Julia Thrift
@juliathrift.bsky.social
People, places, public health
Lives in south London, interested in the world...
My own views, sometimes here: https://authory.com/juliathrift
Lives in south London, interested in the world...
My own views, sometimes here: https://authory.com/juliathrift
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Do many people know that the ICC judges, once sanctioned by the US, almost immediately lost access to credit cards, google, amazon & microsoft cloud, etc. www.ft.com/content/4c3a...
May 11, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Do many people know that the ICC judges, once sanctioned by the US, almost immediately lost access to credit cards, google, amazon & microsoft cloud, etc. www.ft.com/content/4c3a...
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I’d hypothesise this happened here too: hospitals, magistrates courts, police stations etc concentrated in bigger centres, so solid jobs go, local services then fold, shops close - a downward spiral 1/2
What happens when the state quietly disappears? A new paper finds that support for populism in Italy (2008–18) rose where hospitals closed, especially in remote municipalities. Greater distance to public services reinforced feelings of abandonment and boosted populist voting.
May 11, 2026 at 6:05 AM
I’d hypothesise this happened here too: hospitals, magistrates courts, police stations etc concentrated in bigger centres, so solid jobs go, local services then fold, shops close - a downward spiral 1/2
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The Pineapple for Health Homes winner for 2026 has been announced!
Farmstead Road is an inspiring scheme of 24 PassivHaus affordable homes in LB of Lewisham - produced for Phoenix Community Housing with Buxton Building Contractors, Metropolitan Workshop, Jubb, BPTW, Potter Raper, Etude, LUC & PJR
Farmstead Road is an inspiring scheme of 24 PassivHaus affordable homes in LB of Lewisham - produced for Phoenix Community Housing with Buxton Building Contractors, Metropolitan Workshop, Jubb, BPTW, Potter Raper, Etude, LUC & PJR
April 23, 2026 at 10:29 AM
The Pineapple for Health Homes winner for 2026 has been announced!
Farmstead Road is an inspiring scheme of 24 PassivHaus affordable homes in LB of Lewisham - produced for Phoenix Community Housing with Buxton Building Contractors, Metropolitan Workshop, Jubb, BPTW, Potter Raper, Etude, LUC & PJR
Farmstead Road is an inspiring scheme of 24 PassivHaus affordable homes in LB of Lewisham - produced for Phoenix Community Housing with Buxton Building Contractors, Metropolitan Workshop, Jubb, BPTW, Potter Raper, Etude, LUC & PJR
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📝 New data by Office for National Statistics highlight people living in the most deprived areas across England & Wales spend around 15-20% less of their lives in good health compared to those in the least deprived areas. This often means living almost two decades with poor health.
bit.ly/4cQ1bg7
bit.ly/4cQ1bg7
Healthy life expectancy by national area deprivation, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics
Life expectancy and years expected to live in "good" health by deprivation level in England and Wales. Includes estimates of life expectancy between 2011 to 2013 and 2022 to 2024.
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April 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
📝 New data by Office for National Statistics highlight people living in the most deprived areas across England & Wales spend around 15-20% less of their lives in good health compared to those in the least deprived areas. This often means living almost two decades with poor health.
bit.ly/4cQ1bg7
bit.ly/4cQ1bg7
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The 𝘓𝘙𝘉 is looking for an experienced freelance podcast producer to work on our fortnightly UK-focused politics podcast.
The deadline for applications is the 31 March.
More information about the role and how to apply can be found here: www.lrb.co.uk/jobs
The deadline for applications is the 31 March.
More information about the role and how to apply can be found here: www.lrb.co.uk/jobs
Jobs at the London Review of Books
www.lrb.co.uk
March 24, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The 𝘓𝘙𝘉 is looking for an experienced freelance podcast producer to work on our fortnightly UK-focused politics podcast.
The deadline for applications is the 31 March.
More information about the role and how to apply can be found here: www.lrb.co.uk/jobs
The deadline for applications is the 31 March.
