Hugo Dale-Rivas @Hugodh
researcher in social policy now working on welfare (previously called Hugo Dale-Harris) Joined November 2009-
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The UK used to build millions of social homes, but stopped – instead, we spent decades getting rid of them. The inequality and poverty created by that decision means we're all living worse lives, but at least it shifted billions to landlords.
IMPORTANT PLS SHARE. It's rumoured the English £9,250 tuition fee cap may be raised this pm for the 1st time in 8yrs, as University's finances are strained. As student finance misunderstandings abound, I've bashed out a few notes to help... 1. Higher tuition fees WON'T change…
Sure Start achieved its aims, then we threw it away ifs.org.uk/articles/sure-… via @TheIFS
Vaccines account for 40% of the decline in infant mortality over the last 50 years. Infant mortality rates have plummeted over the last 50 years. Globally, they’ve fallen by over two-thirds, from around 10% in 1974 to less than 3% today. A recent study — published in The Lancet…
Electric car now cheaper than petrol: Vauxhall e-Corsa vs Corsa. Same deposit, lower monthly payment. If you have off road parking, it will have much lower running costs as well - a steal for the right buyer.
Campaigners have set out their demands to improve living and working conditions at HMP #Wandsworth, which they described as 'miserable and filthy'. Full story via @myldn: mylondon.news/news/south-lon… #Tooting
Schwa xkcd.com/2907
🚨BREAKING🚨 UK emissions in 2023 fell to lowest since 1879, new @CarbonBrief reveals 💷Emissions now 53% below 1990, as GDP up 82% ❤️🔥Drop in 2023 largely unrelated to policy ⛰️Coal now lowest since 1730s (!) 🚗Transport is largest sector, then buildings ⚡️Power now likely…
🧵Citizens assemblies are back in the news. Can see people kicking off about them.. again so here goes: 1. Having worked with CAs for years can attest they are a good thing as they help break democratic logjams - issues where everyone knows change needs to happen but 1/6
A thread on how I accidentally blundered into an invisible campaign to censor the internet, and remove inconvenient news stories from Google...
Navalny. So many thoughts have been expressed in the time that it has taken me to collect my own, that I'm not sure what this is worth. By the key words are Navalny's own: не сдавайтесь. Don't surrender. /1
Important paper showing the gains to mothers and society from WFH. A 10% increase in WFH is shown to increase mothers employment by 1%. This is particularly true in professions which are more family unfriendly, like finance and marketing. Two implications: 1) WFH is driving…
Very interesting piece on how to be an effective Minister: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/…
Newsnight cuts: Craig Oliver (Sunday Times) is "shocked" that it takes 57 dedicated staff to make Newsnight. In a unionised workplace, where management cannot take liberties, or rely on interns, here's what that might look like - from memory when I left the staff and budget were…
Shows that the current system of deciding who has special educational needs is broken.
Shows that the current system of deciding who has special educational needs is broken.

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