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  1. Born Free, Housed First: Reform UK and the Return of the Birth Certificate as Political Document by Lawson Akhigbe

    Reform UK has now taken that quiet administrative habit and turned it into an actual policy platform, delivered at a press conference rather than buried in a PDF. Deputy leader Richard Tice has confirmed the party will prioritise British-born workers under 35 for social housing, alongside military veterans and married couples with children, should Reform enter government. The pitch comes wrapped in an infrastructure promise, 50,000 affordable homes a year, financed, the party insists, without new taxes or borrowing, which is the political equivalent of promising a birthday cake that requires no oven, no flour and no birthday.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/25/born

  2. Uncounted in Life, Unrecorded in Death: Nigeria’s Costly Dignity Deficit By Lawson Akhigbe

    here is an old, bitter administrative joke in Nigeria that you are only formally counted twice: never when you arrive, and certainly not when you leave. In between, your existence is largely an unverified rumor negotiated between your creator, your luck, and whatever age declaration affidavit you paid a court clerk two thousand Naira to stamp.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/24/unco

  3. Nothing less than radical whole-system change is required to fix the NHS's maternity services | Julia Sanders
    By Julia Sanders

    It’s vital that Yvette Cooper’s taskforce acts on the Amos and Ockenden reports – and puts the needs of women and families at the heart of maternity services

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Childbirth #NHS #Pregnancy #Health #Women #Society #YvetteCooper #Maternalmortality #Lifeandstyle #Healthwellbeing #Politics #TheGuardian #JuliaSanders

  4. The culture surrounding ‘ideal’ childbirth has to evolve | Letters
    By Guardian Staff

    Molly O’Brien responds to an article by Natalie Morris about her five-day labour, while an NHS doctor shares her personal experience of feeling ‘othered’

    theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

    #Childbirth #Pregnancy #Women #Health #NHS #Midwifery #Doctors #Parentsandparenting #Society #Family #Healthwellbeing #YvetteCooper #Labour #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  5. By day five of my labour, I didn’t want an ‘ideal birth’. I only wanted to survive | Natalie Morris
    By Natalie Morris

    Yvette Cooper’s maternity reforms must change a system that too often fails women when they’re at their most vulnerable

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Womenshealth #Childbirth #Hospitals #Society #YvetteCooper #Politics #NHS #Pregnancy #Health #UKnews #TheGuardian #NatalieMorris

  6. Amid the social and political panic about falling birthrates, why not ask new mothers what they think? | Lucy Jones
    By Lucy Jones

    New research reveals deep anxieties. Medals and cash bonuses have been mooted as incentives, but the real need is for women to have their feelings valued

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Childbirth #Healthwellbeing #Mentalhealth #Health #Women #Family #Children #UKnews #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #LucyJones

  7. ‘My birth was unbearable’: The NHS hospitals keeping radiators on in the heatwave

    Last month, my father spent two weeks as an inpatient in a south-west London hospital where he was…
    #NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #childbirth #ClimateChange #FEATURES #Health #healthcare #Heatwave #Hospitals #Hotweather #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/689567/

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    Disturbed Guitarist Dan Donegan on Gout: “It’s Worse Than Giving Childbirth to Twins”
    Gout sucks, but I’m pretty sure mothers everywhere are going to have something to say about his comparison. The post Disturbed Guitarist Dan Donegan on Gout: “It’s Worse Than Giving Childbirth to Twins&#

    metalsucks.net/2024/05/26/dist

    #DanDonegan #Disturbed #Gout #Pain #Childbirth #KneePain #JointPain #GoutAwareness #Health