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Aileen Evans

@bushbell.bsky.social
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Past Pres & Vice Chair Chartered Institute of Housing. Recovering HA CEO. Twins & Step Mum. Loves Cricket, Tea & Bach. Loathes injustice and believes everyone has a right to a good home.

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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Ch2 trying to get the dosing ball out of the duvet cover….
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What a life. What a legacy. So very sad here this evening.
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Ch2 trying to get the dosing ball out of the duvet cover….
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Good. Let’s hope this puts an end to this nonsense Uefa to boycott World Cup if Fifa plans approved
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Good www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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World Cup 2026: Reaction as the USMNT lose to Belgium at the last-16 stage and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal are knocked out
Reaction as the United States' World Cup dreams end with defeat by Belgium and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal lose to Spain
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
And this is why I don’t shop at @amazon and haven’t done for over 25 years.
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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
One of the country's finest libraries of books on town planning and housing policy - the Harry Simpson Memorial Library, currently located in Wisbech - is at risk of being pulped. Please publicise and support the campaign to save it. davemnt.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/a...
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A Homeless Library: The Library of the Housing Crisis?
David Mountain, 27 March 2026.[1] In the storerooms of a little-known fenland museum is a treasure trove of rare books on town planning and housing policy, comprising an entire specialist library. …
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Chartered Institute of Housing @cihhousing.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
📢 The 2026 UK Housing Review has landed 📢 With 200 charts and tables containing the most important, up-to-date housing statistics available for the UK, the Review is essential housing reading. And this year's edition is already hitting the headlines... 📰
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Out out! #bookofmormon
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Watching @danielhewittitv.bsky.social on the absolute shame of children sleeping on the street. What have we come to. Surely we are better than this #ukhousing
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I’m working for Church Housing Association and we’re looking for a Chair for our new Audit and Risk committee. It’s a brilliant opportunity to work with a great bunch of people - you can apply here www.churchhousingassociation.org.uk/news-and-pre...
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Join our Board — Church Housing Association
We’re looking for a new board member
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Chartered Institute of Housing @cihhousing.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Renew your membership online today ✨ In 2025, members enjoyed: 🎤 60 member-exclusive events 🏢 6 flagship conferences 📚 73 member policy briefings 📒 24 What You Need to Knows 🔍 Over 300 pages of expert analysis. Renew today online ⬇️ buff.ly/FQLjVg2
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Jess McCabe @jessmccabe.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
An essential and sobering report on homicides and suicides where domestic abuse and housing come into play, based on detailed analysis of 75 domestic homicide reviews by @kathyswinds.bsky.social www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/dome...
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Domestic homicide: what can housing learn when the worst happens?
Inside Housing analysed 76 domestic homicide reviews to pull out the crucial lessons for housing teams. Katharine Swindells reports.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion. It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
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Jess McCabe @jessmccabe.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
This idea has been percolating since 2021, but I got to see how it is finally coming to life with the help of @bushbell.bsky.social @eddiehughes.bsky.social and more
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Out out! #theimportanceofbeingearnest #stephenfry
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
@microsoft.com I logged a fault with you last week and you have not responded or fixed the problem. Please will you resolve this
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Would be helpful if a few people who were still MPs would say this...
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
This is a lie. There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years. But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
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Lyndsey @lyndseydoob.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Just a simple reminder for today.
A screenshot of a photograph of Anne Frank. It’s a black and white photo and is a side profile of her head looking towards the left of the page. There is black text above the photo and it says:
“ the people who hid Anne frank were breaking the law. The people who killed her were following it.”
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
This 👇
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Simply making Amazon pay their tax in the UK would be enough to pay for lifting the 2 Child Benefit Cap. Amazon have a Revenue of £27bn in the UK but usually pay NO tax at all.
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
This 👇
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Just watched the John and Amy Hunt interview with @vicderbyshire.bsky.social. I’m struck by their love, quiet dignity and strength in the face of unimaginable horror. Amy is right when she talks of the epidemic of social media fuelled misogyny that is putting women and girls in danger.
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Annual trip for my sis and me to see the Colonel’s Review - one of my favourite days of the year. The skill and musicianship of the bands is outstanding.
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Love this.
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Rachael Williamson @rachaelwhsg.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🏠 This time next week is the govt's #SpendingReview. @cihhousing.bsky.social is calling for 🔹 90K social rent homes/year 🔹 £5bn to retrofit social housing 🔹 A renewed Decent Homes Programme 🔹 Action on homelessness & supported housing 📄 Read our full submission: shorturl.at/fGVHJ #ukhousing
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Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
We've been working with CDS to bring together stakeholders from across the social housing sector to explore how co-operation and power sharing between providers and resident communities can work to address key issues the sector is facing.
