Becky Montacute
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Head of Research & Policy @SuttonTrust social mobility/educational inequality, researcher @CosmoStudy . Trustee @INQUEST_ORG , @J_MentalHealth for mum. Views own.
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🎓 With the news Labour are looking at HE funding reforms, including re-instating maintenance grants - a quick thread on grants, overall maintenance levels, and options the government has for change 🧵
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Munich has a smaller population than Manchester, Birmingham or Leeds. But of course because it's in Germany rather than England, it actually has a metro.
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Time to fix this
@nike
? (can't imagine an England men's team in the world cup final and being unable to buy the goalie kit...)
#Lionesses
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Where people from different socio-economic backgrounds go to university, and then through to labour market outcomes from those institution types -
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I spoke to
@bbcstories
about the failures in my mum's mental health care, and my experience of the inquest process. I would really appreciate if you can take the time to read, as I wouldn't have believed this could happen in the UK until it did to mum -
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At a wedding and just heard the most lovely speech from the bride. Please can we normalise brides doing speeches at weddings! It is weird for only the groom to give a speech!* (*unless either just don't like speaking in public etc)
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New release from SAGE has a v different vibe from this presser -
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Just got back from Clapham Common, instead of a respectful, distanced, quiet vigil the police forced it into a protest. Much less safe than it would have been had they cooperated with the organisers, completely wrong decision by
@metpoliceuk
. This picture (not mine) is powerful -
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@lewis_goodall
@mohammedahmed85
Why is so little of the discussion about testing? UK said today they now won't be testing mild cases - compared to large testing programs in other countries (including South Korean who have been v successful in bringing down cases) - this is a really big difference in approach
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Moving in London by bicycle! (We did need some outside help for the big bits
@pedalmeapp
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It's three years ago today since my mum died.
It's hard today not to think about how she died, and everything around it. I am still just really, really angry about how we talk about and treat suicide and mental health problems - the stigma and the lack of support 1/
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Remembering my wonderful mum, who passed away a year ago today. ❤
Mental health problems can affect absolutely anyone, and can devastate any family.
We need better
#MentalHealth
care and
#SuicidePrevention
. Please stop other families from suffering this heartbreak.
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In comparison, central Lille last week. Huge areas pedestrianised. Lots of people around but still a really nice space -
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It's
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
, so here's one of the last photos of me & my lovely mum.
When she was sectioned a few months before, she promised me she would be out to see me graduate, and she was.
She died a few months after this was taken, failed by mental health services.
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This is why early education and wider support for families with small children are so vital -
"In some schools in deprived areas up to 40% of reception children are also now arriving at school not yet potty-trained."
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Is there much better in the world than your grandad making you sausage sandwiches for lunch 🥰
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CHILDCARE IN THE BUDGET 👶 - WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR
It looks like the 30 hour policy for 3 and 4 yos will be extended to 1 and 2 yos.
What do you need to know about the 30 hour policy, and what key Qs should you consider when looking at the full announcement later today? 🧵
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@DanielJHannan
@CityofLdnSchool
@MarlboroughCol
This is a silly argument anyway but also just not at all true. My grandpa's state school was bombed and he spent 6 months out of school with no provision at all because no other school had space for them all - he told me about this recently saying he knew how kids atm felt...
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It's 3 years this week since the inquest into my mum's death, and 2 years since this article came out.
Will forever be thankful that
@BBCNews
covered the failures in her mental health care and the issues families face in the inquest process.
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My ebike has been an absolute game changer. Hills are fine, 6 miles to the office is fine, carrying lots of stuff is fine. It's just a whole different world to normal bikes and makes them so much more usable day to day.
I've written a column about how everyone should try an e-bike once - but I have also tried to understand what is happening with e-bike battery fires
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This graph is something else (and really shows just how confusing a lot of the convo on class is/why you really shouldn't use self-identification for it...)
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We're taking the train to.... Slovenia! 🇸🇮
We're doing a slightly different route to the map (via some more scenic bits of Switzerland) but basically this (+ a photo of tired me getting on the early morning Eurostar to Paris for train
#1
🇫🇷)
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My mum died 5 years ago today, the first 'big' anniversary. In some ways grief gets better and in other ways it doesn't at all.
I miss her, here's one of my favourite photos of her -
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Kamala Harris has just broken so many glass ceilings. A brilliant day for women, and particularly for women of colour. Next stop, smashing those final ceilings to President ❤
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It is just easier on average for someone from a top private school to get 3 A*s than for a widening participation student at their local state comp to do the same - if you really want to get the most talented young people, you need to take that context into account.
