Matty Edwards

📚 I've co-written this report for @research-for-act.bsky.social into how to urgently improve the poor accessibility of financial information from local councils, in collaboration with Sussex Uni researchforaction.uk/new-report-o...

The local groups trying to buy Brum back 'It's the people's library'

🙌 From community centres to youth centres and libraries, groups across the Birmingham are trying to keep vital assets in community hands and save them from closure.

There are stories of hope among the doom and gloom after their council went bust

www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-local-gr...

How Bristol put a lid on temporary accommodation costs amid homelessness crisis Councils are piloting ways to tackle the cost of housing a record number of homeless families while we wait for a new strategy from the government.

While we wait for a new strategy from the government, councils around the country are getting creative in their response to the homelessness crisis - and they're getting it right

@mattyedwards23.bsky.social reports : national.thelead.uk/p/bristol-te...

How Bristol put a lid on temporary accommodation costs amid homelessness crisis Councils are piloting ways to tackle the cost of housing a record number of homeless families while we wait for a new strategy from the government.

🏠 After years of spiralling costs of placing homeless people in temporary accommodation, including hotels or homes owned by private companies cashing in on the crisis, Bristol is one the councils managing to turn the tide.

My latest for @theleaduk.bsky.social

Raise the rate of Statutory Sick Pay Increase sick pay so everyone can afford to recover from illness and injury.

Important work by @theleaduk.bsky.social who have launched this petition to amend the Employment Rights Bill to prevent any cuts to Statutory Sick Pay for workers on lower wages #SafeSickPay thelead.uk/raise-rate-s...

Next I'm going freelance and will carry on writing about Bristol and social issues on a national level.

📩 For any stories about Bristol or other commissions, drop me an email: matty.edwards.journalist@gmail.com (3/3)

Join the Cable! - The Bristol Cable Independent. Investigative. Indispensable.

After years of trying to produce local journalism that matters to people in a small team of dedicated journalists, I'm looking forward to reading more important stories in the future alongside the thousands of members powering the Cable's work (2/3) thebristolcable.org/join/

📢 Some personal news: Seven years after joining the @thebristolcable.bsky.social as a green reporter, I'm moving onto my next challenge.

It's been a privilege to work at such an innovative org with so many great people, and hopefully tell some important stories along the way. (1/3)