"The preservation of the sacred status of human beings and nature is the primary role of politics" - plenty to reflect on, listening back to Maurice Glasman's talk on Statecraft for the Common Good open.substack.com/pub/t4cg/p/s...

Staying Human Series EP#02: Statecraft for the Common Good - with Jon Cruddas and Maurice Glasman

In this time of deep change, it is vital to find ways of staying human—and to do so within a constructive story of spiritual and civic renewal.

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New Trussell research out today shows rising food insecurity and continuing high levels of charitable food provision use. Link btwn food bank use & disability remains indefensibly strong: 8/10 people using food banks say they or a household member are disabled. www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...

Hunger in the UK 2025 | Trussell

The latest report in our flagship Hunger in the UK research series provides a ‘state of the nation’ look at the scale and drivers of food bank provision and food insecurity across the UK.

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Trussell@trusselluk.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚨 BREAKING: Over 14 million people faced hunger in the UK last year. That’s 2.5 million MORE people, compared to 3 years ago.

Timely to hear from Amy Sanders @wiserd-research.bsky.social about how community development approaches are being applied to polarisation locally and nationally through More in Common at #VSVR2025 @vssn1.bsky.social

Key theme @resfoundation.bsky.social event: what needs to change to deliver "change" promised in govt manifesto? “In a low trust, low patience environment you may as well do whatever it takes to deliver what you promised to do, because if you don't you're going to be out of office anyway"- Rob Ford