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@JonnElledge
This. I grew up in a place with a bus every third hour (now being totally cut). I've also lived in Sheffield and Manchester. All that transport is awful and needs to be so, so much better. Transport in South London isn't as bad, but should also be much better than it is.
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A year ago today, the BBC published the story of my mum's inquest - my struggle to find out why she had died and to uncover the failures in the mental health care she received.
Reflecting on the story a year later, a few thoughts...
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Just finished this absolutely brilliant book on council housing (
@MunicipalDreams
). If you want to understand the history of housing policy in Britain - & how those policies have shaped the way we think about council housing today, I would absolutely recommend.
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It's the second
#TimeToTalk
day since my mum died, and (while I understand it's well meaning and for lots of people will be helpful), it's just making me so, so angry. My mum did talk even though she was deeply ashamed to have MH problems - she didn't get help and she died.
We're proud to run the
@TimetoChange
campaign with our pals at
@MindCharity
because we believe our voice is stronger and louder together.
This
#TimetoTalkDay
we’re encouraging everyone to choose talk and help change lives.
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Overstretched police forces have to “pick up the pieces of a broken
#mentalhealth
system”
I spoke to
@BBCNews
about my mum, who died during a MH crisis earlier this year - how a lack of MH support for her both put pressure on police, and meant she didn't have the help she needed
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Can we start calling it men's football now? Just to make sure we don't get them mixed up with today's champions - the England men's team, the men's world cup, the men's euros etc.
#weuro2022
#Lionesses
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It's mother's day this weekend, but I can't spend it with my mum - because she passed away just over a week ago. When people say Mental Health services in this country are inadequate, that people face long waits to access treatment, and that mental health and physical... (1/3)
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Just 52% of disadvantaged students who were in the top 10% at KS2 get 5 or more A* or As at GCSE, compared to 72% of their more advantaged peers.
My new
@suttontrust
report looks at evidence on how to identify and support these students in schools -
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So proud of my amazing grandad for being interviewed for the doc - he's 87 (the BBC staff were surprised, they said he seems younger!) and he was so brave. He absolutely adored mum ❤ (this is my favourite pic of them together)
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I've been interviewed about what happened to my mum/the inquest process for an episode of
@BBCfileon4
, out tomorrow.
I so badly want something positive to come from what happened to her, I hope sharing her story and my experience of the inquest process can help others.
🎧TOMORROW, 8pm - Julie's daughter, son and father have been interviewed about what happened to Julie, and the inquest process that followed, by
@BBCfileon4
for 'Families versus the state: An unfair fight?'
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Finally heard a definition of a continuous cough (a GP on BBC news just now) if it lasts for more than half a day, that's continuous
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📄 NEW! Elitist Britain 2019 – the educational backgrounds of Britain’s ‘elite’, across several sectors including politics, business, the media, etc.
@SuttonTrust
@SMCommission
-
Overall - almost 40% of Britain’s elite attended a private school (5x general pop)
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For people tweeting at me that Munich is in fact larger - it depends how you define "city" and I'm sure geographers have long arguments about that. They're all reasonably sized European cities - England should have more metros.
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It is brilliant for
@sajidjavid
to speak about this publicly bc suicide is still so stigmatised.
But to be v clear - the government is not investing enough to make a real diff on suicide. Mental health care in this country is too often abysmal, and it kills people - like my mum
One of the bravest interviews I have read by a politician, something that will resonate with thousands of families touched by the horror of suicide. Thank you
@sajidjavid
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Delighted to have been appointed as a trustee of
@INQUEST_ORG
- they support families and fight for wider policy change after state-related deaths.
They gave me invaluable support when my mum died, something I hope to help carry forward for others.
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Highly recommend getting pals lovely enough to remember your worst days and send flowers for them ❤ (4 years today since my mum died)
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Today a
@TheSundayMirror
investigation finds 218 people died within 60 days of attending A&E suffering from a psychiatric condition between 2017 and 2019 - one of them was my mum.
Her story and other heartbreaking failures of care here -
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And to finish, here's a photo of my mum's lovely smile, which I really, really miss /10
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Just read back through what I wrote a year ago on the first anniversary of my mum's death. It's been another year, but I don't yet feel like I have anything else at all to add (although plenty more things she missed I wish I could tell her about).
It's hard, and I miss her.
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Through
@J_MentalHealth
(which I set up in mum's memory) we FOI'd every MH trust in England, and found that (for the half who replied) over £4m was spent in a year by trusts on legal representation at inquests - but families have only received £118,000 for their own legal rep
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@miss_mcinerney
Also when those industries fall over/don't function it's often the unpaid work of women picking up the pieces which is becoming less and less tenable
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@feedthedrummer
So confused why they've made Soho horrible again 😭 it's also dangerous given there are just too many pedestrians for the pavements (even before summer)
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Just cannot believe it. Women's football is only going up from here, and I doubt even if England get to a final in England again that I'd be able to actually get a ticket to see it. Once in a lifetime
#weuro2022
#Lionesses
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Sometimes we can have nice things - the very nice new shiny Merseyrail trains.
