Well said.

Noted your point about Office for National Statistics (ONS) showing 65000 children with #LongCovid . Possibly one of the greatest areas of policy neglect/denial

As well as not putting down things in emails that you don't want to be read out in court / the Horizon Public Inquiry, it's also probably wise to avoid Comic Sans.

Jason Beer is great, isn't he.

Fascinating new Institute for Fiscal Studies paper finds that the closure of 70% of police stations in London was not cost effective and led to higher crime levels, with particularly negative impacts on the poor

ifs.org.uk/sites/default/…

An in-depth attempt to explain nearly five years of levelling up funds: what they are, why they are, and why people have been so unhappy with them

With ⁦Amy Borrett⁩ and ⁦Anna Gross⁩

(The first in a 4-part series about levelling up)
on.ft.com/3Ux0AYE

Latest long Covid survey analysed. A million or more people. One third with symptons lasting more than 3 years. Needs more research for new treatments. substack.com/home/post/p-14…

Cross-party business select committee says Gove “must” send National Audit Office into Teesworks to “assure the public taxpayers’ money has been disbursed appropriately and legally”
on.ft.com/4aS05OD

Wes Streeting's side eye here is going to be a great meme.

There's some amazing data hidden away in ONS's user requested data section.

Last year they quietly published death data by age, deprivation decile and cause, which means we can look at age patterns in alcohol deaths by IMD, with sadly predictably grim results:

Thames Water also has an interesting corporate structure.

Amazing what incentives can do.

Ok ok 😂

My Garmin watch tells me I average ~35 kcal/mi. I'm mostly powered by bread/wheat in other forms but going by bread, it's £1.55 for 2,400 kcal.

So cycling is:
155/2400 x 35 = 2.2p/mi, about the same as an EV!

ngl that result surprises me! 😂

It is one of the most offensive aspects of the Act that it requires the courts (as well as ministers and immigration officers) to disregard real life evidence about the mistreatment of human beings, however compelling and extreme it might be

To make matters worse, when briefing the press the government said that this would 'only' cost £4.4 billion in 2028/29. That assumes a baseline of 2.3% of GDP and so is inconsistent with the £75 billion number. They're just picking whichever baseline suits best.

Discussions on integrity from a potential candidate for Bishop of London.

It would appear that integrity to Vennells is what Father Ted would call an ecumenical matter.

Has anyone checked to see if the spending commitments for the next government so kindly promised by the current government exceed 100% of GDP?

The admin pay bill of the civil service is less than £10bn. Are we now cutting it by a third?

🧵We are 79 soon-to-be Doctors who are supposed to be working in the East Midlands, starting in three months.

However, we don't yet know what jobs, hospitals or even which city we will be working in.

We are distressed, angry and fed up. [1/2]