Was today’s - Togo, olympics and something else’s

Scored 8/10 in today's quiz - boxers and Australia

9 low on vitamins

Many thanks to #RadixHousingCommissioners former chair @Barker4Kate & current chair @aknotay for producing a fantastic & vital piece of work 'An incredible & important contribution to housing debate' @mtpennycook @CatrionaRiddel1 @JackieSadek @Shoosmiths

Celebrating the launch of the Radix Big Tent Housing Commission report at @Shoosmiths, with many thanks to our Commissioners @aknotay @Barker4Kate @CatrionaRiddel1 @RichardBlyth7 @tom_chance @MelissaMean @aknotay @realVickyPryce @elsie_owusu @JackieSadek #RadixHousingCommission

There's a new podcast out on industrial strategy featuring me, @AndyWWestwood, @bart_ark and @Barker4Kate https://t.co/RCXrf4sFhN

Great profile of @Barker4Kate in today’s @TimesProperty Home section by @Lees_Martina. Includes sobering statistics around how the housing crisis has worsened over 20 years, but also signs of hope… The woman tasked with fixing Britain’s housing crisis https://t.co/LApJkf8OVa

This 👇🏼 "Economic, social & environmental goals will be attained more readily by a planning system that is focused more on outcomes, less on process." @Barker4Kate (2004)

September is often when there is a real mood reset. Post holiday and firms look at their budgets

Happy memory from January 2002 at the second board meeting of the Independent Football Commission, which pushed hard for better regulation of professional football. Over 20 years later we might finally see that delivered. Good to see @Barker4Kate Thanks to Prof Derek Fraser🙂⚽️🤞

I’m late to this but I wanted to set out some thoughts on the awful @BMJPublicHealth excess deaths article. Commentary has focussed on media coverage, linking deaths to vaccines, but I want to discuss the article itself, which should not have been published in its current form.

Our @larissamarioni unpacks the UK's low #productivity performance and the impact of regional inequalities 📊 You can read our full briefing on UK productivity, as well as accessing more resources, in our dedicated #GeneralElection hub 🗳️👇 https://t.co/r4iacjDOBT

This will be an experience familiar to anyone who has done research for a book, but the number of widely cited facts which when traced down are either misunderstandings, mistranslations or just widely-shared lies is pretty amazing.

At #housingcommission roundtable with @Barker4Kate @realVickyPryce @tom_chance @aknotay @AndytaylorVis @paulbrock @Shoosmiths discussing retrofit

Yesterday gave bottle of claret for church tombola though slightly reluctantly. Today bought just 6 tickets and improbably won it back…..

This was a really thoughtful speech - thank you James

“Local plan making remains slow, divisive, and patchy at best” 🗣️ @Barker4Kate Dame Kate Barker speaks to the changes that have taken place in the last 20 years since the first Barker Review was published. 📄🏡 #HBFPolicy24

Dame Kate Barker concludes by asking 20 years on… 💬 Was the review a success? 💬 Though it was hoped the 2004 review would help get more people better and more affordable housing … …ultimately, the impact of the report on policy has been a disappointment @Barker4Kate

The jaw-dropping mess of UK higher education is starkly revealed by a series of news stories all on the @timeshighered website in the last week or so: 1.) There are job cuts right across the sector (44 universities and counting):

So proud of ⁦@ralphyd1⁩ and Mash for good times today