Greg Hurst

Lovely piece

Never!

Hope you’re reading some Herodotus describing Xerxes’ army of ‘one million’ crossing the Bosphorus on a pontoon bridge of boats lashed together…

Agree … unnecessary

A bean sandwich for lunch at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool (I left it a bit late and not much was left) … I like sandwiches … I like beans … but together? :-/

Great analysis

Great analysis, thanks 💪

Looks lovely … my Child 3 brought me back a piece of Barmouth slate after a (happy) Year 6 school trip

Where?

Applications open for the new Chair of the UK Statistics Authority The Cabinet Office has launched a recruitment process to appoint the next Chair of the UK Statistics Authority. The successful candidate will lead the UK Statistics Authority Board, which oversees th...

Recruitment has begun for chair of the UK Statistics Authority. Could you help rejuvenate our official statistics? An important role

3 days a week / £75-£81k / 5 year term / apply by 5th September

uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/applica...

Stand firm, Lumby

Knee deep, huh?

Please can someone direct me to a good open access resource for British political speeches e.g. with full text of leaders' speeches to annual party conferences?

Street scene …

Next it’ll be the Boiled Egg Cup 🥚

Great to be in Liverpool, working with the city region / local + public authorities … and to see that seagulls in Liverpool have no more respect for royalty (Prince Albert, since you ask) than anywhere else

The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ... Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...

A superb piece of journalism in The Observer: it seems like the one of the sacred texts of Nature Writing (TM) is not quite as much of an unflinchingly honest read as claimed

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

I was a guest at a fine dinner in Liverpool before speaking at the Local Govt Assn conference…not sure about my place name, though

How can homelessness prevention funding be most effective? In funding prevention, the chancellor set in train some genuinely path-breaking changes to the way we tackle soaring levels of homelessness, writes Stephen Elder, national prevention manager at Centre...

Good article in @insidehousing.bsky.social discussing homelessness prevention investments - with an excellent tangible example: light-tough universal screening in secondary schools for risks of homelessness www.insidehousing.co.uk/home/how-can...

That’s A LOT of books to take on holiday …

Sneak preview of the opening of my speech at the Orwell Prizes Ceremony, where I’ll introduce the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness 🗣️📜

Maybe they’ll post all over their channels: ‘this GUY started TALKING to us in the park…’

Indeed … happy birthday ML

Little trip to Dover to share a progress update with our partners delivering a randomised controller trial of the impact of allocating a personalised case budget to people impacted by homelessness

Bulletin on BBC One’s News At 10 about a missing dog? Really 🤷‍♂️

Say what now?

And … there’s a babble of near-constant announcements, most of which are unnecessary

This never ceases to shock me …

Encouraging …

Preventing homelessness is less costly than the cure The rapid increase in spending by councils is in reaction to a problem better tackled at source

Really pleased to see this article by @ligia-teixeira.bsky.social CEO of @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social making a care to prioritise prevention of homelessness in the forthcoming Spending Review:
on.ft.com/4mO09oZ