Austerity has a powerful impact on children’s mental health The legacy of British austerity can’t be understood without considering the effects on mental health, especially childhood trauma

Austerity has a powerful impact on children’s mental health

The legacy of British austerity can’t be understood without considering the effects on mental health, especially childhood trauma.

Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:

One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.

Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company

ICYMI: Selling off care homes? Is that really putting Britain first?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/05/lancashires-reform-run-council-plans-to-close-care-homes-to-save-4m-a-year

Trump is causing ‘chaos’ as pretext for invoking Insurrection Act, JB Pritzker says

Trump is trying to cause chaos in American cities before invoking Insurrection Act, governor in his crosshairs warns

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"Curiously, Elon Musk’s X, which thrives on conspiracy theories, did not have any Epstein mention in its “Trending Topics” page this morning and early afternoon."

I am constantly getting tagged to share posts from "rescues" that are obviously fake. Please learn to recognize the signs so you are not wasting your money and sympathy on scammers! 🧵

1. They have no website, search results, phone #, or physical address - only a PayPal or other donation account.

Indeed.

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I’ve suffered my whole life from depression and anxiety. I have both really bad today.

I thought I’d try explain my typical symptoms so other sufferers or their friends and family can understand it better.

This is what depression feels like… (1/12)

I was going to do this, but then I got cold feet

A Scholarship for Black Medical Students Honored His Father’s Legacy. The University Canceled It. Scotched in the midst of a DEI purge, the scholarship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham was meant ultimately to reduce racial disparities in health.

A Birmingham surgeon who patched and healed civil-rights protesters and children in the 1960s was memorialized with a scholarship to UAB. The university cancelled the scholarship and returned the funds after Trump declared such scholarships discriminatory. chroni.cl/3Hh9pSc

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Well done @itvnews.bsky.social
on pointing out the soaring rise in immigration “since we completed Brexit” - a key factor. This should be pointed out to Farage (who championed Brexit) in every interview

Massachusetts police hold girl's face to the ground as ICE arrests her mother, video shows In Massachusetts, where the incident occurred, local police are generally prohibited from assisting ICE with immigration enforcement.

Police in Worcester, Massachusetts, held a young girl's face to the ground as ICE agents detained her mother, video shows.

A&E and maternity services under threat over ‘eye watering’ NHS savings targets Politicans will have to back hospitals forced to make ‘difficult’ decisions on maternity and A&E

NHS planning to cut doctors/nurses jobs, maternity and A&E services to meet the govt's “eye watering” NHS savings.

Cuts will force more people to go private.

Healthcare must come before fiscal rules.

Private firms milking 30%-40% profit from NHS contracts. End privatisation.

Tax the rich.

staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch

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Otley Run pub crawl crossbow violence raises misogyny concerns The bars were busy again on the Otley Run in Leeds, but revellers and residents have mixed feelings.

Otley Run pub crawl crossbow violence raises misogyny concerns

Vets may face caps on charges for prescriptions and cremations The regulator is considering a range of measures to limit vets bills including price caps.

UK vets could face price caps on medicines, prescriptions and other services.

Long overdue. The entry of private equity (PE) and big corporations resulted in profiteering.

Need to break the business model of PE. End tax relief on interest payments. Regulate PE.

🧵 It’s the 100th day of Trump 2.0, so here are 100 times Trump and those close to him have attacked press freedom and transparency.

That doesn’t mean they’re only averaging one per day – we had to make cuts. There will probably be more attacks while we’re posting this.

Labour’s benefit cuts will cost UK economy billions, charity says Trussell report finds that higher levels of poverty mean Britain is losing out on £38bn a year of potential output Keir Starmer has been warned that Labour’s tough stance on benefits is costing Britain’s economy billions of pounds each year while adding to the pressure on public services by pushing more people into poverty. With the government under fire over its planned benefit cuts, the anti-poverty charity Trussell said that failing to tackle hunger and hardship would have severe human costs and cause damage to the wider economy and public finances. Continue reading...

Labour’s benefit cuts will cost UK economy billions, charity says

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Home Office spent £22,000 on failed attempt to stop Windrush report release Hard-hitting internal investigation found roots of scandal lay in racist immigration legislation

The only thing which surprises me about the Home Office splashing out to bury a report into to racist roots of the Windrush scandal is that it was "only" £22,000 they spent. Honestly, I would not have been surprised if it was £22million. 1/2

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

People with severe mental illness more likely to have utilities shut off More than half of people in utility arrears are experiencing some kind of mental health problem, new analysis shows.

7m Britons struggle to pay utility bills.

More than half experiencing mental health problems.

Poverty, anxiety cause mental health problems. Disconnections cut people off from essentials and world to create more insecurity.

Real wages/benefit cuts blight life. Govts rarely focus on human cost.

If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford

Handwritten card reading “I had my kid’s baby shoes w/ me since we became homeless. It was all I had left of them {they are w/ family}. The police/city took them w/ the rest of our stuff. It broke my heart.”

We asked people who experienced "sweeps" of homeless encampments to write about it in their own words.

In the Phoenix area, 59-year-old Mary gets emotional when she thinks about the loss of blue baby shoes that her son and daughter wore: propub.li/4hEGcgx