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Polly Neate @pollyneate.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This 👇 is a political choice. And a direct result of decades of failure to #BuildSocialHousing - failures the government could reverse at the spending review if it chooses. Please help us persuade them england.shelter.org.uk/support_us/c...
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
At the @royalderngate.bsky.social this evening for an Elkie Brooks gig. She’s 80 next week. What a voice. Such power and control. Haunting version of ‘To make you feel my love’ and a proper heavy metal version of Knights in White Satin’ Excellent.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Today is an object lesson in the radicalisation of the British right-wing press. Britain is being disparaged and insulted by a foreign far-right conspiracy theorist. But the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and even the Times choose focus their criticisism on the British prime minister instead.
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@With1v @with1v.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Tim's having his wisdom teeth removed on Christmas Eve. "Based on his track record, he should never have been allowed to have them in the first place. He's not exactly Balthazar!" screamed Joan. #NewAlanBennetts
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I am loving these #NewAlanBennetts @with1v.bsky.social has loads of them.
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
This morning I’m feeling proud and grateful that I’m a woman of a certain age.
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Polly Neate @pollyneate.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Good story in @thirdsector.co.uk on our #CharityReformGroup essays being launched today. Our sector needs a stronger voice in the national discourse. For that to happen we need to be louder and clearer on what we’re about. www.thirdsector.co.uk/charities-be...
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Charities must become confident ‘agents of systemic change’, leaders urge
Fourteen charity chiefs have set out their vision for a new partnership between charities, government and businesses
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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Can we give a big welcome to @pollyneate.bsky.social please? @allymcgovern.bsky.social @alisoninman.bsky.social @simplicitly.bsky.social @martinhwheatley.bsky.social @tomemurtha.bsky.social @tobylloyd.bsky.social @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This 👇
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I am loving these #NewAlanBennetts @with1v.bsky.social has loads of them.
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Suzannah Young @suzannahyoung.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
"Rural England is in crisis. The shortage of affordable homes threatens not only housing but also the health, wellbeing, and sustainability of our countryside"🏡 English Rural for NHF our #PlanForHousing series housing.org.uk/news-and-blo... #ruralhomelessness #socialhousing #affordablehousing #rural
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Affordable rural homes: a pathway to revitalising our countryside
Martin Collett explains the crisis facing rural housing in England and the importance of ensuring everyone in rural communities can access a decent, affordable home.
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Who knew there was a tiny jazz club at the top of the Toulouse Lautrec in Newington Butts. Looking forward to an afternoon of great jazz in a unique setting with the Sam Every Big Band
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
My lovely friend ER invited me out on duty. We had a properly glorious afternoon. Have a read.
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Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
My lovely friend ER invited me out on duty. We had a properly glorious afternoon. Have a read.
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Edible Reading @ediblereading.bsky.social · 04/10/2024
NEW REVIEW! This week Leonard Cohen, HP Sauce and the acceptable temperature of butter all feature in a write up of a genuine institution. And is a meal just about the food, the room and the service, or is there more to it than that? ediblereading.com/2024/10/04/r...
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Restaurant review: The Drapers Arms, Islington
I was meeting Aileen, a very dear old friend, in London for lunch and she gave me carte blanche to pick wherever I wanted. “You’re the food expert”, her message said. “You c…
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Matt Downie @mattdownie.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
‘Sometimes, paradise is a house.’ Very much so @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social
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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Great piece by @samfr.bsky.social on threat of school standards slipping English schools are very good but performance is now at risk from factors (e.g poverty) beyond the control of schools. Needs cross-gov action but the missions agenda is so far underdeveloped open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/d...
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Dropping Out
Why improvements in school standards are at serious risk
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 16/11/2024
Overcrowding is more severe for low-to-middle income families renting privately. Low-to-middle income households face nearly four times the levels of overcrowding of those on higher incomes. Read more: buff.ly/4hCO0kd
Chart showing proportion of overcrowded households: England, 1995-96 to 2022-23
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Suzannah Young @suzannahyoung.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
Paul Smith, CEO at Elim at NHF webinar on working in partnership to deliver supported housing - it's much better for people to move into independent living than into hospital! We more need #supported housing to make sure people can live independently and take pressure off #NHS hospital services.
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Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk · 16/11/2024
Excellent piece. The effects of ‘the state’s long and dangerous retreat from housing’.
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Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
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Homes England appoints interim chief executive
Homes England has appointed an interim chief executive following the announcement that current boss Peter Denton will step down in January
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