Mark Heffernan

The text reads: How can we best support people with long-term health conditions who are forced into financial difficulties? There is an image of a person entering a primary care surgery building.

People with long-term health conditions are often forced into low-paid, precarious work - if they're able to work at all. So how can we best support them with the added harm of debt?

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Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

90% of people in Britain live in areas where the air breaches international air quality guidelines.

We need clear, funded plans to achieve WHO’s air quality standards, outlining the role & relevant support for local public health authorities.

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🎶 Three-ee years of hurt / Never stopped me dreaming

motorists will *never* notice cuts to fuel duty (which they permanently be convinced is too high, and in fact actually purposefully being set to victimise them), but the state will bleed itself dry for their discount that doesn't touch the sides, in a way they never would for public transport users

Bus fares to jobs: Seven ways the Spending Review affects you Spending limits for government departments are being outlined by the chancellor. This is how it affects you.

🚨Fantastic news! The Govt is expanding free school meals to families on Universal Credit, a vital investment in children's long-term health.

But there are more ways the Govt can now build on these foundations for a healthier society 🧵👇
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Getting the child poverty strategy we need: A co-produced agenda for change | IPPR Any credible child poverty strategy must act directly to put more money into parents’ pockets. This starts with the removal of the two-child limit and bene

🤝| NEW REPORT: The government has an opportunity to turn the tide on child poverty. Our joint roadmap with @changingrealities.bsky.social‬ & @cpaguk.bsky.social‬ sets out what a serious strategy must include. Shaped by lived experience, grounded in policy evidence.
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Ministers to delay UK junk food advertising ban until next year Marketing of unhealthy products to be barred before 9pm on TV but branded advertising using company names will be allowed

Endlessly kicking the can down the road on effective, popular and straightforward regulations does not the healthiest generation of children ever build

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🆕 @ippr.bsky.social report ‘Fixing the Foundations’ sets out the case for Govt to invest in children’s health – and how this can deliver both short and long-term benefits. ‬‬

🔎 Head of Policy and Influencing Natasha Feiner unpacks the highlights

New research provides conclusive proof that 20mph in London is saving lives 🚶🚲🚌🚗

14 yrs of analysis at 150+ sites - reviewed by experts - shows:
❤️40% fewer deaths (vs 7% drop on roads where no changes were made)
❤️75% fewer children killed & 50% fewer kids hurt.

This is how "This side says X, but the other side says Y" balance ends up distorting journalism. Instead of being based on the journalist's own independent, impartial analysis this question really just ventriloquises a partisan opposition stance and gives the impression the BBC fully agrees with it.

A vision for climate justice: a report from the APPG on Race and Community A report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Race and Community, investigating the relationship between the climate emergency and systemic racism

We're delighted to see our partners, Agnes Agyepong and the Ella Roberta Foundation, contribute to @runnymedetrust.bsky.social 's ‪new report.

Air pollution affects us all, but disproportionately affects racialised communities.
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🔦 ICYMI - @bmj.com excellent new investigation shines a light on lobbying tactics used by the food and drink industry against council efforts to restrict unhealthy outdoor advertising.

Youth activists launch anti-HFSS outdoor campaign Campaign calls on government to bring in tighter regulation on OOH ads.

👏Brilliant to see Campaign highlighting @biteback2030.bsky.social's new billboard takeover. Activists are demanding a #CommercialBreak for kids from outdoor junk food advertising 👇

www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/yout...

An audience at the launch event for Bite Back's #CommercialBreak campaign. A screen has text which reads "Let's give kids a #CommercialBreak".

A billboard with the text: "Young activists bought this ad space so the junk food giants couldn't. We're giving kids a #CommercialBreak".

🤩 Yesterday we gathered for a fantastic event with @biteback2030.bsky.social to celebrate the launch of new research on junk food advertising and a billboard takeover in Lambeth and Southwark demanding a #CommercialBreak for kids.

Billboard campaign bites back against junk food advertising New research conducted by Bite Back, the University of Liverpool and Impact on Urban Health, has uncovered the widespread presence of junk food advertising in the UK’s most deprived communities. …

With Bite Back, we've bought 365 ad spaces across Lambeth and Southwark so the junk food giants couldn't #CommercialBreak 🚫

📖 Why? Because research by Bite Back & University of Liverpool found children in the most deprived areas are being swamped with fast food ads 6x more often than in other areas

So best to declare that someone shouldn't serve the appropriate sentence for the criminal offence they've been found by due legal process to have committed, then - just in case they and their supporters kick off. Tommy Robinson will be thrilled. Well done @thetimes.com!

Reeves will not raise taxes in Spring Statement, say officials Chancellor will rely on a spending squeeze to try to ensure she complies with her fiscal rules

A government so preoccupied with why it won that it hasn't thought at all about why Sunak lost:

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Apropos of nobody in particular, I think people who make a living as political commentators should be subjected to a public 5 yearly review of their predictions.

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

It is a real mark of Britain's decline that our Elon Musk is this pillock.

GreenFleet 157 Driving the Switch to Cleaner Fleets

Great to see our Comms Manager, @patrickjalee.bsky.social, writing for Greenfleet about how Govt can support businesses to shift toward a low carbon, low pollution economy:

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We need to counter industry promotion of harmful products to protect public health To tackle preventable illness caused by consuming harmful products we need policies that reduce their availability, affordability, and visibility, writes Alice Wiseman Using medical professionals to...

Tackling industry promotion of harmful products is essential to protect public health.

In an article today in @bmj.com our Vice President Alice Wiseman considers how we can counter industry tactics to ensure healthier environments and live healthier, happier lives.

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Supporting households in energy debt We commissioned Clear Consultancy Services to analyse the impact of higher energy debts on individuals, households, and the debt advice sector. The resulting executive summary outlines seven key recom...

39% of the UK population either need #debt advice or are at risk of needing it, but the current funding framework for debt advice services is not fit for purpose.

We’re calling on UK Gov to introduce legislation to deliver a new funding model.

New report 👇

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Supporting households in energy debt We commissioned Clear Consultancy Services to analyse the impact of higher energy debts on individuals, households, and the debt advice sector. The resulting executive summary outlines seven key recom...

📢 New report: Supporting Households in #EnergyDebt

#Energy is the fastest growing type of debt presenting at #debt advice services in GB, but accessing help from suppliers is difficult.

Check out our recommendations for how support can be improved 👇

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“I never thought that a self-styled Tariff Man’ would impose tariffs,’ sobs analyst who said that Tariff Man would be good for markets. on.ft.com/4aFOR0l

"If Gvt is serious about preventing illness & disease, we need to move away from voluntary agreements with industry & introduce mandatory measures that protect us from industry tactics."
Alice Wiseman, ADPH Vice President

👀Read our response in full➡️www.adph.org.uk