More information about the role and how to apply can be found here: www.lrb.co.uk/jobs
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EVENTS! Tickets available for Tales of the Suburbs events in Crystal Palace (tonight), Bath (Saturday), Edinburgh and Glasgow (next week), Manchester, Sheffield and Nottingham (the week after), plus Milton Keynes. More to follow! Please come along x www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events
March 19, 2026 at 7:45 AM
EVENTS! Tickets available for Tales of the Suburbs events in Crystal Palace (tonight), Bath (Saturday), Edinburgh and Glasgow (next week), Manchester, Sheffield and Nottingham (the week after), plus Milton Keynes. More to follow! Please come along x www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events
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Defra issued new strategic policy statements for the Environment Agency & Natural England last week, pushing them to prioritise economic growth.
There are a number of questions to raise on this...(1/)
There are a number of questions to raise on this...(1/)
March 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Defra issued new strategic policy statements for the Environment Agency & Natural England last week, pushing them to prioritise economic growth.
There are a number of questions to raise on this...(1/)
There are a number of questions to raise on this...(1/)
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Why is this government so useless on women's rights, and protecting single-sex spaces? On the one hand they welcome the Supreme Court judgment, on the other they are trying to thwart it. It's cynical, and insulting.
comment.press/govt-womens-...
comment.press/govt-womens-...
How is the government so useless on women's rights?
Ministers meeting with someone found to have harassed a rape crisis worker is just its latest blunder
comment.press
March 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Why is this government so useless on women's rights, and protecting single-sex spaces? On the one hand they welcome the Supreme Court judgment, on the other they are trying to thwart it. It's cynical, and insulting.
comment.press/govt-womens-...
comment.press/govt-womens-...
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👀 VACANCY: Nature in Sacred Spaces Project Manager @naturalengland.bsky.social
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www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
February 27, 2026 at 2:41 PM
👀 VACANCY: Nature in Sacred Spaces Project Manager @naturalengland.bsky.social
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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'Danish startup creates the world’s first cultivated outdoor paver – a natural alternative to cement' (Tip top) www.visibuilt.com/danish-start...
Danish startup creates the world’s first cultivated outdoor paver - a natural alternative to cement - Visibuilt
Cement is used to make concrete, which is among the most carbon-intensive building materials known today. Now, the traditional binder faces new competition. The Danish startup Visibuilt has developed ...
www.visibuilt.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:51 AM
'Danish startup creates the world’s first cultivated outdoor paver – a natural alternative to cement' (Tip top) www.visibuilt.com/danish-start...
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The DfT is doing some consultation on the new Manual for Streets with professional bodies and others (I don't know the full list). As I understand it, there will be three sections and section A was released just before Xmas with a response deadline just after.
January 14, 2026 at 6:48 AM
The DfT is doing some consultation on the new Manual for Streets with professional bodies and others (I don't know the full list). As I understand it, there will be three sections and section A was released just before Xmas with a response deadline just after.
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Before Christmas the Baroness Amos report into maternity and neonatal care was pretty horrific reading. Women not being listened to, mums and babies being harmed or even dying.
And perhaps most depressing of all...none of it was a surprise. Multiple reports over multiple years have told us the same
And perhaps most depressing of all...none of it was a surprise. Multiple reports over multiple years have told us the same
January 7, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Before Christmas the Baroness Amos report into maternity and neonatal care was pretty horrific reading. Women not being listened to, mums and babies being harmed or even dying.
And perhaps most depressing of all...none of it was a surprise. Multiple reports over multiple years have told us the same
And perhaps most depressing of all...none of it was a surprise. Multiple reports over multiple years have told us the same
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Around 1 in 5 of us are harmed by gambling, including through stretched public services, financial problems and suicide.
These harms disproportionately impact the most vulnerable.
That is why we are supporting this campaign along with MPs from across the political spectrum⬇️
These harms disproportionately impact the most vulnerable.
