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Conference, delayed news, data, some more data (opens the original)
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Like Coachella for nerds, it’s been the Labour Party Conference over the past few days.With fewer flower crowns, but just as much getting drunk while standing up, it’s a chance to hear the headliners play the hits.On Monday the Chancellor John Healey talked about jobs not benefits, and announced a Local Apprenticeship Service for every mayoral area. This will be up and running by the spring, and see local teams attempting to get more businesses on their patch to take on apprentices.And in the
I believe the children are our future... (opens the original)
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A big issue in policymaking is that far too often the same types of voices are heard when problems are defined and solutions designed.One group who are consistently either overlooked, or ‘done to’ rather than collaborated with, are children and young people.The ONS has an inclusive research team which has been working on a Young Voices project to understand why and how young people are being underrepresented in government research.They’ve <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommun
Fundraising, accountability, NEETs and news (opens the original)
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Good morning all - first up, congratulations to everyone who ran the Great North Run this weekend.A special word for IPPR’s India Gerritsen, who text me on Monday saying I needed to tell you all (“I’m deadly serious, Arlen”) there is still time to contribute to her fundraiser for Refuge.Refuge run the National Domestic Abuse Helpline, and provides specialist services to survivors. India was motivated to raise money for them through personal experience, which she mentions on the fundraising page.
Diversity in health, Budget look ahead, political props (opens the original)
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This week the Chancellor John Healey travelled to - checks notes - Coventry, to launch a new initiative to support 500 mid-sized Northern businesses.I’m kidding, he was there giving a speech on growth generally, and there were some Northern-specific announcements underneath that.This bit of the speech made me laugh - [political redaction] is the ministerial equivalent of getting bleeped out for foul language and you can imagine Gabby Logan back in the studio having to apologise for what you’ve j
Climate-related mortality, the Metro, Creative Industries (opens the original)
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Starting cheerfully with climate-related mrotality this week, with the ONS publishing new figures last week covering the period 1988-2025.Across that period there were around 40,000 deaths in England attributable to the hottest days, and 138,000 attributable to the coldest days.One of the key findings is that while historically the coldest days were the worst for mortality, the proportion of deaths related to the hottest day
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