A cautionary devolution tale: hundreds of millions of pounds invested in Teesside but benefiting a couple of local businesssmen rather than the region, thanks to mayor Houchen. Full @privateeyenews.bsky.social report from last year online here: www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...

Special Report: Stripped Tees

IT WAS to be the UK’s largest regeneration scheme in decades, a model for regional devolution and the flagship post-Brexit freeport. But the redevelopment of the former steelworks on the south bank of...

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My dad & sister rely on social care so for me, PM's already raised a low bar (22 reviews in 30 yrs) but: -remember kids/working age adults -crack down on profit hungry private 'care' firms -include more than the usual bods in the Big Conversation -rebrand it DSCH* *not really but elevate the SC bit

A bit about my new job 😊 #LearningDisability #HealthInequalities #LearningDisabilityPhysician @rcphysicians.bsky.social @kencourtenay.bsky.social @sabasalman.com @communitylivingmagazine.com communitylivingmagazine.com/equity-at-th...

Welcome back to MHCLG Rayner! Ready to push of Burnham's collaborative 'pulling together' agenda? 'standards are deteriorating, behaviour is worsening, and current mechanisms are not strong enough to address it' 🥊 from a story in the last Private Eye/Rotten Boroughs solace.org.uk/news_and_pre...

Another push for this gem of a quarterly and its deliberately quirky cover shot (with a story of choice and agency behind it)🔽 Highlights include: - equity in healthcare - disability and ethnicity double discrimination - why language matters - why we need real homes (not 'facilities' or 'settings')

Community Living Magazine@communitylivingmagazine.com · last mo.

New stories out now! The fight for rights, finding real homes and why language matters. Cover star: Kirsty Pentecost @oskabright.bsky.social communitylivingmagazine.com

What do the new issue of Private Eye and Charli xcx's new album have in common? They're both on sale this week! IT'S PRIVATE EYE WEEK. New edition in shops and with 365 party girls from Wednesday.

Early hope Cooper won't overlook the SC bit of the brief, because: - Casey Commission (despite elongated timeline) - Burnham's pledge to prioritise social care - junior minister focus on early intervention (Sure Start) & preventative agenda in health www.gov.uk/government/m...

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care - GOV.UK

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🔽@hannahfearn.bsky.social 💯does justice to the topic of inequalities for learning disabled people of colour. She reflects both the pain and joy in my book, Double Discrimination & puts my sister at the heart of it: 'the depth and profundity of Raana’s inner life' hqm.hqnetwork.co.uk/saba-salman-...

This is essential work led by Prof Sara Ryan at Manchester Metropolitan University #SocialMurder www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Week of action focuses on tackling preventable deaths of people with learning disabilities

Impactful week of discussion, reflection and action to plan research funding bid

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It's a bit shit - no it really is, read the Orkney poop story - sneak peek on the website but full rot in the current issue) 🔽

Private Eye Magazine@privateeyenews.bsky.social · 4w ago

Can councils deliver Andy Burnham’s laudable plans to hand decision-making power to the regions? Not according to a survey revealing dire dynamics in local government, with bad behaviour “rampant”! 🧵1/2

⬇️ the overlooked in an already overlooked population. Utterly depressing and enraging

Ramandeep Kaur@mumof3amigos.bsky.social · 3w ago

It is shocking that people with a learning disability die much earlier than the general population. But once again, nobody has mentioned the even more shocking statistic that people from an ethnic minority who have a learning disability die much earlier still. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Embarrassment for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, which spent two and a half years pursuing a resident for flouting planning rules with his “unsightly” rooftop screen, only for a government inspector to find that Conservative-run RBKC had already approved it. Three times. 🧵1/2

Horrific systemic failure exposed yet again, essentially, by the very people who suffered these unimaginable wrongs. All in the face of a cover up, neglect, incompetence, racism, discrimination, contempt and harassment (not my words, but those in the inquiry report). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nottingham families in largest NHS maternity review tell stories

Families explain how they became part of the biggest maternity scandal in NHS history.

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Britain sheds a Keir (surely tear? Ed) The new Private Eye is out now.

This was a fun evening, with my sister Raana and so many awesome people who influenced, supported and encouraged my book, Double Discrimination. At the brilliant inclusive, creative and collaborative @citylit.bsky.social

The rise of populism means the line between ‘patriotism’ and racism is blurred. Right wing politicians and some left(ish) (remember the PM’s ‘island of strangers’?) chase votes by normalising language that drives division. Lots of voices being missed in debates on racism, heritage and inclusion👇🏽

New for @gpadmoreinstitute.bsky.social ‘I was never taught about black history at my special school,’ researcher Paul Christian told me. ‘As an adult, this information wasn’t available in a format I could understand… I feel I lost a part of myself’. ⬇️ www.georgepadmoreinstitute.org/news-and-eve...

