SubtleBlade, 16 days ago to uk #UK #JusticeSystem Wrongly convicted #AndrewMalkinson using #FoodBank as he awaits payout Exclusive: Man freed last year after [incorrectly serving] 17 years in jail says he is struggling to survive on #benefits while he pursues compensation https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/11/andrew-malkinson-compensation-food-bank #ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices
#UK #JusticeSystem
Wrongly convicted #AndrewMalkinson using #FoodBank as he awaits payout
Exclusive: Man freed last year after [incorrectly serving] 17 years in jail says he is struggling to survive on #benefits while he pursues compensation https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/11/andrew-malkinson-compensation-food-bank #ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices
SubtleBlade, 29 days ago to random #VulnerableTeenagers ‘dumped and abandoned’ in hotels by #councils in #England Campaigners say cash-strapped #LocalAuthorities are placing young people in budget accommodation, making them targets for #grooming by criminal gangs https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/28/vulnerable-teenagers-dumped-and-abandoned-in-hotels-by-councils-in-england #ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #UnderfundingLocalCouncils #ToryInhumanity
#VulnerableTeenagers ‘dumped and abandoned’ in hotels by #councils in #England
Campaigners say cash-strapped #LocalAuthorities are placing young people in budget accommodation, making them targets for #grooming by criminal gangs https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/28/vulnerable-teenagers-dumped-and-abandoned-in-hotels-by-councils-in-england #ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #UnderfundingLocalCouncils #ToryInhumanity
SubtleBlade, 1 month ago to uk Most #UK #DairyFarms ignoring #pollution rules as #manure spews into #rivers Exclusive: 80% of #Welsh dairy farms inspected, 69% of #English ones, 60% in #Scotland and 50% in #Northern Ireland breaching regulations https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/most-uk-dairy-farms-ignoring-pollution-rules-as-manure-spews-into-rivers #ToryPoliciesInAction #EnvironmentalProtectionEnforcement #Gove #UnderfundingPublicServices #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #England #Wales
Most #UK #DairyFarms ignoring #pollution rules as #manure spews into #rivers
Exclusive: 80% of #Welsh dairy farms inspected, 69% of #English ones, 60% in #Scotland and 50% in #Northern Ireland breaching regulations https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/most-uk-dairy-farms-ignoring-pollution-rules-as-manure-spews-into-rivers #ToryPoliciesInAction #EnvironmentalProtectionEnforcement #Gove #UnderfundingPublicServices #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #England #Wales
SubtleBlade, 2 months ago to random #Birmingham’s cuts reveal the ugly truth about #Britain in 2024: the state is abandoning its people First it was #austerity. Now it’s something even worse: the suggestion that people didn’t need vital #LocalServices to begin with https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/17/birmingham-britain-state-cuts-austerity-local-services #ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices
#Birmingham’s cuts reveal the ugly truth about #Britain in 2024: the state is abandoning its people
First it was #austerity. Now it’s something even worse: the suggestion that people didn’t need vital #LocalServices to begin with https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/17/birmingham-britain-state-cuts-austerity-local-services #ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices
SubtleBlade, 2 months ago to DadBin Revealed: #homeless #children spending entire lives in #TemporaryHousing in #England Thousands of families have not found permanent accommodation for more than a decade, according to alarming new research https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/09/homeless-kids-england-childhood-temporary-housing-families #ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices
Revealed: #homeless #children spending entire lives in #TemporaryHousing in #England
Thousands of families have not found permanent accommodation for more than a decade, according to alarming new research https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/09/homeless-kids-england-childhood-temporary-housing-families #ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices
SubtleBlade, 2 months ago to Health #Private#ospitals ‘cannibalising’ #NHS in #England by doing 10% of elective operations Campaigners say #Health service cannot provide care quickly because of underinvestment, which is allowing firms to ‘make a killing https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/08/private-hospitals-cannibalising-nhs-in-england-by-doing-10-of-elective-operations #ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise #UnderfundingPublicServices
#Private#ospitals ‘cannibalising’ #NHS in #England by doing 10% of elective operations
Campaigners say #Health service cannot provide care quickly because of underinvestment, which is allowing firms to ‘make a killing https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/08/private-hospitals-cannibalising-nhs-in-england-by-doing-10-of-elective-operations #ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise #UnderfundingPublicServices
