Richard
@gardenrichard
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Straw bale builder. Works all day with good cheer if provided with flapjacks. Now in NHS day job, previous corporate career.
Joined March 2011
Come and stand on the edge of the marsh at Stiffkey as the sun goes down. It’s very chilly and the distant roaring noise is the sea crashing into the beach - but the Curlew bubble, geese chatter as they pass and the marsh is peaceful.
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It’s a worrying time for many at the moment. They just want to get on and plan their future. They need to know what their funding will look like. Don’t launch neighbourhood contracts without sorting the core GP practice one. And can we back away from the demotivating words.
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Don’t ruin general practice . Where it works it’s brilliant. Listen to the concerns of those at the coalface … those that work in their communities outside of the big cities. Don’t kill off small practices for the sake of scale because you’ll lose that community connection
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"Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." @ShiptonMartin on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: https://t.co/YhLXEvGSmv
thenerve.news
Our news site, Nation.Cymru, was threatened with legal action over a story involving Farage’s party in the Senedd. Instead of hiring our own lawyer, we simply told them to go away, writes Martin...
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Another political conspiracy of silence. Conservatives soaked the rich and protected middle earners who pay less direct tax than in other countries and than for decades in UK. If we want more revenue we need broad based tax rises. Can’t all come from some mythical rich “others”
If I asked you which country has the most progressive tax system in the developed world — where high earners hand over an especially large share of their income relative to the average worker — what would your answer be? The answer is in fact Britain. https://t.co/BlW00DT2ja
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If I asked you which country has the most progressive tax system in the developed world — where high earners hand over an especially large share of their income relative to the average worker — what would your answer be? The answer is in fact Britain. https://t.co/BlW00DT2ja
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I said “a bit nippy this morning” to someone I was passing on my morning walk, and he replied, “Meant to be colder by the end of the week.” “Wish I’d worn my gloves,” I replied, having noticed his own gloves. “Yes,” he said and chuckled, “think I could do with two pairs at
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I saw a video recently of a female cyclist kicking someone trying to steal her bike, and it brought to mind this absolute gem of a story from the Illustrated Police News, 1889.
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In general the smaller the GP practice the better the satisfaction from patients, the more appointments offered per patient, the shorter the waits, lower costs Yet …@wesstreeting is pushing for large Neighbourhood Centres ignoring existing GP practices Why? What’s the reason?
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We all have v different views on the ideal level of taxation. But there is left-right agreement that eg stamp duty is bad, high marginal rates/benefit withdrawal hurt people across the income spectrum, it's pointless having both income tax and NI, etc etc
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Everyone's talking about tax rises - but what about tax fixes? In a pretty unusual intervention, @CPSThinkTank has teamed up with @CenTaxUK, @ASI, @IPPR, @NEF, @jrf_uk, @WeAreBrightBlue, @LabourTogether & @DanNeidle to argue for sweeping, pro-growth tax reform & simplification.
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This is one of the most impressive cross-party coalition building exercises I’ve seen in years. Brilliant work.
Everyone's talking about tax rises - but what about tax fixes? In a pretty unusual intervention, @CPSThinkTank has teamed up with @CenTaxUK, @ASI, @IPPR, @NEF, @jrf_uk, @WeAreBrightBlue, @LabourTogether & @DanNeidle to argue for sweeping, pro-growth tax reform & simplification.
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On the positive side --- I think this is an excellent graph in the FT on the breakdown of taxation in the countries of the OECD.
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@TheChutneyBoy @IwanDoherty98 Does this look like a good outcome?
@RuxandraTeslo Several genuine cases of this on 🦋! And as well as the problem of pushing away talent, this is a classic of levelling down. Top 10% incomes have plummeted down the rankings, but bottom and middle have stagnated at low ranks too. No winners, just more losers.
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67% of 431 GPs warn the new NHS booking system endangers patients. Surgeries face 300–400 triages daily, and emergencies appear on “non-urgent” forms. Digital reform without triage, funding, or safeguards is a shortcut to clinical danger. @wesstreeting
https://t.co/SDrSzCOSdA
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In one concerning incident, a patient wrote on a supposedly 'non-urgent' form that he wasn't able to breathe.
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@NHSEngland This would be fare better for patients if NHSE had promoted the effective online tools rather then just any tool. And if GPs were encouraged to change the way they work rather than using online a simply an extra route to make requests...
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This is a single tree! I loved the shapes in the branches and just had to capture it though was a bit of a challenge finding (and reaching!) the angle to best get it :)
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I’ve just had a rummage in the replies, I see the OP says it would be stricter as selective licensing. That’s not the case because the 3 storey rule applies to all properties. Also I see that genuine curiosity about application of the regs merits a block 🤷🏼♂️
@gardenrichard @guidoacasa @Sam_Dumitriu Yes, thank you...Did you read the OP and the reason for the responses?
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I'm actually for this. Administering two systems that are general taxation is foolish. This should be done every year until it's all income tax.
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves is considering a 2p rise in Income Tax but a 2p cut in National Insurance in the Budget Around 30 million workers who pay both taxes would pay the same amount, but pensioners and landlords - who don’t pay NI - would be hit [@Telegraph]
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The current situation is indeed one rule for politicians; another rule for the rest of us. The current rule for the politicians is vastly *harsher* than the rules applied to the rest of us in these situations. *I'm* the one wanting the rule to be the *same*!
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