Design Paradigms From classical temples to twentieth century towers, eng…

I have been very much enjoying this book 📚. It is interesting to note how much time we spend glorifying successes rather than failures. Perhaps the UK government could learn something from it's failures? #UK #NotChange

Design Paradigms by Henry Petroski www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

Interest-only mortgage could make comeback as regulator revisits rules Financial Conduct Authority looks at whether the product it once called a ‘ticking timebomb’ can support home ownership

I know let's make mortgages so unaffordable so that they can never be paid off!

Awful idea that will only increase house prices and trap people in perpetual debt. 🏡

#NotChange

Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds

The government, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social, believes it shouldn't regulate anything? This is such a simple thing to help wildlife.
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#NotChange #SameOldCrap

UK care homes face ban on overseas recruitment under migration plans Yvette Cooper to announce proposals to reduce net migration in response to growing pressure from Reform UK

Right... so where are these skilled low wage workers going to come from?! 🙄

Why not cap high salaried jobs visas. Require companies to promote and provide training to #UK workers. Raise the median wage and increase per capita productivity?! #NotChange
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social

Disability benefit cuts to hit 700,000 families already in poverty, DWP forecasts show Exclusive: Internal government forecasts obtained by the Guardian reveal ‘truly shocking’ effects of planned cuts

Yet they claim to care about people!
#NotChange

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Minister warns of ‘tight fiscal position’ amid tensions over public sector pay – UK politics live Comments from Stephen Kinnock come amid reports that pay review bodies could recommend up to 4% for teachers and nurses

There is no tight fiscal position. This is just Reeve's rubbish self imposed fiscal policy. You can't expect to resolve teacher and nurse shortages by giving them a pay cut every year for a decade, then tiny increases. We #need them, #pay them! #NotChange

Good to see there are still some MPs with empathy. @catherinefookesmp.bsky.social which way will you vote? Why doesn't Labour see benefits and ending child poverty as an investment in people?
#NotChange

Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders Exclusive: Scale of looming job losses prompts NHS leaders to ask Treasury to cover costs

100'000 job losses, and this isn't austerity? #NotChange @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

The current level of investment seems pitiful in this country yet the wealth seems very concentrated and spent frivolously.
#NotChange

Gen Z and young millennials battling ‘negative wealth’ as debt burden grows Young people whose debts outweigh their assets are at risk of experiencing blighted earnings, and even poorer health

If the young can't expect their prospects to improve what incentive is there to continue to support an unfair system? #NotChange #Worry #UK

‘It’s relentless’: Britons react to April bill rises amid Labour’s benefit cuts Increases in council tax, energy and water come less than week after Rachel Reeves revealed raft of cuts to welfare

Can Labour not hear the pain? #NotChange #Austerity #WhatsLeft

Record 4.5m children in poverty in UK as cuts condemned as ‘morally repugnant’ Data published on day after Labour announces cuts that analysts say will hit children and disabled people hardest

You know maybe investing in kids would bring a return? #NotChange #WhatsLeft #disgrace
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social

Reeves to reveal biggest UK spending cuts since austerity in spring statement Labour MPs uneasy as chancellor prepares even deeper reductions that economists say will harm key services

Am I mistaken or didn't she say austerity is over not a few months ago? This "Labour" government is a travesty. #NotChange #WhatsLeft

UK economy shrinks unexpectedly in blow to Rachel Reeves ONS data showing 0.1% fall in GDP in January comes less than two weeks before chancellor’s spring statement

This was not "unexpected", turns out making doom and gloom statements and cutting public funding hurts the economy. 😳
Reeves and Starmer need to think again.
#NotChange #Labour #UKLeft

Wes Streeting’s ‘high-stakes’ abolition of NHS England will cut 10,000 jobs Reforms proposed by health secretary predicted to save as much as £500m but could be distraction for ministers

"I know let's make #NotChange by cutting more civil servants and government jobs. This is sure to grow the economy." - Kier Starmer 2024.

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social are you really on the side of working people?

Unions on alert as Labour prepares to unveil ‘Trumpian’ plan for civil service Performance-related pay, exit process for poor performers and more digitalisation among proposed measures intended to revolutionise Whitehall

The only thing performance related promotion/pay will incentivise will be meeting poorly set arbitrary targets. Private companies are not meritocratic as the highest paid jobs are often given to the least qualified people. See the Peter Principle. #NotChange @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

‘The sewage scandal ends now’: UK water company fines to be used to clean up rivers After fears £11m would be diverted to Treasury, money will be spent on restoring areas where penalties issued

Even if this money is used well it will do nothing to address the root cause. Private company's have only one interest, their shareholders. Water should be publicly owned.
#FreeWater #NotChange

Pay soars at Barclays and HSBC after end of UK banker bonus cap One HSBC banker was paid up to £16.6m in 2024 while figure at Barclays was £14.8m after loosening of pay rules

Further proof #Labour doesn't care. The cap was put in place to prevent risky finance. Why do we repeal red tape designed to protect the UK economy but not tax the wealthy to fund vital services?

#NotChange

Do you care for working people @teamlabouruk.bsky.social?

Starmer announces big cut to UK aid budget to boost defence spending PM confirms rise in military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 – three years earlier than planned

I honestly believe this centre right party had got no clue how macro economics work. Why not tax the rich who don't serve?
#NotChange

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social

How we're delivering the Plan for Change: the Transport Secretary's statement We’re getting on with delivering this Government’s Plan for Change. Last week, I approved upgrades to four major road projects across Wiltshire, Leeds, Essex and Buckinghamshire.

So more roads is it? This will do nothing to reduce traffic, where is the investment in rail, bus and cycling? #NotChange @teamlabouruk.bsky.social