David Collings

Research Centre Manager, @PFRC_uk. Interests: #poverty #financialwellbeing #financialexclusion @GeogBristol @BristolUni 🏳️‍🌈

[Alasdair Rae @undertheraedar]

An updated version of my deprivation by constituency chart, for the 2024 UK general election

Previous versions and more info: https://t.co/ATBBgNkIuP

[David Collings @PFRC_DavidC]

.@SharonBCollard kicking off a session on education, employment and inequalities with a talk about using our @finan_fairness tracker to explore inequalities in financial wellbeing in the UK #BPI2024 @bristolpoverty

[Disability Rights UK @DisRightsUK]

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

The UK Government will be facing the UN on March the 18th, to give evidence on their violation of human rights of Disabled people under the UN charter. Finally, scrutiny on the global stage - DR UK will be out there reporting live

https://t.co/fv6EaFkUZR

[David Collings @PFRC_DavidC]

@MikeBrewerEcon I used to work for a financial services org that offered parents term-time only processing roles (we'd get student temps in to cover those roles during the longer school hols), so perhaps that?

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

By our best estimates, Birmingham in 1938 had just about the strongest economy in Europe. Tied with Berlin and Paris, only behind London. In 1950, Berlin was in ruins and divided, so Birmingham was behind only Paris and London -- capitals of Europe's winners and their empires.

[Mubin Haq @Mubin_Haq]

Our biggest companies have failed to share pay more fairly during the cost of living crisis - new pay ratios analysis from @HighPayCentre @finan_fairness

https://t.co/AGYFGrVYZn

[Rod Hick @RodHick]

📢New paper, with @MLGCollins

The Cost-of-Living Crisis in the UK and Ireland: on Inflation, Indexation, and One-Off Policy Responses

https://t.co/2JdRerv2oV

[David Collings @PFRC_DavidC]

@SharonBCollard The job is made v easy when you work with such an amazing team. Okay I'm bailing before this gets too gushy.

[David Collings @PFRC_DavidC]

@PFRC_Jamie @PFRC_uk @SharonBCollard @PFRC_Sara @martin_coppack @martin_coppack really puts the 'can' into Vulcan

[Personal Finance Research Centre @PFRC_uk]

📅Our 2023 round-up, including:

A message from our Research Co-Directors, @SharonBCollard and @PFRC_Sara; a summary of our research this year; and our November conference celebrating 25 years of PFRC🎉!

https://t.co/Rj2eHLQuW7

[Personal Finance Research Centre @PFRC_uk]

“While there are indicators that the average household is coming to terms with the higher costs they face, the reality for those at the bottom end of the income distribution is that things are getting worse, not better." - @SharonBCollard

[David Collings @PFRC_DavidC]

And lots of interesting stuff on the new Ethnic Group Deprivation Index (EGDI) measure in the original paper

[David Collings @PFRC_DavidC]

1.3m people in England living in hidden hardship, and potentially missing out on help because their poverty is masked by better off neighbours. Ethnic minorities most likely to be caught in small areas of intense deprivation not shown by existing measures (used to target funding)

[The Geographical Journal @geogjournal]

🚨The GJ in the news!🚨

New research published by @lloydcd et al. has been covered by @guardian:

'More than a million living in pockets of hidden poverty in England, says study'

Read the original paper here: https://t.co/8r9SmfAJjG

https://t.co/fxEkEXWkN6

[David Collings @PFRC_DavidC]

These findings are from the latest wave of the abrdn @finan_fairness tracker. The latest report is available via our Linktree: https://t.co/s8sSmbDZEp

Report by @PFRC_Jamie, @KatieCross93 and @SharonBCollard

[David Collings @PFRC_DavidC]

6% of all households were behind with electricity and 5% with gas/other energy bills in Oct. Bur rates were *double* for disabled households (13% electricity; 11% gas/other). Disabled households were also more likely to be using a PPM (28% compared with 18% of all households).

[Personal Finance Research Centre @PFRC_uk]

The latest @finan_fairness tracker shows an increase in households facing real hardship; 9% of all h/holds used a foodbank in the past 6 months (up from 6% in Oct 22), rising to 20% among those receiving disability-related benefits (up from 12% in Oct 22): https://t.co/aGTuAEmx8o

[David Collings @PFRC_DavidC]

The @PFRC_uk account has been released from Twitter/X jail following a week of confusion about PFRC potentially being underage, despite us celebrating our 25th anniversary this year, and the people administering the account (i.e. me) being considerably older than that.

[Fair Banking for All @FBfACampaign]

Families in serious financial difficulty are increasingly taking on debt to pay for essentials, according to new research from @finan_fairness and @BristolUni.

@PFRC_DavidC @PFRC_Jamie @KatieCross93 @SharonBCollard

https://t.co/OSxjctQBtp

[David Collings @PFRC_DavidC]

Our latest Financial Fairness Tracker report by @PFRC_Jamie, @KatieCross93 and @SharonBCollard gives insight into the nation’s finances as we head into winter: https://t.co/s8sSmbDZEp (currently the top link)

[David Collings @PFRC_DavidC]

You can read more on our website via our Linktree: https://t.co/s8sSmbDZEp (currently the top link)

[David Collings @PFRC_DavidC]

Yesterday PFRC and @StepChange published research from @SharonBCollard and @PFRC_Jamie presenting new evidence about debt advice referrals, which aims to stimulate discussion about how to ensure referrals work well for debt advice clients across a complex ecosystem.