Journal of Social Security Law @JSocialSecurity
The JSSL provides expert coverage & analysis of developments in #SocialSecurity law/policy/practice, covering welfare benefits in the UK & internationally. sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/jssl/index.aspx Joined January 2020-
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🔎 Stigma makes poverty socially acceptable ⛔ It constitutes a major barrier to achieving economic justice for everyone and economic security for those who need it most Find out more in this report co-authored by Imogen Tyler jrf.org.uk/stigma-power-a… @lancsuni @ProfImogenTyler
Important new @WorkFoundation/@PentlandCentre report out today, exploring employer responses to the #CostofLivingCrisis: particularly interesting findings around a ‘say, do’ gap regarding employee wellbeing. Thread below and full report at lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundatio…
Important new @WorkFoundation/@PentlandCentre report out today, exploring employer responses to the #CostofLivingCrisis: particularly interesting findings around a ‘say, do’ gap regarding employee wellbeing. Thread below and full report at lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundatio…
Is Universal Credit a #tradeunion issue? Our amazing @mmu_decentwork doctoral student @SharleneFarrug2 is looking for trade union staff/community members @TUCnews, @UsdawUnion, @unitetheunion, @unisontheunion, @pcs_union to take part in important doctoral research. More info 👇
In this week's #Frontiers, Naomi Creutzfeldt @NCreutzfeldt @KentLawSchool reviews Townend @JTownend and Welsh's @LucyCWelsh new book, Observing Justice: Digital Transparency, Openness and Accountability in Criminal Courts (BUP, 2023) @BrisUniPress frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/digital-open-j…
“The poorest fifth of the population are now much poorer [in the UK] than most of the poorest countries in central and eastern Europe,” says @MyStephanomics. “They would be better off in quite poor countries in the European Union.”
Thousands of carers in Scotland to get new benefit "Carer Support Payment is not only providing financial support to students who couldn’t get it before, but it’s allowing carers to study full-time who never thought this would be possible." #UnpaidCarers ekklesia.co.uk/2024/05/07/tho…
🚨New article with @MarionSandner just published in HRLR. We argue that solidarity is a precondition for ESCR. Their progressive realisation requires not only the fulfilment of states' legal obligations, but also individual and collective contributions for the common good.
Our new WorkWell service will help thousands of people with health conditions get back to enjoying the benefits of work.
A useful blog highlighting the possible financial implications for Scotland if the UK Govt reform PIP ⤵️
Last call for lunchtime event @RobertsonTrust w/ @ClydesdAileen Suzanne Fitzpatrick @ISPHERE_HWU Maggie Brunjes @homelessnetscot Join us online at 12:15, marking 25 years of Scottish devolution through the lens of poverty and trauma. We start with Ending Homelessness👇
Last call for lunchtime event @RobertsonTrust w/ @ClydesdAileen Suzanne Fitzpatrick @ISPHERE_HWU Maggie Brunjes @homelessnetscot Join us online at 12:15, marking 25 years of Scottish devolution through the lens of poverty and trauma. We start with Ending Homelessness👇
"What I want to do is get in there early, bringing together healthcare support but also work coach support so that we can keep people in work as part of their recovery" Work and Pensions Secretary @MelJStride on @SkyNews today discussing the Government's £64m WorkWell programme
Commission Calls for Socio-Economic Status as Ground of Discrimination in Equality Acts @aheadireland @ATDIreland @EAPNIreland @flacireland @ILMIreland @INOUIreland ihrec.ie/commission-cal…
Our latest video looks at how the government is considering changes to the disability benefit PIP. Produced by Mary Fuller and Michael Cox.
