New metaphors are needed in housing. People have been saying this since 2010 but a perfect storm is a rare conjunction of natural phenomena. With the exception of inflation triggered by Covid, what's happened in last 14 years is result of deliberate policy choices www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How ‘perfect storm’ blew away planned social homes England needs

Housebuilders say they have thousands of social homes ready to be built but no customers to buy them.

Yeah, we really can’t keep going like this.

UGguardian-world-rss.bsky.socialOct 6, 2024 2:10pm

English council may ask parents of children taken into care to pay half of costs

English council may ask parents of children taken into care to pay half of costs

Derbyshire authority proposes asking for up to £113 a week for children in care under voluntary arrangements

The scale of borrowing associated with car ownership is mind boggling. In 2022 “the amount people borrowed to acquire cars hit a new record (£41 billion, an increase of £4 billion compared to 2021)”

SFsfrost.bsky.socialSep 27, 2024 9:49am

'Understanding car ownership' Evidence review and qualitative research covering how car ownership is changing and how people buy/part with cars. "The viability of alternatives to car use was seen to be an essential consideration when relinquishing a car..."

Understanding car ownership

Reviews how car ownership is changing and looks at how people buy and part with cars.

No comment!

Nnpr.orgOct 5, 2024 5:35pm

Your little one is having a meltdown at the park. Everyone is looking at you. What do you do? A psychologist offers parents advice on how to help their kid (and themselves) navigate the chaos.

The tricky etiquette of parenting in public

Your little one is having a meltdown at the park. Everyone is looking at you. What do you do? A psychologist offers parents advice on how to help their kid (and themselves) navigate the chaos.

“We're planning for it to emphasise what is already clear from case law” 🤷‍♀️

MSmikeysmith.comOct 5, 2024 3:16pm

Rule change could mean more vulnerable children fostered by family members www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Rule change could mean more vulnerable children fostered by family members

A change to government guidance will mean councils have to put the best interests of the child first - rather than getting caught up in "rigid" rules that could see youngsters needlessly put into care

We seem to be out to consultation on loads of things at the moment: Maltby High Street regeneration, the council’s plan, local travel, the Local Plan, Public Space Protection Orders… anyway, join in! > https://buff.ly/3uKv3aZ

More EV charging points are on their way

Council agrees £320,000 scheme for 14 new electric vehicle charging points

Fourteen new electric vehicle charges will be installed across Rotherham, after officers rubber-stamped £320,000 of funding for the scheme.

Anyway here’s a piece on what’s going on with 23andMe. If you did it, I would strongly recommend deleting your data now (though that may not work). If you didn’t, don’t do it. It’s not worth becoming uninsurable. There are better ways to find meaning in your life. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Remember That DNA You Gave 23andMe?

The company is in trouble, and anyone who has spit into one of the company’s test tubes should be concerned.

This is one that I genuinely think will be printed in history books one day to show how insane American media culture became. CBS News presenting ethnic cleansing as a housing policy to be compared with home construction tax incentives.

There just isn’t time to lose.

TItheifs.bsky.socialOct 3, 2024 7:56am

NEW: 4.3 million children in the UK are living in relative poverty, 730,000 more than in 2010. Reducing child poverty is a key policy focus for the new government. Our new IFS Green Budget chapter explores recent trends and compares the options for reducing child poverty: [THREAD: 1/9]