ten Years to Save the West, digested by John Crace theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

So, in her new book, Liz Truss has numerous pops at Net Zero

This DeSmog article debunks much of it

Includes a quote from yours truly on a) how EVs are environmentally better than petrol and b) how the UK's net zero economy is growing at 9% per year

desmog.com/2024/04/18/liz…

My piece from the RHS Urban Show theguardian.com/environment/20…

Two low carbon hobs:
One is hyper efficient running on universally available electricity. Other runs on unicorn farts (or equally rare domestic hydrogen) requiring tens of £billions of pipework replacement and burns an invisible flame (😱)
And one's easy to clean too :)

Our 16-18 age category winner, Beth, impressed the judges with her 'journalistic' writing and focus on her community which provided a 'fresh element to the wider discussions around issues of dental care in the UK.'

Read Beth's piece: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We are delighted to announce that Rosie Anfilogoff and Beth Riding have won our Hugo Young Award for political opinion writing! 🎉

Rosie's piece: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Beth's Piece: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Congratulations to The #PressAwards News Reporter of the Year category winner David Conn / The Guardian

Is the farming industry turning a blind eye to the impact of manure on water quality? 🤔 The stats are clear. It's time for supply chains to acknowledge how low prices for farmers leave little for investment in environmental protection & slurry management🌊theguardian.com/environment/20…

'Lives are turned upside down by a government department whose monolithic power to prosecute and punish appears untempered by any sense of proportionality, fairness or compassion.'

.@[email protected] on the Carer's Allowance scandal.

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Prime Minister doing his 'fit notes' speech at the Centre for Social Justice, which has castigated his government's handling of Carer's Allowance as a 'scandalous miscarriage of justice'.

Please someone ask him about that.

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🫂Latest on carer's allowance: how Davina Ware was forced to pay back nearly £4,000 after calculating her earnings as a monthly income, as she believed the DWP required, rather than a four-weekly cycle.

Ware's husband has had Parkinson's for 20 years.

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Oh look, some junk anti-heat pump 'analysis' from the UK's gas lobby group has ended up in the Telegraph. Holiday hot spots, maybe. High proportion of homes off the gas grid, definitely! 😂

The 🐄 industry is one the biggest polluters of UK rivers
We expose the scale of scandal of widespread malpractice & advocate compelling solutions to help farmers clean up in the face of severe pressure to intensify as supermarkets cream off the profits
theguardian.com/environment/20…

Most UK dairy farms ignoring pollution rules as manure spews into rivers theguardian.com/environment/20…

EXCL: Thames Water could be renationalised with bulk of its £15.6bn debt added to public purse Anna Isaac reveals theguardian.com/business/2024/…

I’d like to know what Fraser Nelson who is in my experience a respectful person and has hired and promoted many female journalists has to say about this. Why would you publish such filth?

Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at “Downing” (Darwin College) Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that you’re not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on the The Spectator libido section.