*Paid research opportunity* for #unpaidcarers in the UK! I'm so thrilled to announce that I'm running a research study for Joseph Rowntree Foundation: if you're a carer, I need you! Info here: open.substack.com/pub/emilykenwa…

📢 #GeneralElection will be on July 4th We live in a country where almost four million people have experienced destitution in a single year, a million of them children. We need to hear plans to urgently tackle this hardship from every political party. #GE2024

Got experience of claiming social security? Interested to help contribute to the first major study of devolution & social security in the UK? Check out (and please do share) this new opportunity, part of our Nuffield Foundation funded study.

🗣️ Britain’s public services are staggering under the weight of hardship as primary schools and primary healthcare divert their resources to the needs of those struggling to afford the essentials Our report shows the impact of hardship on primary schools and primary healthcare🧵

Many would say there has not been enough debate in this election about how to reduce poverty. This report by Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows why even when it comes to GPs and primary schools being able to provide the services we think we deserve, reducing poverty is a priority. It is a powerful

New IFS sums today on the two child limit are broadly in line with ours from earlier this year ifs.org.uk/news/without-r… And this was a very telling chart from our work - larger families are more deprived not just on statistical measures of poverty but on real outcomes too.

New polling for NEF shows the public hugely overestimate the value of unemployment benefits compared to a full-time National Living Wage salary The average estimate for what the basic rate of Universal Credit is as a % of a NLW salary was 48% - in reality it's just 23%... 🧵

There is a lot of discussion about how the two-child limit in the benefit system is driving up hardship. Yesterday, we had new stats on another ‘reform’ that breaks the link between benefits and essential needs - the benefit cap, currently affecting almost 80,000 families. 1/6

We’ve done the maths, Universal Credit doesn’t add up! ❌ At £91 a week, the basic rate of Universal Credit isn't enough to cover the cost of the essentials. And you can see for yourself. Add up your weekly essentials in our shopping basket 👉 bit.ly/3VOLRcc

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Two thirds of all constituencies have at least a quarter of children living in poverty Because of things like income, housing and being able to afford the essentials, where you’re born can cut your life short by up to 16 years 🗣️ Let’s #MakeHealthEqual: healthequals.org.uk

🚨New analysis 🚨 Ahead of our Joseph Rowntree Foundation pre-election cost of living tracker out tomorrow, our new analysis shows that low-income Black households (49%) were more than twice as likely to be declined credit as White households (22%) in the year to May 2024 Big thread below🧵1/x

1 million children experiencing destitution each year is not something we should accept in Britain in 2024. Thank you to the over 200 organisations joining Joseph Rowntree Foundation and The Trussell Trust today calling on the next Government to develop an urgent plan to address hardship.

One big challenge for Liz Kendall & new Department for Work and Pensions team: culture change. We need better policy + to shift Jobcentre from: - Compliance culture & reliance on sanctions to drive engagement To - Focus on job matching, support, genuine help with barriers & work with employers.

Did you know? Universal Credit doesn't 'math up'! It doesn't cover the costs of the things we need to survive. And this is pushing people to food banks. But we CAN change this - with an Essentials Guarantee which would ensure Universal Credit covers the cost of the essentials.

Things will only get worse: our report as new stats show the two-child limit affects 1 IN 9 children. Read the devastating consequences of this policy: cpag.org.uk/news/things-wi…

🚨New NEF research out today on benefits conditionality: 🫵strict & prescriptive conditionality is pushing people into poor quality work or away from support altogether 📋the public is open to a more flexible & supportive approach that prioritises engagement Find out more👇🧵

Record numbers of people being long-term unemployed due to disabilities & poor health has led to calls to apply stricter conditions on benefits But my new NEF paper argues that DWP could be doing much more to foster voluntary engagement with support...🧵 neweconomics.org/2024/08/better…