David Kendall

The Howard League | Howard League responds to safety in custody statistics The number of people dying in prison rose by 30% in the past year and assaults on staff reached a record high, official data seen by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal today (Thursday 30…

#Data shows that #prison deaths have risen by 30% over the past year and staff #assaults have reached a record high.

HMP Humber prisoner's death due to indefinite term, report says Scott Berry became "despondent about his chances of ever being released", an ombudsman report says.

#IPP #prisoner Scott Berry was twelve years over tariff at the time of his self-inflicted death.

Prisoner died the day after he left jail homeless under early release scheme A prisoner who left jail homeless under a government early release scheme was found dead in a park the following day. Richard Cosgrove, 37, died on 18 April 2024, having been serving a 24 week sent…

Richard Cosgrove left #HMP Humber #homeless and was found deceased the very next day.

What is the two-child benefit limit and how does it impact families?

The two-child benefit cap is a controversial policy which was introduced by the Conservatives. Here's what you need to know about the policy

Nice to read about something positive in the prison system - the work of @libertychoiruk.bsky.social!

Top 5 literary dystopias, chosen by award-winning author Matt Greene

Five literary dystopias to get lost in and remind yourself that however bad things seem, they could get even worse.

'From beyond the grave, Virginia Giuffre has proved not even princes are untouchable' Virginia Giuffre has proved that not even princes are untouchable. From beyond the grave, she is doing her best to ensure nobody else is ever…

"As for the monarchy, it will end not with a bang but a whimper. Giuffre’s book, with all its harrowing details, is one more wave battering against its cliff face, eroding the public’s faith." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Twelve o'clock on a fine autumn day, and nothing to worry about. Some money to spend and nothing to worry about.

The truth about homelessness? It can happen to anyone

With homelessness reaching critical levels across Britain, organisations like Emmaus have never been more essential.

All that I ask is that the culture secretary not ask questions which reveal she couldn’t tell you who *this year*’s Bafta shortlistees and winners were.

This was outstanding, as is the novel it's based on.

“I became a writer because it was the only way to escape the walls. The page gave me a kind of parole.”
- Eldridge Cleaver

Cillian Murphy: 'The most important people can't afford a house – it's a big problem'

Cillian Murphy and author Max Porter have teamed up again for an adaptation of Porter's 2023 book Shy which offers a new perspective.

🔉 Less than one week to go! My album of concertos by Walton, Britten and Tippett with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and @georgevass.bsky.social will be released on Fri 10 October, for BIS Records and Apple Music 🎉 Pre-order at bisrecords.lnk.to/2604

Photo of Birmingham Literature Festival audience, young people, middle aged people and older people sitting in seats listening to an event.

I'll be at Birmingham Literature Festival on 11th October with some great names, brilliant writing workshops, events for children and much more.

Come if you can!

Link here www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org

I will again say that my favourite way of telling someone to fuck off in French (often chanted to opposition crowds at football games) is rentre chez toi, ta mère a fait des gaufres. It means "go back home, your mother made you waffles"

We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded this grant. We are very grateful to the members of The Mercers' Company. It feels like a huge endorsement of what we are doing and it will make a real difference here.

#themercerscompany #Charter600

www.mercers.co.uk/C600_Awards_2025

Article reads: Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Javier Milei had to beg a bail-out and already needs another. Argentina's economy is in a tailspin. Gov't bonds and peso in freefall. People starving, throwing rocks at him.

Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership."

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This is a good thread that sums up what I find most frustrating about journalism and why I so often think about doing something else.

People are only “not interested in policy” because there’s a paucity of imagination about how to translate policy for public/reader/audience/channel/whatevs

Shabana Mahmood to demand migrants earn right to settled status New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.

imagine being a consultant doctor here and having to go out litter picking to be given your citizenship lol

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Zia Yusuf knows less about his own party than I do.

Gill is not some rando who once met Nigel.

Gill was Reform Leader in Wales and a close ally of Nigel Farage for over a decade before that across two other political parties. This is not something that can just be brushed away.

"There have likely been 10,000 or more university redundancies in the academic year 2024-25..."

The rise of the early downsizers It was once a financial move for old age, but now, faced with stagnant wages and stubborn mortgage rates, younger homeowners are selling up and shrinking

The housing market is going into reverse, dominated by downsizers. What does the end of the property ladder say about our changing attitude to our homes - and towards acquisition culture in general?

My latest essay for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social is out now

www.thenewworld.co.uk/hannah-fearn...

Banner advertising the skills open day at community association of West Hampstead

Come along to the Skills for Life - Open Day at the Community Association
for #WestHampstead. Meet the tutors - and your neighbours. Pop in and find out what your local community centre has to offer. Sat 4 Oct. ⤵️
cawh.org.uk

The AfD qualified for three mayoral run-offs in cities in North Rhine-Westphalia today, and lost all by big margins. The lesson is not that we have overdone the AfD's rise, but that we do perhaps sometimes underestimate the counter-mobilisation effects - including in east Germany, incidentally.

"So right, yer buggers, then! We’ll occupy
your lousy leasehold Poetry."

RIP Tony Harrison

Ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

In Britain, a former far-right Reform party politician has been convicted of taking bribes to promote Russian viewpoints.

Another scandal that should be the end of Reform but will be ignored unless we make a lot of noise about it.

Artist Soldier: 'If you put money at your forefront, your work will lose its lifeforce'

Soldier has won acclaim with his work depicting the pain and suffering of people following the Nigerian Civil War.

Privately educated elite five times more likely to get Britain's most powerful jobs

A landmark report from the Sutton Trust reveals how privately educated individuals are more likely to get Britain's most powerful jobs.