SubtleBlade, 2 months ago to Catroventos Nearly one in 10 #English #councils expect to go bust in next year, survey finds - Annual poll of #CouncilLeaders and top managers finds near total collapse in confidence in their #FinancialViability https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/28/nearly-one-in-10-english-councils-expect-to-go-bust-in-next-year-survey-finds #ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #UnderfundingPublicServices Time for [#NoTaxCuts]
Nearly one in 10 #English #councils expect to go bust in next year, survey finds -
Annual poll of #CouncilLeaders and top managers finds near total collapse in confidence in their #FinancialViability https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/28/nearly-one-in-10-english-councils-expect-to-go-bust-in-next-year-survey-finds #ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #UnderfundingPublicServices Time for [#NoTaxCuts]
SubtleBlade, 3 months ago to cymru #CrimeVictims die while waiting for #justice as #England and #Wales #LegalSystem ‘on its knees’ ‘Shameful’ backlogs in cases are causing severe #MentalHealth problems, says #VictimsCommissioner https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/03/victims-crime-die-waiting-justice-backlogs-mental-health-commissioner-england-wales #ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #UnderfundingPublicServices
#CrimeVictims die while waiting for #justice as #England and #Wales #LegalSystem ‘on its knees’
‘Shameful’ backlogs in cases are causing severe #MentalHealth problems, says #VictimsCommissioner https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/03/victims-crime-die-waiting-justice-backlogs-mental-health-commissioner-england-wales #ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #UnderfundingPublicServices
SubtleBlade, 3 months ago to uk When a #CitizensAdvice has to close despite demand being ‘off the scale’ In #Mansfield, the council could not afford the funding needed by a service that is vital to one of the #UK’s most deprived areas https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/03/citizens-advice-closing-mansfield-council-funding #ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #UnderfundingPublicServices
When a #CitizensAdvice has to close despite demand being ‘off the scale’
In #Mansfield, the council could not afford the funding needed by a service that is vital to one of the #UK’s most deprived areas https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/03/citizens-advice-closing-mansfield-council-funding #ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #UnderfundingPublicServices
SubtleBlade, 3 months ago to random #Charities warn of ‘devastating knock-on impact’ of #EnglishCouncils’ #FinancialCrisis Exclusive: Local voluntary groups forced to cut services or close as council funding pulled https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/03/charities-warn-devastating-knock-on-impact-english-councils-financial-crisis #ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #UnderfundingPublicServices
#Charities warn of ‘devastating knock-on impact’ of #EnglishCouncils’ #FinancialCrisis
Exclusive: Local voluntary groups forced to cut services or close as council funding pulled https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/03/charities-warn-devastating-knock-on-impact-english-councils-financial-crisis #ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #UnderfundingPublicServices
SubtleBlade, 3 months ago to Catroventos From #SocialCare to #homelessness, what are the cost pressures facing #English #councils? A decade of cuts has reduced #LocalAuthorities’ ability to deal with key long-term issues, from #ChildProtection to an #AgeingSociety https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/28/from-social-care-to-homelessness-what-are-the-cost-pressures-facing-english-councils #ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices
From #SocialCare to #homelessness, what are the cost pressures facing #English #councils?
A decade of cuts has reduced #LocalAuthorities’ ability to deal with key long-term issues, from #ChildProtection to an #AgeingSociety https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/28/from-social-care-to-homelessness-what-are-the-cost-pressures-facing-english-councils #ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices
SubtleBlade, 4 months ago to politics #British #politics is rotting from the bottom up: pity our crisis-hit #LocalCouncils Starved of powers and funds and then belittled by ministers, the collapse of town hall #democracy is a scandal unfolding in real time https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/29/british-politics-local-councils-ministers-town-hall-democracy #ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices
#British #politics is rotting from the bottom up: pity our crisis-hit #LocalCouncils
Starved of powers and funds and then belittled by ministers, the collapse of town hall #democracy is a scandal unfolding in real time
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/29/british-politics-local-councils-ministers-town-hall-democracy #ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices