Hugh Stickland

Head of Strategy & Engagement with @ONS previously Chief Economist @CitizensAdvice, once of Cabinet Office and DWP. Views mine, RTs not endorsements etc. #DHFC

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

@TheRestHistory Also having trouble from Friday pm
I-phone
Spotify
World Cup of Gods and the next few on…

Hope you’re back up and running soon

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

Hey @thriftycars here at SFO airport, waited over an hour in line for our pre-booked pre-paid rental. Now been waiting another hour and still no sign of the car. Kids are bored and hungry!
What’s the deal? Compensation? Keys? Anything? #RentJustRight

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

@AlgosJoni Amazing, congratulations! Please pass on all my best wishes and congrats to Lucy too!

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

Featuring the driving force within the ONS of measuring wellbeing and putting it at the heart of National Statistics and more and more into public and policy debate - the awesome Eleanor Rees!

[Nancy Hey @Work_Life_You]

Great summary of the change to the UK #beyondgdp Measures of National Wellbeing

The regular local area data with demographic breakdown will really help practical use

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician @ons kicking off our #Wellbeing #BeyondGDP panel on complimenting GDP with measures of the environment, human capital, health and ⁦@Work_Life_You⁩ ⁦@SarahPDavidson⁩ Sarah Vibert ⁦@NCVO⁩ and Ben Whitlock ⁦@luhc⁩

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

Welcome to What Matters Most! ⁦@Liz_McKeown⁩ launching our new measure of national wellbeing ⁦@ONS⁩ hosted by ⁦@SocialStats_RSS⁩ #BeyondGDP

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

Was the Sinclair C5 just 30 years too early?

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

So what do we think of #ArtificialIntelligence in Britain?

When asked about expectations of impact on a scale of very negative to very positive (0-10) - seems many are either neutral, or perhaps more likely just don't know.

Distribution slightly more +ve than -ve though

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

@billwells_1 @DavidHalpernCEO @timleunig @stianwestlake @tonywilsonIES @KayleyHignell which argues for more test and learn, some proper evaluation etc

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

@billwells_1 @DavidHalpernCEO @timleunig @stianwestlake @tonywilsonIES My memory of 'ONE' was bringing the Employment Service and Benefits Agency together, an experiment pre Jobcentre Plus (where they did). Don't thing the Single Working Age Benefit was part of that.
You should look at @KayleyHignell recent long read though https://t.co/x1WjjEbTGQ

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

Lord Richard Layard kicking off his new book on #Wellbeing - Science and Policy, with the most important message helped by ⁦⁦⁦@davidshrigley⁩ #LSEWellbeingTextBook

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

Key points
23% have some form of financial vulnerability (other definitions are available)
Key groups include
Those renting
Young(ish) adults 25-34
Parents with dependent kids
Annual income of £10-15k
Those with a prepayment meter

All with higher odds of financial vulnerability

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

New analysis on #CostofLiving and #financialvulnerability today @ONS

Looking at:
Being unable to afford a necessary but unexpected expense of £850
Using more credit/borrowing more than normal
Unable to save
Difficulty affording bills

by demographics

https://t.co/wI28ZQET08

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

and a nice graphic showing how exposed different groups are to these four metrics... here again with age...

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

Think it might have been Alan Davies on an ad for Abbey National 20 years ago who said something like
'Life is complicated enough'

True here too - one main reason for being inactive is not enough to consider the myriad of factors that people consider in work, retirement etc

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

This is a great thread.
The LFS chart is 'main' reason for inactivity. (We, @ons and others, should do more to look at combinations)
The Over 50s Lifestyle Survey did this - plus did some qual research - which shows older people 'retired' for combinations of reasons... 1/2

[Xiaowei Xu @xiaoweixu_]

I think this whole argument over retirements v sickness is a distraction. The reasons people give for inactivity change over time - what matters is that they're inactive.

In 2019, the % of women who say they’re inactive because of sickness falls from 15% at age 64 to 5% at 66.🧵

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

It's rarely sickness or caring or change in lifestyle or covid.
It is often a combination of sickness and caring and not wanting the commute anymore and having maybe enough to get by and wanting to spend time with friends/family and...

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

@statsgeekclare I believe it was indeed recorded! @WhatWorksWB should be able to give the details.

Hope you are good?

[Hugh Stickland @HughStick]

Not long to go now - before a fantastic webinar on #wellbeing and #work

Join us on the link below!
https://t.co/N8Aib7EOev

[What Works Centre for Wellbeing @WhatWorksWB]

We analysed 10 years of UK labour market data to explore how wellbeing differs across occupations, sectors and over time.

Today we’re sharing our key findings: https://t.co/imQ85NTvHA

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