Idlebirder

'Amazed' more likely.

I'm old enough to remember when both Jeremy Hunt and Matt Hancock had a stab at this too. (Thoughts and prayers with the staff who were on those nights.)

Let's hope this time around the results are more worthwhile...

1,651ha of new forestry planted in 2023 - report - Agriland.ie 1,651ha of new forestry was planted in Ireland in 2023, which is well below the current target of 8,000ha/year within the Climate Action Plan

1,651 ha of new forestry was planted in Ireland in 2023, well below the target of 8,000 ha/year.

This is actually GOOD news, because it's mostly a profit-driven ecological catastrophe.

Time we switched to natural regeneration of *wild, native* trees. 🌍
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...

Private rental costs drive hundreds of thousands of children into poverty

Nearly half the 1.5m UK children growing up in poverty in the private rental sector are pushed into it by housing costs.

Private renters paying three times as much as mortgagor for the same housing.

Yet govts cut real wages/benefits, don't curb profiteering
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/priv...

NO❗

Who can afford longevity in a cost-of-living crisis? We all need a healthy diet. So why are politicians normalising food banks and allowing malnutrition and associated illnesses to rise?

The cost of austerity, low wages, lack of healthcare.

2.9m people in England with malnutrition. Hospital admissions up 39% in a decade.

Malnourished children treated for scurvy, bow legs, rickets and heart murmurs.

Neoliberalism condemning people to misery.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...

Ask your MP to protect households from bailing out Thames Water!

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Right now, Thames is trying to sneak a bailout surcharge onto YOUR bills. It could add HUNDREDS of £££ a year.

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Radical planning reform needed to hit 1.5m housebuilding target in England, Labour warned Thinktank urges government to be ‘much more ambitious’ as actions so far are not enough to fulfil manifesto pledge

Radical planning reform needed to hit 1.5m housebuilding target in England, Labour warned.

Tory "permitted development" sidelined planning, led to new slums, houses in flood plains.

Average house costs 8+ times average wage, beyond the reach of most.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Have European arms companies increased their profits due to wars? The world's top 100 arms-producing companies recorded profits of almost 600 billion last year, amid wars in Gaza and Ukraine and a generally tense geopolitical situation. #EuropeInMotion

Boom time for shareholders, death and destruction for others

The world's top 100 arms-producing companies recorded profits of €598bn.

More deadly weapons developed, and some say human beings have evolved.

Blood soaked profits from conflicts all over the world.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Make your voice heard: 10-year NHS plan consultation

NEW: The government is consulting on plans for the next 10 years of the NHS.

It’s your opportunity to tell Wes Streeting to end outsourcing and fix our NHS so it works for patients, not profit.

Send or edit our simple-to-use standard response here: weownit.org.uk/nhs-consultation

Raw sewage from new homes being flushed into London rivers Raw sewage is being dumped into London's rivers from at least 100 homes, a charity finds.

Raw sewage from new homes being flushed into river.

Back to the 19th century.

Did Thames Water and developers not know?

That's what you get with privatisation of essential services, deregulation of planning.

Govt promising more housing deregulation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If/when it ever happens.🤨

There should be a Permanent Hunting Ban on Planet Earth.👍