Why are Australia's unemployment payments so inadequate? Experts say they have been deteriorating for decades - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2024-05-0…
While flexible contracts work for some employees, they can create precarity for others. Among hourly-paid employees with no fixed weekly hours, more than 7-in-10 do not choose their own working patterns. Get RF analysis here ⤵️ resolutionfoundation.org/publications/f…
This morning Conservative MP and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride said that GPs will no longer determine whether a patient gets a sick note, and that WorkWell will make the assessment. Who is WorkWell? After a quick search online: ➡️ WorkWell is a series of…
Susanna Reid, "Do you genuinely believe there are lots of people getting fake sickies from doctors?" Mel Stride, "Instead of someone going to a GP and being signed off in 94% of cases.. A referral to a private service" Susanna Reid then gives the example of the lady on GMB…
Ed Balls, "DWP data shows children living in absolute poverty is at the highest it has been for 30 years" Mel Stride, "We have fewer people in absolute poverty" Ed Balls, "Financial Reports DWP pension figures: fastest rise in UK poverty in 30 years.. 25% of children in…
Labour to target job centres and PIP assessments to get disabled people into work. The notion that ‘every aspect of the support for disabled people’ must ‘help people get into work’ is wrong and disappointing. Benefits exists to allow disabled people to live independently.
@BendyGirl I’m old enough to remember when the Government were justifying the abolition of DLA & the change to #PIP on the grounds that it would be far better for people with mental health issues…
Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick @C_Fitz_
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Hayley Bennett @HAYLESBEN
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Prof Charlotte O'Brie.. @CR_OBrien
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Prof Gráinne McKeeve.. @McKeeverGrainne
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Katy Jones @Dr_KatyJones
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Neil (He/ Him, Sé/ �.. @NeiloMcD
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Dr Rachel Broady @drrachelbroady
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Northern Ireland Anti.. @NIAntiPov
674 Followers 267 Following NIAPN strengthens the collective voice of those working to end poverty by raising awareness and supporting campaigns led by people with lived experience
Josh Halliday @JoshHalliday
54K Followers 9K Following North of England editor, @guardian. @LUFC fan from Bradford, @sunderlanduni alumni. Ambassador, @HDYOFeed. Joint Orwell prize nominee 2020. DMs open
End Child Poverty @EndChildPoverty
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Dann Kenningham (Irel.. @DannKenningham
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Academics Stand Again.. @Academics_Stand
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Naomi Creutzfeldt @NCreutzfeldt
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Juliet-Nil Uraz @JulietUraz
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Lydia Hayes @DrLJBHayes
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David Lessard-Gauvin @DLG1984
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160 Followers 1K Following Paediatrician. MPH student. Chair and trustee @ https://t.co/NlqOAVOVux. Chair @SACCH_Scotland Interests; Children's rights, policy, youth work, literacy
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Kafui Tsekpo @OtisKafui
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All-Island Social Sec.. @aissn_blog
48 Followers 35 Following AISSN is a group of researchers, policy experts and practitioners from the North and South of Ireland and from other UK Nations on social security matters.
Andrew Lane @AndyLane07
3K Followers 3K Following #SocialHousing & #PublicLaw barrister, @ManUtd fan & author of ‘Cornerstone on Social Housing Fraud’ @CSHousingFraud...all views my own
katakana @katakan17771369
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Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick @C_Fitz_
11K Followers 4K Following Researching the social security system + socio-economic rights. Lecturer @UlsterUniSchLaw @TJI_. @WIPlive alum. *Rights rather than charity* Views all my own.
Child Poverty Action .. @CPAGUK
41K Followers 2K Following Child Poverty Action Group is the leading charity campaigning for an end to child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low-income families.
Hayley Bennett @HAYLESBEN
4K Followers 4K Following Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Edinburgh Social security, (un)employment, poverty, policy-making Former @WWScot Views own,RTs not endorsements
Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy
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Helen Barnard @Helen_Barnard
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Prof Charlotte O'Brie.. @CR_OBrien
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes
93K Followers 1K Following Professor of Economics, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply.
Prof Gráinne McKeeve.. @McKeeverGrainne
3K Followers 3K Following Law Professor @UlsterUniSchLaw, Joint Editor of @JSocialSecurity Law, Vice-Chair of @The_SSAC. Tweeting also @UlsterLawClinic. Views here are my own.
Katy Jones @Dr_KatyJones
2K Followers 2K Following Reader (Assoc. Prof) in Employment & Head of @mmu_decentwork Expert in employment policy & skills. Lead @UC_Employers. Co-lead @SpaEmploySocSec @mcrmetropolis
Frances Ryan @DrFrancesRyan
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Law Centre NI @LawCentreNI
6K Followers 2K Following Using law for social change. RT not an endorsement. We cannot offer advice over social media. If you need help, please contact our advice line on 028 9024 4401.
Tom Royston @tdroyston
2K Followers 856 Following Social security law and its neighbours. Barrister @gcnchambers
Sam Freedman @Samfr
145K Followers 1K Following Writes the UK's most popular politics Substack (https://t.co/bcjXR0ncfL). New book - "Failed State" - out 29th August https://t.co/uPuWlb39R3.
NIRWN @nirwnnews
5K Followers 4K Following Working towards an equitable society where rural women are visible, influential and valued #feminist #community #equality #rural #intersectional
All things Universal .. @allthings_UC
2K Followers 268 Following Just a random person tweeting about all things Universal Credit. Calling out the misinformation, scaremongering and clickbait.
Declan Gaffney @djmgaffneyw4
5K Followers 769 Following Research, analysis & grey-skies thinking on labour markets, social security, public finance and equality. X-ile. See pinned tweet for Bsky & Mstdn addresses.
Thomas de la Mare @thebrieftweet
4K Followers 403 Following Brief tweeter. No promises to be briefed
Nearly Legal @nearlylegal
31K Followers 2K Following Solicitor. Done housing law since 2006. The Guardian says top 5 for squalor. Legal Aid Housing Lawyer of 2018. ‘Not an academic authority’ - Judge Carr.
Tom Pollard @PollardTom
9K Followers 3K Following Head of Social Policy @NEF | Previous work on mental health, poverty & social security | NHS Mental Health Social Worker | Views expressed here my own
jun pang @hyjpang_
4K Followers 4K Following previously @libertyhq / trustee @jcwi_uk / she/her / views are my own etc
Mapineq @mapineq
320 Followers 251 Following Mapping inequalities through the life course – coordinated by @INVEST_Flagship at @UniTurku and funded by @HorizonEU
Williamrt @Williamrt
4K Followers 2K Following Investigations Editor | Computer Weekly | [email protected] | DMs open | Signal 07931494048
The Robertson Trust @RobertsonTrust
12K Followers 813 Following We fund, support and champion those seeking solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland.
Sławomir Kalinowski @Skalinskalin
20K Followers 4K Following prywatnie, obserwator codzienności prof. Instytutu, ekonomista #SmartVillages #RuralDevelopment #SocialInequality #RuralStudies #Poverty #wieś #ubóstwo
Ed Kirton-Darling @ek.. @EdKirtonDarling
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Johnny Timpson @johnnytimpson1
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Marina Kousta @KoustaMarina
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Age NI Policy & Engag.. @agenipolicy
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Dann Kenningham (UK) @Dannkenn
484 Followers 1K Following Works @ATDFourthWorld National Coordination UK Anti-poverty campaigner, musician. loves: starwars, family, beer, beauty, nature & art These views are my own
Amir Paz-Fuchs @AmirPazFuchs
611 Followers 472 Following Professor of Law and Social Justice, Uni of Sussex; Head, Sussex Law School; waiting for a kinder, more rational world. Still waiting.
