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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂🦋 @andychester.bsky.social · Nov 19

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 18h

If you test positive for #HIV, treatment is highly effective, and most can expect to live a long, healthy life.

Early diagnosis can be lifesaving, so please get tested regularly if you’re sexually active.

Visit the NHS website to check your options: https://t.co/rvJOa6bo28 https://t.co/TxoVjMSA1n

Did you know? More than half the people in the UK living with HIV are now over 50. Thanks to testing and treatment, people can live long, healthy lives.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22h

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂🦋 @andychester.bsky.social · 2d

I L💚VE YOU @zackpolanski.bsky.social 😭❤️❤️❤️

Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂🦋 @andychester.bsky.social · 3d

Wonderful exchange of information and feelings 🥰

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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂🦋 @andychester.bsky.social · 3d

Tbf I genuinely thought he was totally lip syncing 🫠😂

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All On The Board @allontheboard.bsky.social · 4d

Hello you. Hope you’re doing alright. You may not always feel special, but you most certainly are.

#Hello #Positivity

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Daily Mail @dailymail.co.uk · 4d

Britain to feel Storm Amy's wrath: Wind warnings issued for whole of UK as 100mph gusts and torrential rain wreak havoc with 'do not travel' alerts issued

Full story:

Brace for Storm Amy! 'Do not travel' alerts issued for trains

Met Office amber and yellow warnings have been extended to cover all of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland , running from 11am today until 9am on Sunday.

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 4d

This is everything you need to know about how much energy bills are going up along with Ofgem's energy price cap – and where to get help.

Energy bills to rise in UK as price cap increases. Here's how to get help

www.bigissue.com

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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂🦋 @andychester.bsky.social · 4d

AH-MA-ZING 🌟

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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂🦋 @andychester.bsky.social · 4d

When I first saw that list I thought the exact same thing so I just went with agree to disagree

𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂🦋 @andychester.bsky.social · 5d

Haha well that’s fair enough Tony 😆

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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂🦋 @andychester.bsky.social · 5d

I’m openly gay and proud to call the UK home 🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈

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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂🦋 @andychester.bsky.social · 5d

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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂🦋 @andychester.bsky.social · 5d

Most sensible politician about @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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Mental Health UK @mhealthuk.bsky.social · 6d

New statistics show that suicide rates are at their highest since 1999.

Behind every number is a story.

Reach out and show someone they’re not alone today.

Text on a deep blue background reads, 'Every number is a name. Today, we're thinking of them,' with a red heart below the text.

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 6d

Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8d

Who does this government serve? You? Or big business?

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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂🦋 @andychester.bsky.social · 7d

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Lou Calvey @loucalvey.bsky.social · 9d

P.s. Migrants prove your ‘value’.

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Mental Health UK @mhealthuk.bsky.social · 8d

It’s common to experience anxiety from time to time, but it can show up differently for each person.

Here are some of the signs to look out for 👇

Share this post and learn more 👉 bit.ly/37ZDNws

Infographic titled 'Anxiety can look like this... and like this' with text and graphics in white on a dark blue background illustrating various symptoms of anxiety such as overthinking, racing thoughts, worrying, panicking, heightened alertness, trouble sleeping, lack of energy, difficulty concentrating, feeling irritable, restlessness, dissociation, and overplanning.

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 8d

The Government has allocated £13 billion to the Warm Homes Plan. But what should it do with the money?

Priority should be given to the poorest households who spend twice as much of their family budgets on energy bills as the richest households.

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The Plan aims to address the twin challenges of reducing energy bills while also driving decarbonisation of home heating.

The Government is pledging £13 billion to make homes cleaner and cheaper to heat – but not enough to overhaul the entire housing stock. This means that some prioritisation is needed.

The ''who, how, and what,'' are all key considerations.

Poorer households will get a greater living standards boost from energy efficiency improvements.

While no more likely to live in badly insulated homes, these households spend twice as much of their budgets on energy bills - 10 per cent for the poorest quintile compared to 5 per cent for the richest.

So capital spending should be focussed on them.

Almost all low income households could be made eligible through a system based on incomes, three times more than through welfare passporting or based on area.

Grants should target measures with the biggest impact: loft insulation, filling cavity walls, solar panels. These would lock in permanent energy bill savings of 14 per cent for those in the poorest fifth of households (in homes with an EPC rating of D or lower).

The Government has to balance spending on insulation and clean heating.

Acting to reduce bills will mean less to spend on rolling out heat pumps.

But this doesn’t mean giving up on clean heat, far from it.

Ministers should be bolder with regulations to accelerate the roll out of heat pumps.

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