Jane Minter
@janeminter.bsky.social
💛💙 Interests housing, care, #ageing, #ageism news, politics. Love art, photos and the stars. Live with the lovely Tim. European. Gone rural. Listen more than pronounce
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What are the Conservatives afraid of? It’s a question without an answer, as a second Byline Times journalist was blocked from attending its annual party conference, Josiah Mortimer reports. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/e...
October 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
What are the Conservatives afraid of? It’s a question without an answer, as a second Byline Times journalist was blocked from attending its annual party conference, Josiah Mortimer reports. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/e...
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Scrapping the two-child limit on benefits would be the most targeted and cost-effective way for the Government to meet its aim of reducing child poverty.
October 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Scrapping the two-child limit on benefits would be the most targeted and cost-effective way for the Government to meet its aim of reducing child poverty.
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I am once again begging you to boycott Tesla
Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.
Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times
Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...
apple.news
October 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I am once again begging you to boycott Tesla
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Advocacy empowers people to understand their rights, make informed decisions, and be heard, especially during life’s most challenging moments.
Advocacy Focus shares the stories of Steve, Priya, James, Amina and Daniel
Advocacy Focus shares the stories of Steve, Priya, James, Amina and Daniel
October 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Advocacy empowers people to understand their rights, make informed decisions, and be heard, especially during life’s most challenging moments.
Advocacy Focus shares the stories of Steve, Priya, James, Amina and Daniel
Advocacy Focus shares the stories of Steve, Priya, James, Amina and Daniel
Report on housing from @age-uk.bsky.social - it seems we are drowning under reports that identify housing as an issue for older people and for society. Both in moving and in staying at home in later life. Time for #Government to act? www.standard.co.uk/business/mon...
Age UK highlights ‘chronic shortage’ of homes suitable for last-time buyers
The charity said a priority should be to ensure that mainstream housing is suitable for an aging population.
www.standard.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Report on housing from @age-uk.bsky.social - it seems we are drowning under reports that identify housing as an issue for older people and for society. Both in moving and in staying at home in later life. Time for #Government to act? www.standard.co.uk/business/mon...
Finding BlueSky not too good now for what I want from social media. Looking more at Threads for news and pics. Will not be posting so much here for a bit. See how goes
October 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Finding BlueSky not too good now for what I want from social media. Looking more at Threads for news and pics. Will not be posting so much here for a bit. See how goes
September 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Interesting to see the official figures. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What do the immigration figures for the UK really show?
Official figures indicate net migration is falling, yet concern among Britons is close to the highest it has been since polling began in 1974
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Interesting to see the official figures. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
September 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is really dreadful
Nothing makes me feel more ashamed at work than the plight of patients stranded in corridors, nooks, crannies & dark corners of wards with neither call bells nor oxygen - because we simply do not have sufficient NHS hospital beds.
It's utterly, absolutely wrong.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It's utterly, absolutely wrong.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
One in five inpatients left to wait in hospital corridors in England, CQC finds
Survey of adults who stayed in hospital in November 2024 also finds 10% waited more than 24 hours to be admitted
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This is really dreadful
September 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
So agree www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Keir Starmer may have just served up the worst political slogan of all time | Simon Hattenstone
‘Delivery, delivery, delivery’ isn’t just vacuous nonsense – it’s emblematic of the prime minister’s leaden-footed approach to politics, says Guardian writer Simon Hattenstone
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
So agree www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Obama warns ‘all Americans are at risk’ after Trump after threatens to clamp down on Chicago
Obama warns ‘all Americans at risk’ after Trump after threatens Chicago clamp down
www.independent.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Obama warns ‘all Americans are at risk’ after Trump after threatens to clamp down on Chicago
Good to see this work developing from @ageingbetter.bsky.social and @thefabians.bsky.social . Isn't it time, though, that the #Goverment actually took some action? I hope this project, and its conclusions, help to make this happen. ageing-better.org.uk/news/new-pro...
New project with The Fabian Society places older people’s voices at the heart of policies around homes
The Centre for Ageing Better is proud to announce their involvement in a new project, A Vision of Ageing at Home, with the Fabian Society
ageing-better.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Good to see this work developing from @ageingbetter.bsky.social and @thefabians.bsky.social . Isn't it time, though, that the #Goverment actually took some action? I hope this project, and its conclusions, help to make this happen. ageing-better.org.uk/news/new-pro...
Love all the responses to that piece www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Baby boomers are not to blame for everything | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article by Phillip Inman calling on the baby boomer generation to step up
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Love all the responses to that piece www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Dreadful www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Council turns to AI to help decide when elderly people go into care
Derby City Council has constructed an algorithm which examines adult services data to come up with suggestions on the care it should offer.
www.dailymail.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Dreadful www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
How now brown #cow saying hello from the field next to our #garden #photography #countryside #rural life #trees #summer
August 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
How now brown #cow saying hello from the field next to our #garden #photography #countryside #rural life #trees #summer
August 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Ukraine’s president endured a public shaming. Russia’s was pampered. Both episodes were disgraceful.
Editorial: That meeting was sickening. Putin loved it
Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless.
Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold.
On our screens, a blood-soaked dictator and war criminal received a roy...
kyivindependent.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Ukraine’s president endured a public shaming. Russia’s was pampered. Both episodes were disgraceful.
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It's so important for people like Sheila to feel comfortable and safe in their homes. We are calling on the government to ensure all homes are accessible for everyone.
Read Sheila's story in full: buff.ly/FEz0U8g
#AccessibleHomesNow #SaferHomes #OlderHomeowners #OlderTenants #Ageing
Read Sheila's story in full: buff.ly/FEz0U8g
#AccessibleHomesNow #SaferHomes #OlderHomeowners #OlderTenants #Ageing
Sheila’s story – making a home accessible for independent living
Sheila Dearns is a retired teacher living in Chelmsford, Essex, with her dog Charlie, a chihuahua poodle cross. She was diagnosed with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) and became…
buff.ly
August 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
It's so important for people like Sheila to feel comfortable and safe in their homes. We are calling on the government to ensure all homes are accessible for everyone.
Read Sheila's story in full: buff.ly/FEz0U8g
#AccessibleHomesNow #SaferHomes #OlderHomeowners #OlderTenants #Ageing
Read Sheila's story in full: buff.ly/FEz0U8g
#AccessibleHomesNow #SaferHomes #OlderHomeowners #OlderTenants #Ageing
Tynemouth Priory and Castle #photography #blueskymonday #castle bit of a #ruin but a lovely one in a #stunning location
August 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Tynemouth Priory and Castle #photography #blueskymonday #castle bit of a #ruin but a lovely one in a #stunning location
Love this
'Island with Teasels" linocut by contemporary UK printmaker Angie Lewin #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
#LateSumner
#LateSumner
August 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Love this
August 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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The Work and Pensions Committee report on Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations, highlights many of the challenges that older people are experiencing.
At Ageing Better, we endorse the Committee’s recommendations for future action.
At Ageing Better, we endorse the Committee’s recommendations for future action.
Centre for Ageing Better supports pensioner poverty recommendations
The Work and Pensions Committee report on Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations, highlights many of the challenges that older people are experiencing. The Centre for Ageing Better endorses…
ageing-better.org.uk
August 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The Work and Pensions Committee report on Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations, highlights many of the challenges that older people are experiencing.
At Ageing Better, we endorse the Committee’s recommendations for future action.
At Ageing Better, we endorse the Committee’s recommendations for future action.