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The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social · 1d

The social care system is not fit for purpose. Many people can't access the care and support they need and others are left facing catastrophic costs. Our new long read outlines the six key issues and the options cited to tackle them. https://bit.ly/3VPOdH3

Fixing Social Care: The Six Key Problems And How To Tackle Them

Different people have different opinions about what’s ‘wrong’ with social care and how to fix it. This long read outlines the six key issues and the options cited to tackle them.

www.kingsfund.org.uk

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 2d

Wages councils, anyone?

David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 2d

Many happy returns, Bob

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 3d

‘The current figures look too tight’ - informed & dispassionate analysis of the government’s social care pay plan from Andy Harrop

open.substack.com/pub/cradle2g...

Paying for fair pay

The social care Fair Pay Agreement will be introduced in 2028. But can it be funded from existing spending plans?

open.substack.com

David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 3d

‘I think it’s going to be 5%’ - Diane Morton, Reform’s lead member for social care, on Kent county council’s likely council tax rise next spring

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters

Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending

on.ft.com

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 3d

Just last week …

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 3d

Turning out some old files and came across this Valuing People Now press pack from 2009 promising support for people with learning disabilities ‘in every aspect of their lives’

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 6d

Some acronyms just leap off the page. Others not so much …

LEMONADE (An incLusivE coMmunity fOod model for health wellbeiNg and sociAl connectedness of olDer pEople)

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 9d

Reserving judgment pending details on the £500m pay boost for care workers (in 2028!) but pleased with this image being used by government

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 10d

Sup with the devil, eh?

David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 15d

Have you listened to the full programme?

David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 15d

Urge you to listen to the full programme if you haven’t done so

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 15d

political reporters: "who's to say which side is right? I'm just reporting what they say!"
science & health reporters: "me! I can say who's right! can anyone hear me?"

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 15d

Peerless reporting by Sue Mitchell on File on Four. Might as well call all the 2025 journalism awards now.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Illegal working and streams of taxis - BBC gains rare access inside asylum hotels

Asylum seekers and hotel staff at four hotels revealed what daily life is like for them.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 16d

Curious consequence (apparently) of VAT imposition on private schools

Barnet Post @barnetpost.bsky.social · 19d

Conservatives slam VAT on schools policy as Hendon councillor is disqualified for being a teacher

Joshua Conway cannot continue as a councillor as he is a teacher at an independent school that is joining the state sector reports David Floyd
barnetpost.co.uk/2025/09/19/c...

Conservatives slam VAT on schools policy as Hendon councillor is disqualified for being a teacher

Joshua Conway cannot continue as a councillor as he is a teacher at an independent school that is joining the state sector reports David Floyd

barnetpost.co.uk

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 16d

NHS guidelines stand

In the UK, paracetamol (acetaminophen in USA) is the first choice of painkiller if you're pregnant. It's commonly taken during pregnancy and does not harm your baby
www.nhs.uk/medicines/pa...

Pregnancy, breastfeeding and fertility while taking paracetamol for adults

NHS medicines information on paracetamol and whether you can take it while pregnant or breastfeeding.

www.nhs.uk

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 17d

Exactly - this isn’t a new media thing

David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 18d

Quite the week for the family

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 21d

Here in north London we have the excellent @barnetpost.bsky.social
Online & monthly print (free distribution). Hosts local democracy reporter. Covers c40% of costs via supporter subs.

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 21d

… who do a terrific job, but there are only 165 of them

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 21d

.. and there goes a vital check & balance, however imperfect it may have been

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 22d

Confirmation today that Exercise Pegasus starts on Thursday to assess the UK’s readiness for another pandemic arising from ‘a novel infectious disease’.

Hoping someone remembers care homes this time …

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 23d

I’ll be the judge of that when I’ve seen his WhatsApp for the past 8 years

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David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 24d

‘about’?

David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social · 27d

‘I happen to think the prime minister is a decent, honest and competent man. But I’m beginning to wonder if he’s not a little unworldly’ 🎯

Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 27d

Could someone please introduce Keir Starmer to a nifty little tool called “Google”? It allows you to search someone’s ups and downs before appointing them to key positions www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/710...

I helped bring Mandelson down before

Peter Mandelson is brilliant, but slippery. Connected, but compromised. Why was Starmer too naive to recognise that?

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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