That is why we are supporting this campaign along with MPs from across the political spectrum⬇️
🚨BIG NEWS🚨
Thank you to the 280 cross-party signatories backing my campaign & 10 Minute Rule Bill to end the outdated ‘Aim to Permit’ principle.
Councils & communities must have the power to say no to more gambling establishments.
People before profit! 👇🏾
Thank you to the 280 cross-party signatories backing my campaign & 10 Minute Rule Bill to end the outdated ‘Aim to Permit’ principle.
Councils & communities must have the power to say no to more gambling establishments.
People before profit! 👇🏾
January 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Around 1 in 5 of us are harmed by gambling, including through stretched public services, financial problems and suicide.
These harms disproportionately impact the most vulnerable.
That is why we are supporting this campaign along with MPs from across the political spectrum⬇️
These harms disproportionately impact the most vulnerable.
That is why we are supporting this campaign along with MPs from across the political spectrum⬇️
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Good morning friends! While lupines are ubiquitous signs of spring & summer in both Chilean & Argentinian Patagonia, I find the color palette gets more interesting the farther south you go. These beauties literally line the streets of Punta Arenas.
December 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Good morning friends! While lupines are ubiquitous signs of spring & summer in both Chilean & Argentinian Patagonia, I find the color palette gets more interesting the farther south you go. These beauties literally line the streets of Punta Arenas.
The post-war #NewTowns provided homes that people could afford to rent - there is a risk that the propsednext New Towns won't:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Key figures in creation of Milton Keynes criticise UK’s new towns plan
Exclusive: Planners behind postwar new towns hit out at government over lack of ambition and commitment to social housing
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The post-war #NewTowns provided homes that people could afford to rent - there is a risk that the propsednext New Towns won't:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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📊At age five, nearly 60%of boys from low-income families are not ready to get the most out of school.
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk recent report 'Starting Behind, Staying Behind' explores how boys from low-income families are at risk of being overlooked or under-resourced by policymaking.
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk recent report 'Starting Behind, Staying Behind' explores how boys from low-income families are at risk of being overlooked or under-resourced by policymaking.
The opportunity gap facing boys from low-income families at age 5 and beyond | Institute for Government
Early attainment gaps mean some boys don't just start behind, they stay behind.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
📊At age five, nearly 60%of boys from low-income families are not ready to get the most out of school.
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk recent report 'Starting Behind, Staying Behind' explores how boys from low-income families are at risk of being overlooked or under-resourced by policymaking.
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk recent report 'Starting Behind, Staying Behind' explores how boys from low-income families are at risk of being overlooked or under-resourced by policymaking.
Voters want #housebuilding, but not at the expense of #nature, says @luketryl.bsky.social writing in the #FT.
Housing development that includes #parks and green spaces and enhances #nature would be a vote winner. Pitching nature as a blocker to progress is not.
Housing development that includes #parks and green spaces and enhances #nature would be a vote winner. Pitching nature as a blocker to progress is not.
December 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Voters want #housebuilding, but not at the expense of #nature, says @luketryl.bsky.social writing in the #FT.
Housing development that includes #parks and green spaces and enhances #nature would be a vote winner. Pitching nature as a blocker to progress is not.
Housing development that includes #parks and green spaces and enhances #nature would be a vote winner. Pitching nature as a blocker to progress is not.
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It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
A very good read:
‘It’s the shape of story across all ages and human cultures. You’re in a hole. Then you get out.’
The climate crisis hole is hot, dark and we’re still in it.
But Prof Jules Pretty describes how we’re beginning to get out. There is good news…
The climate crisis hole is hot, dark and we’re still in it.
But Prof Jules Pretty describes how we’re beginning to get out. There is good news…
After COP30, what now? It’s actually good news
It’s the shape of story across all ages and human cultures. You’re in a hole. Then you get out
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
A very good read:
Significant detail in the government's #child #poverty strategy: section 1 of the #Equality Act (2010), the socio-economic duty, will be commenced and public authorities will have to consider the impact of their #policies on poverty and #inequality.