George Padmore Institute - Journalist Saba Salman talks about the aims of the GPI's easy reads project to defy ableism and racism

Addressing conversations which exclude learning disabled people of colour.

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Paul Christian collaborated with the GPI to create easy read documents for people with learning disabilities. This work is now part of Double Discrimination, a new book by the journalist Saba Salman. The easy read documents on collections at the GPI can be found at www.georgepadmoreinstitute.org

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Explore the lives and struggles of Britain’s black communities of Caribbean, African and Asian descent.

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Saba Salman@sabasalman.com · 2mo ago

📢Why we need to talk about ‘race’ and learning disability - by the people who know. Paul Christian, a Black activist, historian and researcher who helped shape my new book, Double Discrimination, explains. Double Discrimination: a book on defiance, opportunity, possibility. #LearningDisabilityWeek

Say what now? ‘He added that it “certainly hasn’t” been the case that the voice of “the white majority” had been heard properly in recent times’ 🫪 www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

GB News critics want to limit free speech to ‘liberal, Islington consensus’, Grade says

Former Ofcom chair says he welcomed arrival of rightwing news channel five years ago in name of ‘plurality’

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A reminder in this piece that in 2023, Jenrick ordered brightly coloured children’s murals at two ‘processing’ centres to be painted over because they were deemed “too welcoming” for children. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Jenrick rebuked for not providing evidence to asylum detention inquiry

Former immigration minister criticised by inquiry chair for failing to give statement about ‘wretched’ Manston site

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📢Why we need to talk about ‘race’ and learning disability - by the people who know. Paul Christian, a Black activist, historian and researcher who helped shape my new book, Double Discrimination, explains. Double Discrimination: a book on defiance, opportunity, possibility. #LearningDisabilityWeek

📚GIVEAWAY! Need an antidote to the hate? 🔽 www.specialneedsjungle.com/book-giveawa...

Book Giveaway! Double Discrimination and why we need to focus on SEND children and young people of colour — Special Needs Jungle

Journalist Saba Salman discusses her new book, "Double Discrimination" about the human faces at the intersection of race, culture, and SEND.

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Skint Somerset has been slapped with a one-star rating for its financial management. 🧵1/3

Starting to line up book events, a few here, more to come!

NEW GIVEAWAY! Journalist and author @sabasalman.com discusses her new book, "Double Discrimination" highlighting the human face at the intersection of race, culture, and SEND. we have two copies to giveaway—use the form in the article: www.specialneedsjungle.com/double-discr...

Farage picks plumber to fight by-election The new Private Eye is out now.

What have successive governments done to free innocent people from being locked up since the abuse at Winterbourne View inpatient unit was exposed? Not much. Despite evidence, personal testimonies and government-commissioned reports. 15 years.

Rightful Lives@rightfullives.bsky.social · 2mo ago

COUNTDOWN TO WINTERBOURNE DAY 3: ⛓️THE "STUCK" POPULATION If you have a learning disability in the UK today, you are statistically more likely to be part of the "stuck" population—detained for 10, 15, or even 20 years. ⏳ 15 years after Winterbourne.

Double Discrimination is out today - packed full of stories from people pushing back against racism and ableism. Also featuring contributions from my sister, not that you'd know that from her stonewalling during our interview🤨 geni.us/Double_Discr...

Saba Salman@sabasalman.com · 3mo ago

A heavy news weekend but this clip (and woman!) recharge me 🔽 My sister Raana, the only interviewee I've ever had who's refused to answer BEFORE I’ve finished the question and who WALKS OUT mid-interview. A woman of few words yes, but her story's worth telling. Double Discrimination: Thurs 21 May.

NEW Double Discrimination review: 'Against a backdrop of increasing global polarisation, Salman highlights a shocking scarcity of data, arguing that the lack of official records reflects a systemic failure to protect those at risk. She reveals a "national scandal"' www.easterneye.biz/saba-salman-...

Saba Salman explores the deadly intersection of race and disability

Double Discrimination is more than social commentary; it is a masterfully written primer for anyone committed to social justice

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A heavy news weekend but this clip (and woman!) recharge me 🔽 My sister Raana, the only interviewee I've ever had who's refused to answer BEFORE I’ve finished the question and who WALKS OUT mid-interview. A woman of few words yes, but her story's worth telling. Double Discrimination: Thurs 21 May.