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Why has Bridget Phillipson taken a donation from a lobbying firm linked to private healthcare?🚨

EveryDoctor is very concerned about NHS privatisation, and we are investigating the links between MPs and the private healthcare sector.

Bridget Phillipson accepted a donation last year of £2,950 ...

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Almost a third of families (31%) spend more than 10 hours per week on essential administrative tasks to ensure that their disabled child gets the support they need.

Failed and Forgotten report
Disabled Children’s Partnership

#carers #carersweek #carersweek2025

Is the UK doomed? A brutal UK economy report makes it clear: the reset is not enough in the face of deeply troubling data on a trade meltdown

The report by @antonspisak.bsky.social says: “Exports have historically contributed positively to UK real GDP growth. Since 2020, however, exports have become a drag on UK GDP growth, on average subtracting nearly 0.5% per annum”. ‪@theneweuropean.bsky.social‬

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BOE’s Bailey Urges Closer EU Trade to Reverse Brexit Damage Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has urged the government to strike a deeper trade deal with the European Union to improve growth and “minimize negative effects” of Brexit.

🧵 Andrew Bailey is right ✅ we must reverse Brexit damage!

Brexit has clearly damaged UK growth by raising trade barriers which hurt productivity and delivered 4% hit to GDP. UK-EU reset on food checks and energy are welcome but more is needed to minimise damage.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

And here we are…👇

Such prophetic words.

Hauntingly. True. 😎✨

Nor to blame those who said there was no unicorn for the fact that there wasn’t one.

From the day Britain left the EU, this reset was inevitable. What a pointless waste of time, money and effort | Simon Jenkins Keir Starmer is not blameless when it comes to Brexit, but he is moving in the right direction. Even the Tories attacking him know that, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Hard #Brexit was xenophobic, economically illiterate and narrow minded Most public figures who supported it know this but lack the guts to admit it.The EU owes Britain nothing for its behaviour in the past decade.An appalling mistake was made.
It awaits correction www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Exodus of EU nurses ‘most likely’ cause of extra patient deaths University of Surrey study suggests that EU nurses leaving the UK due to uncertainty triggered by the Brexit leave vote could have contributed to almost 1,500 additional patient deaths per year. The s...

Researchers suggest EU nurses leaving the UK due to Brexit were replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which changed the skill mix at these hospitals and resulted in adverse outcomes for patients: nearly 1,500 additional patient deaths per year.
rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Even Boris understands … eventually

Ukraine gets nothing in Trump’s proposals for peace, says Boris Johnson Former British prime minister posts apparent criticism of US president over his plans for peace deal with Russia

The penny is finally dropping for Boris Johnson that Trump is the enemy of Ukraine.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇬🇧 During the meeting in London, Ukraine and European countries formed their own version of the plan for the settlement of the war.

▪️The peace agreement should be based "on international law, not on capitulation." They warn that otherwise it makes possible China's invasion of Taiwan.

It is the mark of a grown-up man, as compared with a callow youth, that he finds his center of gravity wherever he happens to be at the moment, and however much he longs for the object of his desire, it cannot prevent him from staying at his post and doing his duty” Dietrich Bonhoeffer-A Brief Life