This week I brought together refugee activist @krishk and political influencer @LozzaFox for an Uncommon Ground recording on immigration, identity and Islam. Both profess Christian faith but have different approaches to how to respond politically and culturally to these issues. However, I think we were all also surprised at how much they were both able to agree about in the end too. These are the kind of conversations Uncommon Ground exists for - getting out of our social media echo chambers and re-humanising each other with genuine space for a meeting of minds and learning how to disagree well. So, whoever you think you will or won’t agree with, make sure to catch this conversation as part of Season 2 of Uncommon Ground… coming soon!

“We could amend this Bill here, there and everywhere, carve out this, tweak that, but at the end of the day the government would still be passing a Bill that says there’s one area, and one area only, of medical practice where you could get prosecuted if you put a foot wrong. That won’t be a chilling effect, that’ll be a deep freeze” Magnificent from @Jebadoo2 #BinTheBill

Exc: Andy Burnham is “determined” to grant mayors the authority to overrule local councils and introduce tourist taxes across their regions, The Times understands. Under current plans, the levy can be blocked if 2/3 of councils in a region agree to veto it