Comfy, lots of spaces for prams and wheelchairs, a pop out panel to fill the gap between the train and the platform for (close to) level boarding and usb charging.
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This is an important point - the fast stream (if not perfect) has better socio-economic diversity than senior levels of the civil service - and is hopefully a pipeline to those senior positions for a more diverse cohort. Cutting off that pipeline feels shortsighted.
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Bought tickets to the final months ago AND NOW AM WATCHING ENGLAND (!!!)
#WEURO2022
#Lionessess
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Major new research, out today 🚨
We wouldn’t accept the state providing longer school hours for better-off families - but this is exactly what is happening in the early years
Poorer families are locked out of the 30hr entitlement - an issue examined in detail in today's report.
NEW: The early years are vital for a child’s development. But many of the poorest families are locked out of the government's 30 hours of free early education and childcare for three- and four-year-olds.
#aFairStart
We’ve looked at the issue in detail:
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Off on a european train (+boat this time) trip again! - this time to the south of Spain 🇪🇸 to visit my dad. Today is a train trip to Plymouth to get on the ferry to the north of Spain (Santander), before in the next few days taking the train to Madrid and then on to Málaga.
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Huge turnout (totally filled room) for
@INQUEST_ORG
's parliamentary launch of their
#NoMoreDeaths
campaign for a national oversight mechanism for state related deaths
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We're on a train holiday again!
London 🇬🇧 ➡️ Koblenz 🇩🇪 for a week on the Rheinsteig hiking trail.
The train journey is quite straightforward (compared to a lot of others ones we've done).
🚄 First up,
@Eurostar
London to Brussels.
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People can be literally SHOUTING, going to multiple parts of the health service begging for help, their loved ones can do the same. They can talk and talk and talk, and then they can die. I just feel so angry and so done with the whole conversation today.
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4 years since I did this (still one of the most terrifying things I've ever done) only a few months after my mum died.
Still the same issues - mental health services overstretched, people getting worse and escalating costs to other services - far too often ending in tragedy.
Overstretched police forces have to “pick up the pieces of a broken
#mentalhealth
system”
I spoke to
@BBCNews
about my mum, who died during a MH crisis earlier this year - how a lack of MH support for her both put pressure on police, and meant she didn't have the help she needed
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That's it for Labour party conference - an absolutely packed few days with some great ideas shared throughout some fantastic fringes. Particularly excited on how much attention childcare and early education has been getting throughout.
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It's the last workday of the year (for me anyway), so here's a quick summary thread of
@suttontrust
research from 2022 on social mobility/educational inequality 🧵
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It's hard to know what to do with someone's birthday when they aren't here any more to celebrate it (and when restrictions mean going to visit their grave isnt an option) - the third one without her. Happy Birthday Mum ❤
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Fittingly for
#WorldMentalHealthDay
,
@Michael_Yong
from
@BristolLive
has written about what happened to my mum earlier this year. She wanted to get better/was engaging with MH services, but died, I hope the inquest next week can help lessons to be learnt -
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If you're after something heart-warming atm...
My grandad, who has supported
@BristolCity
since 1939 (81 years!), phoned into
@bbcrb
earlier on importance of live sport to fans, in which he names all the players of his favourite team (from 1945) from memory (!)
@johndarvall
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Make 👏 childcare 👏 and 👏 housing 👏 affordable, 👏 fix 👏 paternity leave👏 and 👏maybe 👏 more 👏 of 👏 us 👏 will 👏
(not having children should be totally normal and no one should be "expected" to - but probably some more of us would if it was more possible/appealing/...)
For the first time, half of women in England and Wales remained childless by their 30th birthday (born in 1990)
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It has been 933 days since my mum died - all days she should have had - some would have been boring, some sad, some wonderful (one was her son's wedding)
A mental health system that turns away very sick people meant she didn't have any of them
#WorldMentalHealthDay
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Please read/retweet my mum's story, in
@BristolLive
today (thanks
@BronWeatherby
).
The coroner found "failures amounted overall to a gross failure by the mental health services to deliver basic, primary care to Mrs Montacute."
