As the old saying Twitter saying goes, ‘some personal news’🚨
After an amazing year and a bit with the fab @reformthinktank team, I’ll be saying goodbye tomorrow 😭
From March, I’ll be at @hmtreasury looking at all things health (but mostly) social care spending!
The pledge to build more hospitals may be election-friendly, but investing in GP practices is key to delivering better care in the community.
Fantastic new @reformthinktank report from @claumartinezv 👏
Must read report out from @jrf_uk today on nature of poverty in the UK.
Over the last 5 years, poverty rates have risen for children.
38% of disabled working-age adults are in poverty.
Working single parents have seen the fastest rise in poverty.
https://t.co/l5IuBGOqJ5
High-quality education is key to ensuring young people have the opportunity to achieve their potential.
The Govt should:
💸Target spending at schools in most need
👨🏫Focus on retaining teachers
🎓Introduce contextualised admissions
More #ReformPfG👉 https://t.co/dS33KBBFCz
More money for schools is welcome, but it should be targeted at schools in financial difficulty.
@reformthinktank research has shown 28% of LA secondary schools are in red - but 36% have excessive surpluses.
https://t.co/82VnzFZZVi
"These plans will not force universities to publish in depth analysis of how widening participation budgets are spent, making detailed evaluation of value for money impossible.”
@ImogenFarhan in @FT@AJack 👇
https://t.co/Ohhjzi4qKQ
Good news! But some still struggle to access the jobs market, and not everyone in work has opportunities to increase their earnings or progress in their career.
Some ideas on how to create a more inclusive labour market from our latest #reformerthoughts: https://t.co/FqVLj604yl
76.3% of people aged 16 to 64 were in paid work in September to November 2019.
This is a record high; 0.5 percentage points higher than the previous quarter and 0.6 percentage points higher than a year earlier https://t.co/4gkLqto8Xa
Fascinating (but pretty miserable) report today from the @SMCommission on public attitudes to social mobility.
People feel it's getting harder to move up in British society.
Only 31% of people living in the NE think there are good opportunities to progress in their region.
NEW REPORT ALERT 🗣️
We are pleased to announce the release of our Social Mobility Barometer report which focuses on the public attitudes to social mobility in the UK
Read the full report here: https://t.co/sSqAK98PmE
Fantastic @reformthinktank report out today from @Aidan_S_T on why longer prison sentences *won't* make our streets safer, and where money should be invested instead. Have a read! https://t.co/5C5AXJXUkt
"Critics argued the data revealed insufficient progress in promoting social mobility"
@ImogenFarhan in @AJack 's coverage of yesterdays @ukhesa Higher Education data.
https://t.co/xfRGSdLDAh
"Just 12% of students came from came from low participation neighbourhoods in 2018-19 - the same proportion as in 2014-15,"
@ImogenFarhan on today's 'dire' @ukhesa higher education stats.
https://t.co/VQVlxGaN8f
“Urgent reform is required, which mandates universities to publish how they spend their widening participation budgets and commitment to admissions which consider a student’s background.”
@ImogenFarhan 👇
https://t.co/F2ZxCnyItT
Great to be quoted by @nicolawoolcock@thetimes on @ukhesa stats out today.
To improve access to university, we need contextual admissions and more transparency about what universities are spending their money on 👇
Pretty depressing stats out today on uni participation in disadvantaged areas.
Lots of money being spent, but what's it actually achieving? Great to have @ImogenFarhan quoted in @thetimes 👇
https://t.co/ZdVqVE6cEL
Gov wants 'the doors to our universities to be wide open' but new @ukhesa stats show many are still shut out.
12% of students came from low participation neighbourhoods in 18/19 – no change for 5 years.
A few @reformthinktank ideas on what to change 👉https://t.co/hWD3KgBqJ9
New @reformthinktank paper out today showing councils and NHS leaving millions of Section 106 money unspent
Excellent work by @claumartinezv & Lily - great to see it covered in @Independent 👏https://t.co/RnHLmcZdbo
"Right to Buy may seem like a quick political win, but this reckless short-termism will not help solve the housing crisis."
@ImogenFarhan writing in @SectorFocus on why Right to Buy is fundamentally unfair.
Read it below 👇
https://t.co/ib6yQd98KD