port-meadow.bsky.social @port-meadow.bsky.social · 31/03/2026“Drill baby drill” approach to North Sea would cost households more than a fully renewable UK, finds Oxford analysis www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/news/drill-b... 000
Reposted by @port-meadow.bsky.socialChild Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social · 12/11/2025We’ve joined 100+ others in calling for the government to fully scrap the two-child limit. Every child deserves the best start in life. By fully scrapping the two-child limit the government can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in the UK's potential. 17527
Reposted by @port-meadow.bsky.socialChild Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Scrapping the two-child limit in full is the most cost-effective way to reduce the number of children living in poverty, pound for pound. So when the chancellor is facing difficult decisions, it doesn’t make sense to implement a less efficient half-measure. www.lbc.co.uk/article/rach...lbc.co.ukRachel Reeves can’t build a fair economy on hungry children | LBCThe only way the Government will reduce child poverty is to scrap the two-child benefit cap, writes Alison Garnham. 095
port-meadow.bsky.social @port-meadow.bsky.social · 02/10/2025"Wind and solar growth has reduced the influence of expensive gas and coal on Spain’s electricity prices by 75 per cent since 2019, new analysis finds" 010
port-meadow.bsky.social @port-meadow.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Exciting news! The UK's cohort studies are a wonderful resource for researchers. 020
port-meadow.bsky.social @port-meadow.bsky.social · 04/09/2025About time to scrap the pernicious benefit cap, causing misery in the present and affecting health and well-being in the future. 010
Reposted by @port-meadow.bsky.socialAbby Sewell @sewella.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vbapnews.comMultiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospitalA hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday. 6024861311
Reposted by @port-meadow.bsky.socialThe Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 12/08/2025The UK faces a choice: lock into energy-hungry cooling, or redesign homes, streets and routines to stay cool naturally.tcnv.linkHow Britain can beat the heat without becoming addicted to air conditioningThe UK faces a choice: lock into energy-hungry cooling, or redesign homes, streets and routines to stay cool naturally. 04112
Reposted by @port-meadow.bsky.socialThe BMJ @bmj.com · 05/08/2025"The white paper’s measures to clamp down on migration, many put into effect on 22 July, could mean at a difficult time for health and care." The government’s immigration crackdown threatens the NHS and social care workforce, write @markgdayan.bsky.social and colleagues www.bmj.com/content/390/... 065
Reposted by @port-meadow.bsky.socialUNICEF @unicef.org · 21/07/2025This is a man-made disaster. Enough is enough. The United Nations must be allowed to deliver aid of all types at scale to families in Gaza, wherever they are. 113893
Reposted by @port-meadow.bsky.socialLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 22/07/2025🚨 This morning we turned the street outside Labour Party Headquarters in London into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family. 711757831
port-meadow.bsky.social @port-meadow.bsky.social · 10/07/2025A terrible policy that causes short-term and long-term harm to individuals and wider society. 000
port-meadow.bsky.social @port-meadow.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Excellent blog. Apart from the simple moral argument for abolition of a somewhat eugenicist policy, lifting children out of poverty makes good economic sense 051
Reposted by @port-meadow.bsky.socialNuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 03/06/2025TODAY: Policy Analyst @markgdayan.bsky.social will be on You & Yours to provide the evidence on the current state of health care access 🚑 How challenging is it to access NHS care, and how might things change? 📈 Tune in from 12pm on BBC Radio 4. buff.ly/nTpY8cUbbc.co.ukRadio 4 - Listen Live - BBC SoundsListen live to BBC Radio 4 on BBC Sounds 034
port-meadow.bsky.social @port-meadow.bsky.social · 13/02/2025A useful if depressing summary for those concerned about the implications for global health and sustainable development goals of Trump's first 3 weeks 010
port-meadow.bsky.social @port-meadow.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Love this: 'Billionaires should jump on bicycles, not spacecraft.' 030
Reposted by @port-meadow.bsky.socialHelen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 10/12/2024On unexpected deaths and why we can't all 'take control of our health: 'The brutal fact is that our health is determined by many things we can’t control. We don’t choose our genetic inheritance and can’t influence the material circumstances we grow up in' www.bmj.com/content/387/...bmj.comHelen Salisbury: An illusion of controlWe’ve been shaken recently in our surgery by some unexpected diagnoses and sudden deaths that have reminded us of how poor doctors can be at predicting the future health of patients. With some people ... 04615
