Rod Hick

Professor of Social Policy @CardiffUni | Dubliner | poverty, housing, social security, work

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Now available Open Access:

The Cost-of-Living Crisis in the UK and Ireland: on Inflation, Indexation, and One-Off Policy Responses, with @MLGCollins
https://t.co/ZwTGS738UQ

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This is a brief reminder that the Call for Streams for the 24th ESPAnet Annual Conference is now open.

The deadline for submissions is the 16th of January 2026.

More information at: https://t.co/n56KEYuYOr

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Thoughts from me on yesterday's budget statement from Rachel Reeves.

A day to celebrate in terms of tackling child poverty, but how credible is increasing taxation in each year of this decade and beyond?

https://t.co/yyYga2sjvx

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Some reflections from me on today's Autumn Budget statement https://t.co/iDs2gvVpRD

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Some reflections from me on today's Autumn Budget statement https://t.co/iDs2gvVpRD

[Féach News @_FeachNews]

"How many times have you watched the Troy Parrott winner today?"

[Dublin Airport @DublinAirport]

Feck it. Doing it. 🦜

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Remember when the plan was for politics to tread a little lighter in people's lives?

Maybe that was just another idea that was floated and set aside.

https://t.co/yQXcTje2kO

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Reeves is goosed if she announces this (and much else, I guess).

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves will use the Budget to impose a £2k-a-year limit on how much salary can go into a pension before paying National Insurance

The move will raise £2bn and hit salary sacrifice schemes

[@thetimes]

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If he were Ivan Yeats he mightn't be in the mess he's in.

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@nzdiva Ah, yes! Had forgotten that. Despondency averted.

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That might just be the most ridiculous red card I've ever seen in a game of rugby. Shouldn't have even been a yellow. #IREvNZL

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@adefty Sounds great, will look forward to reading those (so that I can skip some of the pile 😂).

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@dublin_damo Highly recommend a trip to Georgia if you haven't been. Suspect you'd love it.

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@silvercue A mix. Bilbao, A Coruña, Vigo, Gijón.

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A few enjoyable days in Northern Spain, amongst other things hunting down bar recommendations from @dublin_damo

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@dublin_damo Yeah, maybe 30 mins of drizzle one day, that's it. We've been very lucky. You're right about A Coruña - a very pleasant spot, you could certainly spend some time there.

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An unexpected haul from a secondhand bookshop in Vigo, Spain. The owner said there were about 100 books in the collection that had been donated, most not yet on display. What a find.

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The photos don't it just justice at all, but La Campana was the pick of the bunch in A Coruña for me.

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@jonfra64 @dublin_damo I also stumbled upon this this week and recognised it instantly.