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@lwdsc @lwdsc.bsky.social · 14d

Interested to know whether the person who designed the bike rack on GWR trains (presumably others) had actually ever ridden or owned a bike #nightmare @gwr.com

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Aug 11

This anon piece is as good as people are saying, but I'll summarise here for those of you interested in Higher Education but with no time:
*Universities are not in the public sector
*Govts are a minority funder, and matter less and less. (1/4)
profserious.substack.com/p/understand...

Understanding University Finances

... a very short guide

profserious.substack.com

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · Aug 3

20mph is a proven success that paid for it's implementation inside a year with reduced fatalities and injuries.
We have many 20mph zones in England already. Time to make it the default.
Ideally reduce all speed limits by 10mph, with the possible exception of motorways.

Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Aug 3

Great piece on the Welsh government’s 20mph policy by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social

“What is great about evidence based policy is that it has a wonderful habit of working”

Inspiration for England as DfT work on the promised road safety strategy.

Turns out the 20mph limit was great idea!

Two years on from the controversial policy, it's becoming increasingly clear that the doubters were wrong

willhaywardwales.substack.com

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@lwdsc @lwdsc.bsky.social · Jul 28

Ruined by the exclamation mark imho

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Greg Davies @gjdavies.bsky.social · Jul 18

@robdjones.bsky.social and I are guest editing a special issue of @howardjournalcj.bsky.social which explores the rights of prisoners in the UK and elsewhere.

It follows an @slsauk.bsky.social seminar held in Liverpool in 2023, and features a brilliant set of legal academics and criminologists.

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Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk · Jun 25

A quick post on the announcement of the phase 1 Awaab’s Law regulations on social landlords’ duties on damp and mould, with timescales for action - from 1 October 2025, electrical safety and a ‘call for evidence’ into housing conditions claims farmers practices.

nearlylegal.co.uk/2025/06/awaa...

Awaab’s Law ‘phase 1’, electrical certificates and an investigation into claims management companies. - Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment

In a written announcement today – 25 June 2025 – the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has laid out the implementation of ‘phase 1’ of Awaab’s Law, with regulations bein...

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Chartered Institute of Housing @cihhousing.bsky.social · Jun 25

📢 Important news for the social housing today with the first phase of Awaab's Law and electrical safety regulations laid before parliament

Here's a thread with our reaction and the links you need to find out more ⬇️🧵(1/5)

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · Jun 25

And the consultation response www.gov.uk/government/c...

Awaab’s Law: Consultation on timescales for repairs in the social rented sector - government response

www.gov.uk

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · Jun 25

Draft guidance for Awaab’s Law www.gov.uk/government/p...

Awaab’s Law: Draft guidance for social landlords

www.gov.uk

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Andy Lane @andylane07.bsky.social · Jun 19

New changes to remove local connection rules for young care leavers and victims of domestic abuse to access social housing.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Vulnerable people given greater access to social housing

New changes to remove local connection rules for young care leavers and victims of domestic abuse to access social housing.

www.gov.uk

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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social · May 21

Todays rental price statistics show the rate at which rents in the private rented sector have been increasing in recent years is out of control.

Since Jan2020 rents have shot up by £300 a month, up 31%, over 2.5x the rate of growth in the preceding 5 years (12% growth)

Rental growth by UK nation since 2015. Title reads: Private rents have increased by 31% (up £300/ month) since 2020, compared to a 12% increase (up £100/ month) in the preceding five years

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Ed Kirton-Darling @ekd.bsky.social · May 20

Am really struck by the way enforcement is defined in the Renters' Rights Bill as either imposing a financial penalty or instituted criminal proceedings, so that informal means of enforcement won't be enough to satisfy the new duty to enforce. Will be interesting to watch how it plays out!

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