Want to know what goes into calculating the Living Wage rates? Listen to the man behind the calculations. @NyeCominetti from @ResFoundation talks about how they work out what a minimally acceptable standard of living is in this clip from Wagestream's Invisible Workers podcast 👇

Working life is plagued by insecurity for many people. 6.8 million workers, more than 1 in 5 of everyone in employment, are in insecure work. IPPR has written a blog on why the new government has a mandate to make work pay: ippr.org/articles/make-…

What has happened to regional economic equality in the UK over the past few decades? Some key points from our recent report⬇️ Read the full analysis: resolutionfoundation.org/publications/u…

Permanent job opportunity for a Research Fellow University of Hertfordshire. Candidates with PhD in Social Sciences (incl. political econ, econ. geography, social econ. social policy, heterodox econ.) are welcome to apply. Apply at jobs.herts.ac.uk/go/061337 PLEASE SHARE WITH POTENTIAL CANDIDATES

Our August issue is now live! Read articles on therapy dogs, worker-led dissent, and caring in the gig economy now below. journals.sagepub.com/toc/WES/38/4

I'm excited to join this team and this brilliant project! If you know women under 30 working in the fields of Health & Social Care, in Fashion & Beauty, or in Education & Youth Work: please put me in touch with them. I'm looking forward to these interviews

Max Weber Fellowships #ECPRMemberJobs 🌟 Unique, highly sought-after postdoctoral programme ✅ Receive training and support in all aspects of an academic career 🇮🇹 European University Institute ⌛ Friday 18 October ow.ly/BMWZ50SSVLO

Are you a PhD student looking to step into the world of policy-making? Apply for the PSA & House of Commons internship and gain invaluable experience in Westminster. Deadline: 29 September 2024 More info: psa.ac.uk/HoC-Internship…

We are still inviting applications from overseas researchers in the social sciences and humanities for the Visiting Fellowships 2025. Awards of up to £40,000 in value are available for international and collaborative research projects. Find out more: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/visiti…

JOB - Professorship of Politics at the University of Cambridge Application deadline: 15th of September jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47365/

For those interested in my new book, 'Enduring Austerity: The Uneven Geographies of the Post-Welfare State', there is a 50% discount available with the code BUP50. Offer is valid until the 15th September 2024 #Austerity #WelfareState #NewBook #PreOrder bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/enduring-auste…

Enforcement is a pillar of the new government's immigration policy,but who suffers from the fallout of regulatory action? In the case of a recent sponsor licence revocation about 100 workers were left in limbo for months. Many are now in debt & unemployed thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-0…

🚨 New research shows what the public think different households need to have a decent standard of living. Too many people can’t reach this standard. Explore the latest findings from the Minimum Income Standard. (1/5)

Excellent summary of our research out today. Huge thanks to Matt Padley and AbDavis@crsp for leading this work CRSP. Join our webinar on Thursday to hear more from them and me. See jrf.org.uk/events/minimum… for details.

Right now, absolute and relative poverty are both heading in the wrong direction 📈 If the economic forecasts and policies inherited by the new Gov remained unchanged, 1.5 million more people, including 400,000 children, would be in relative poverty by the end of the Parliament

Registration for our Online Event Series is still open! Join us in our discussion of Meaningful Work in the Digital Economy, starting this Wednesday. Details and registration can be found below: britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…

My The Guardian story: UK’s poorest households face another winter of hardship, charities warn, as The Trussell Trust research shows two-thirds of working families on universal credit are struggling to afford food and energy theguardian.com/society/articl…

Record high rates of economic inactivity due to disability & health have led to calls for increased requirements to seek work But my new NEF paper argues that DWP could do much more to engage people with support on a voluntary basis, with better results neweconomics.org/2024/08/better…

"We can’t fix our benefits safety net overnight, but let’s commit to putting them up, not down, year by year." New BLOG out today from Donald Hirsch Read it here: financialfairness.org.uk/en-gb/what-we-… #SocialSecurity #CostOfLivingCrisis

📢 Job vacancy closing this week! The vacancy for our next full-time Senior Policy Data Analyst closes this Sunday. Find out more and apply online: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…