Could be transformational?
Could be transformational?
December 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Significant detail in the government's #child #poverty strategy: section 1 of the #Equality Act (2010), the socio-economic duty, will be commenced and public authorities will have to consider the impact of their #policies on poverty and #inequality.
Could be transformational?
Could be transformational?
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We're hiring! New Nature Recovery Ranger roles for healthcare sites in Manchester, Stockport, Bradford and London. Closing date - 12 January. Apply now: https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/career/nature-recovery-ranger/ #hiring #naturerecovery
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We're hiring! New Nature Recovery Ranger roles for healthcare sites in Manchester, Stockport, Bradford and London. Closing date - 12 January. Apply now: https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/career/nature-recovery-ranger/ #hiring #naturerecovery
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Highly recommend 'Three Ages of a Child' #BBCRadio4!
@drguddisingh.bsky.social looks into why UK children face some of the worst health outcomes in Europe. Addressing housing, education, diet, the importance of play & community carers – + great projects on all these.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@drguddisingh.bsky.social looks into why UK children face some of the worst health outcomes in Europe. Addressing housing, education, diet, the importance of play & community carers – + great projects on all these.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Three Ages of Child, Episode 2: The Middle Years
A journey through the landscape that shapes the health of our children.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Highly recommend 'Three Ages of a Child' #BBCRadio4!
@drguddisingh.bsky.social looks into why UK children face some of the worst health outcomes in Europe. Addressing housing, education, diet, the importance of play & community carers – + great projects on all these.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@drguddisingh.bsky.social looks into why UK children face some of the worst health outcomes in Europe. Addressing housing, education, diet, the importance of play & community carers – + great projects on all these.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Last week I gave evidence to the House of Lords' Built Environment committee 🔻 saying that it's vital that every new #home is of a basic good quality such that its occupants can live healthy lives...
Julia Thrift @thetcpa.bsky.social, at the Lords Built Environment committee inquiry last week, said future New Towns must embed the Healthy Homes Principles not only to prevent ill-health but support health creation in new communities.
View the full session here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
View the full session here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
December 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Last week I gave evidence to the House of Lords' Built Environment committee 🔻 saying that it's vital that every new #home is of a basic good quality such that its occupants can live healthy lives...
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New English Housing Survey out today, and it is still saying that average household sizes are far lower than pre-pandemic even though (a) the population didn't fall and (b) neither did the number or rate of empty homes. Which is a puzzle. www.gov.uk/government/c...
English Housing Survey 2024 to 2025: headline findings on demographics and household resilience
Initial findings from the English Housing Survey 2024 to 2025 on the profile of household and dwellings, household demographics, housing costs and affordability, household moves, and wellbeing.
www.gov.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New English Housing Survey out today, and it is still saying that average household sizes are far lower than pre-pandemic even though (a) the population didn't fall and (b) neither did the number or rate of empty homes. Which is a puzzle. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Do listen to this, it's lovely 🔻
And if you can, please donate, to help plant #trees where they are needed most 🍂 🌳
And if you can, please donate, to help plant #trees where they are needed most 🍂 🌳
Tune in today at 3:27pm on BBC Radio 4 to hear Sir Michael Palin share a story of hope in the heart of Tower Hamlets 🌳💚
Our story with Sir Michael Palin began back in 1998 and now, he joins us to deliver our BBC Radio 4 Appeal.
🌳 If you missed this morning's broadcast, tune in tonight at 9:25pm or on Thursday 4th at 3:27pm to hear from Michael on the power of tree planting!
www.treesforcities.org/bbc-radio-4-...
🌳 If you missed this morning's broadcast, tune in tonight at 9:25pm or on Thursday 4th at 3:27pm to hear from Michael on the power of tree planting!
www.treesforcities.org/bbc-radio-4-...
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Do listen to this, it's lovely 🔻
And if you can, please donate, to help plant #trees where they are needed most 🍂 🌳
And if you can, please donate, to help plant #trees where they are needed most 🍂 🌳