David Leese

[David Leese @davidaleese]

@travelling_wolf @thomasforth ORR station attributes table -

https://t.co/okGMecLY1E

[Tom Williams @tomwfootball]

First PSG, then Chelsea, then Man City. Real Madrid turning new money away from the Champions League like the membership committee at a snooty golf club.

[Katie Schmuecker @KatieSchmuecker]

📢UPDATE
💥More new @jrf_uk analysis💥

If inflation stays as high as 5.1% in April, the gap between benefits rising and the cost of living rising would push c200,000 people deeper into poverty (below 50% median income after housing costs, a common benchmark of deep poverty).

[Katie Schmuecker @KatieSchmuecker]

Inflation has hit 5.1%, leaving low income families facing a worrying winter as the cost of living piles pressure onto already overstretched households. It will lead to deepening poverty. A short 🧵

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[Katie Schmuecker @KatieSchmuecker]

This briefing about £1000 boost is a joke.

a) you have to pay tax and national insurance
b) on UC you also lose 63p in each £1 as benefits reduce as earnings increase
c) assuming it's in line with what @lpcminimumwage is recommending, it would be news if it *wasn't* being done

[Steve Ellerd-Elliott @SeeStats]

Out Today: Ad-hoc release of statistics showing the number of Universal Credit payments being made to eligible claims that had a childcare element, along with the number and proportion of these receiving the maximum amount https://t.co/iY5gfF5zSZ

[Carla Cebula @CarlaOnion]

Come join us in a week for the launch of our Poverty in Scotland report as part of @CPW_Scotland! This year's theme is #NowIsTheTime & I think this year's report really reflects this. Seeya there!

[rachelle_earwaker @r_earwaker]

🏠UK house price and private rent price data out today, & it's a big one. 🏠House prices have seen their biggest annual rise in decades and rents are up everywhere except London. Overall, it's bad news for FTBs and worried renters about to see a fall in income from the UC cut (1)

[Lucy Bannister @LucyJLBannister]

Concern amongst Conservative MPs is growing about the planned £20/week cut to #UniversalCredit this October. Unsurprising, as it will be the biggest overnight cut to the basic rate of social security since the beginning of the welfare state, and impact ~6 million families. THREAD

[Andrew Wenham @AnalysisAndrew]

.@JRF_UK’s latest research shows how the 10.5 million workers that were furloughed, or lost work between April & June 2020 navigated the labour market after this shock. Concerningly, 48% of people made workless remained out of work for the rest of 2020 🧵 https://t.co/AMrsN3RSrk

[Helen Barnard @Helen_Barnard]

Quick thread on Universal Credit cut, why it’s such a bad idea & government arguments don’t make sense. Vlog below with short version ⬇️
1. Nonsense to say cut is about prioritising jobs. Majority hit are in working families. UC is designed to make sure work always pays. 1/8

[David Leese @davidaleese]

ICYMI - Report from @TheIFS. Policy is powerful, but certain groups (self-employed, ethnic minorities and young adults) have been badly impacted by the pandemic. 👇

[Institute for Fiscal Studies @TheIFS]

📺NEW: Today we launch our annual Living Standards, Inequality and Poverty in the UK report, funded by @jrf_uk.

In a year of unprecedented economic disruption and loss of national income, what’s happened?

Full report here and thread [1/8] ⬇️
https://t.co/k9y9InRLGS

[Patrick Butler @patrickjbutler]

My @Guardian story: Record numbers of struggling UK families had benefits capped during lockdown this year https://t.co/oJzMikY9i7 #UKPoverty

[The Guardian Long Read @gdnlongread]

The bells v the boutique hotel: the battle to save Britain’s oldest factory, by @hettieveronica https://t.co/hlzVIycblP

[Helen Barnard @Helen_Barnard]

Guys: myth busting doesn't work. It actively makes the myth stronger. If you repeat the thing you're trying to combat it just strengthens it. No one remembers the 'bust'. Well-intentioned people arguing for lots of good causes really really need to let go of myth-busting.

[Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf_uk]

We are thrilled to hear of the high court bid to end discrimination against #LegacyBenefit claimants. There is no justification for excluding this group, the majority of whom are disabled, from the £20 increase to #UniversalCredit. https://t.co/yaiPdQpTzN #IncreaseLegacyBenefits

[Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf_uk]

Today JRF Trustees and @theJRHT Board have issued a statement of apology in response to evidence linking our endowment with the Rowntree Company’s deeply disturbing practices overseas during the 19th and 20th centuries: https://t.co/VOQwIAlmcE

[David Leese @davidaleese]

Today's HBAI release shows that child poverty in the UK unacceptably increased in the 5 years leading up to the pandemic.

Using local estimates, this 👌 map from @samdbennett gives an indication of how this has played out across the country 👇👇👇

[Sam Bennett @samdbennett]

The most recent data shows a continuation of some of the trends we have seen over the past 5 years, with the largest rises in poverty generally occurring in places that already had the highest rates of child poverty. /5

[Dave Innes @dminnes]

Because @mike_hawking got me reading the levelling up formula doc on my Thursday night too, here are 3 more concerns with the metrics used:

[Carla Cebula @CarlaOnion]

Our polling findings...People in Scotland think tackling poverty is a key priority for the next Scottish Government & a majority of adults in Scotland believe poverty could be significantly reduced, but only with changes to our current public services & economy.