(1/19)
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"Dr Rebecca Montacute, the daughter of Julie Carter-Montacute who was found drowned in Chew Valley Lake on February 22, 2018 following a catalogue of failures by mental health professionals, has spoken out about what she views as an unfair system." (/1)
Mental health trust spent almost £200k on lawyers at inquests last year, while families don’t get legal aid
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Taking the train again, this time to Barcelona! 🇪🇸 first up the Eurostar to Paris tonight (~2 hours), then a TGV from Paris to Barcelona tomorrow (~6.5 hours)
#flygskam
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There's a place in Geneva where two rivers (Rhône and Arve) come together - one is full of sand and the other isn't, so this is how they look when they join (such a cool thing to see)
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This is really exciting🎉- the study will follow 12,000 Year 11 students across England, looking at their experiences of the pandemic, their future hopes/plans, and then follow them through the rest of their education and into the workplace to look at the impact of the pandemic.
📢We’re excited to announce the launch of the COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities (COSMO) Study!
We’re working with
@CEPEO_UCL
on this major new study to track the effects of the pandemic on the life chances of a generation of young people.
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Social class isn't a protected characteristic, but we know people face discrimination on the basis of it (e.g. in the workplace) - interesting looking report/campaign from
@BPSOfficial
New report highlights the psychological impact of class-based inequalities and discrimination.
Our
#Makeit10
campaign aims to make social class a protected characteristic to 'level up' and tackle discrimination.
Full report findings:
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Still a bit cautious about doing a big train trip re covid - so decided to do a fun UK based journey - cycling from London to Bristol (over a few days!) Mostly via National Cycle Route 4, interested to see if cross country routes are any good or not...
Day 1 - London to Windsor
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While everyone is talking about the House of Lords, just a reminder that 57% of the whole house (hereditary and non hereditary) attended an independent school, compared to 29% of MPs and just ~7% of the general population. The UK has a serious representation problem.
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Two years ago today I was on BBC News, talking about my mum's death, in reaction to a story on police resources being stretched due to failures in mental health care.
But things are no different today. Mental health services are still desperately underfunded.. (cont)
Overstretched police forces have to “pick up the pieces of a broken
#mentalhealth
system”
I spoke to
@BBCNews
about my mum, who died during a MH crisis earlier this year - how a lack of MH support for her both put pressure on police, and meant she didn't have the help she needed
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NEW: How is the COVID-19 crisis likely to impact on social mobility?
@suttontrust
report released today looks at potential impacts for disadvantaged young people, covering:
➡️Early years
➡️Schools
➡️Apprenticeships
➡️Higher education
➡️Access to the workplace
NEW REPORT: The potential impacts of COVID-19 on social mobility.
Read our immediate concerns in full here:
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Our new table arrived via
@pedalmeapp
power this morning. More things you can move by bicycle - dining table and chairs!
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A year ago today, my mum was in a car accident which police were concerned was an attempt on her life. She had been trying to access MH support for a month.
She was discharged from hospital, and her mental health team refused to see her for a week. 3 days later, she was dead.
Julie is again missing when her husband comes back from work. Julie’s husband calls her mental health team, to find out if she has contacted them that day. A nurse tells Julie’s husband to call the police if he is concerned. (/1)
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Just did a talk to my old secondary school about my career and children do just ask the very best (and usually v big picture) questions- highlight of the week 😍
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@menysnoweballes
Yes 100x this. Before my mum died after MH failures I had no idea, after I found more and more cases just like what happened to her, and lessons aren't learnt after so the same mistakes happen repeatedly. More funding, thorough learning from every death
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Looking forward to giving evidence to the Education Select Committee's inquiry on careers education, information, advice and guidance tomorrow morning.
Link below if of interest (yes I know a lot else going on tomorrow!)
On Tuesday 6 September at 10am we will hold the first oral evidence session of our inquiry into careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG).
The session will be broadcast live from 10am:
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The gap in homeownership rates between those whose parents owned their home and those whose parents did not is growing.
In 2000 that gap was only 14 percentage points - in 2017 it was 30pp.
How is your chance of owning your own home impacted by your parents?🏠
Our new research, out today, revealed that the gap in home ownership rates between those who grew up in rented accommodation compared to owner occupied homes has doubled.
Read more ⤵️
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My mum died following NINE failings in her mental health care.
Staff were overworked, so didn't have the time they needed to look at/write up patient's notes.
Staff were promoted before they were ready, & unqualified staff were left to man phone lines/assess risk
#mentalhealth
Please read/retweet my mum's story, in
@BristolLive
today (thanks
@BronWeatherby
).
The coroner found "failures amounted overall to a gross failure by the mental health services to deliver basic, primary care to Mrs Montacute."
(1/19)
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This is a cracking move -
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Northern newspaper front pages this morning. Am told there was a degree of panic about this yesterday when it dawned on govt we were all doing it
#OneNorth
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