What the papers said in the week ending 10 December 2022
The Archbishop of Canterbury is raising the profile of Christianity as he speaks to the need to be careful and kind to the most vulnerable: www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/08/do-not-despair-says-archbishop-as-demand-grows-for-warm-spaces
The climate we are most close to, is harsh at present – a risk to health, especially to the old and vulnerable of all ages, and the poor: UK cold weather: what are the health risks and who is most affected? | Health | The Guardian
- Health and wealth divides in UK worsening despite ‘levelling up’ drive, report finds | Inequality | The Guardian
- Getting better?: Health and the labour market | IPPR
- New UK disability claims double in past year, with fastest rise among teens – IFS | UK cost of living crisis | The Guardian
- Mental health is at least as affected as physical health: Martin Lewis charity highlights mental toll of cost of living crisis | UK cost of living crisis | The Guardian
- Bombarded: cost of living and mental health – Money and Mental Health
In the Ukraine, the cold of winter is added to the lethal consequences of war: ‘They want to kill us’: mayor Vitali Klitschko plans for the worst as Russia tries to freeze Kyiv | Kyiv | The Guardian
In Britain, the problems of cold and ice are being compounded for ordinary people by industrial strife: Britain is braced for a winter of strikes – yet a public backlash just hasn’t happened | Gaby Hinsliff | The Guardian
- Yet we might feel some comfort from longer term understanding of climate changes, and temperature: DNA from 2m years ago reveals lost Arctic world | Science | The Guardian
- And there are techniques which can keep us warm with minimal expenditure of energy: ‘Life changing’: the social housing helping to cut heating bills in Norwich | Social housing | The Guardian
A vision of a better Britain comes from Gordon Brown and others:
- Labour unveils plan to overhaul constitution and replace the Lords | Labour | The Guardian
- ‘A yearning for change’: Starmer and Brown set out their policy stall | Labour | The Guardian
- Think our plan to fix British politics is a pipe dream? Think again | Gordon Brown | The Guardian
Other political observations:
Life and death: MPs to revisit assisted dying with an inquiry next year | Assisted dying | The Guardian
Crisis in prison care: Inspector warns of reoffending risk as prisoners locked in cells 23 hours a day | Your Local Guardian.
- Parents of man left to die in prison say care failures will haunt them for ever | Prisons and probation | The Guardian
- Surely there are too many people in prison, including older men. This needs a serious and determined review and action
Libraries: The Guardian view on local libraries: a resource that must be protected | Editorial | The Guardian
Free speech: Free speech is stifled by laws made for the rich | Press freedom | The Guardian
A reason for working: Why are so many people leaving the workforce amid a UK cost of living crisis? | Richard Partington | The Guardian
Windrush people are still being misused: Windrush victim granted right to remain in UK after 10-year battle | Windrush scandal | The Guardian
Other matters:
Money being spent on stargazing: ‘Are we alone in the universe?’: work begins in Western Australia on world’s most powerful radio telescopes | Astronomy | The Guardian
Old – but leading the way: Elderly villagers become film stars to put Bolivia’s climate plight in focus | Bolivia | The Guardian
All that claims to be Eco is not gold: ‘Eco’ wood burners produce 450 times more pollution than gas heating – report | Air pollution | The Guardian
And who cares? New Cumbria coalmine ‘like opening a Betamax factory’, says Tim Farron | Coal | The Guardian
We are threatened with the loss of ‘Auntie’, as we have known her: BBC preparing to go online-only over next decade, says director general | BBC | The Guardian
We have the King on coins: First coinage featuring King Charles III released | King Charles III | The Guardian.
We have lost the last Dambuster: ‘Johnny’ Johnson obituary | Second world war | The Guardian
Peers of the realm are accused: Revealed: the full inside story of the Michelle Mone PPE scandal | Michelle Mone | The Guardian
Elton Johns joins us in the exodus from Twitter: Elton John quits Twitter over change that ‘allows misinformation to flourish’ | Elton John | The Guardian
Lady Rhondda will be remembered: Newport statue to commemorate Welsh suffragette Lady Rhondda | Wales | The Guardian
As will Eric Tucker of Warrington: Front room of prolific pub-scene painter recreated for Mayfair exhibition | Art | The Guardian
David Jolley, Chair of Christians on Ageing