Dr Rachel Broady @drrachelbroady
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Josh Halliday @JoshHalliday
54K Followers 9K Following North of England editor, @guardian. @LUFC fan from Bradford, @sunderlanduni alumni. Ambassador, @HDYOFeed. Joint Orwell prize nominee 2020. DMs open
Dann Kenningham (Irel.. @DannKenningham
522 Followers 2K Following Works @ATDireland National Coordination Team Anti-poverty campaigner, musician. loves: starwars, family, beer, beauty, nature & art These views are my own
Academics Stand Again.. @Academics_Stand
388 Followers 1K Following Charity seeking to utilise academic research and discourse to help eradicate poverty and inequality in the UK/UK chapter of @academicsstand/[email protected]
Christian Günther @ChristianGnthr
978 Followers 784 Following PhD candidate | Focus on Health law, Bioethics and AI
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Gillian Hadfield @ghadfield
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Juliet-Nil Uraz @JulietUraz
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Lydia Hayes @DrLJBHayes
2K Followers 2K Following Professor of Labour Rights, Liverpool University. Research on minimum wage, equal pay, devolution and labour standards, esp. in care work, trade unions
Daksha Piparia @dakshapip
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Alison McLuckie @McluckieAlison
160 Followers 1K Following Paediatrician. MPH student. Chair and trustee @ https://t.co/NlqOAVOVux. Chair @SACCH_Scotland Interests; Children's rights, policy, youth work, literacy
David Lessard-Gauvin @DLG1984
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48 Followers 35 Following AISSN is a group of researchers, policy experts and practitioners from the North and South of Ireland and from other UK Nations on social security matters.
Benjamin Brundu-Gonza.. @BenjaminBrunduG
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Xi Zhang @xz2196
130 Followers 966 Following J.S.D. Candidate | NYU School of Law | Legal, Moral, Political Philosophy @NYULAW @JSDNYU
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403 Followers 4K Following Asst. Prof of Law, Bennett University; Academician; Constitutional Law & Human Rights; MPhil&PhD from CSLG, JNU; LLM from RMLNLU; Listener of all kinds of music
Andrew Lane @AndyLane07
3K Followers 3K Following #SocialHousing & #PublicLaw barrister, @ManUtd fan & author of ‘Cornerstone on Social Housing Fraud’ @CSHousingFraud...all views my own
Adam Harkens @AdamHarkens
747 Followers 2K Following Lecturer in Public Law @lawstrath | Algorithmic decision-making by the state: esp. policing/crim. just. | Formerly @bhamlaw & PhD grad @qubschooloflaw
APLE Collective @ApleCollective
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Scottish Poverty & In.. @GCU_SPIRU
722 Followers 608 Following We are an interdisciplinary research group working to investigate and develop effective responses to poverty and inequality in Scotland and beyond.
Colm Gildernew @GildernewColm
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Johnny Runge @JohnnyRunge
1K Followers 3K Following Senior Research Fellow @policyatkings. Research Associate @ESCoEorg. Research & evaluation, e.g. on employment, education, public understanding of economy.
Alice Martin @AlicePMartin
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Martin Canavan 🧡 @mrtncnvn
916 Followers 2K Following Head of Policy & Participation @AberlourCCT. Trustee @Together_sacr. Travels. Books. History geek. Husband. Daddy. Fighting to #EndChildPoverty. Views own.
Heather Arnold (she/h.. @HCArnold
351 Followers 1K Following Senior Campaigner for @savechildrenuk. Based in Cardiff and do campaign/organising work? Join the club: https://t.co/eJsqJlTO7N 💭 Views my own.
Tom Barker @tombarker321
227 Followers 529 Following
Bill irvine @BillIrvine17
2K Followers 2K Following Ex Government Advisor on Housing Benefit; NRLA’s Universal Credit Consultant, Mediator & Trainer; First & Upper-tier Tribunal Rep; Council Tax advisor/rep.
Daphne Hall @karaokedaf
194 Followers 205 Following Passions are - in no particular order - welfare rights, dancing, karaoke, swimming, running and hot yoga
Tom Clark @prospect_clark
24K Followers 4K Following Contributing Editor, @prospect_uk. Stints: @jrf_uk; @resfoundation; @guardian; @theIFS. BROKE out now: https://t.co/jWSHf4QucE"You soak up the stigma, the negativity & stereotypes & all things people say about us … this becomes your inner monologue" Powerful new @jrf_uk report by @SarahJCampbll & @ProfImogenTyler on the stigma that runs through people's experiences of poverty jrf.org.uk/stigma-power-a…
We are thrilled to introduce the speakers for our upcoming Carers and Employment Conference! Professor Wendy Loretto from @uoebusiness will be joining our 3rd panel and Q&A session. Find out more and book your tickets here: bit.ly/CarersandEmplo…
A difficult article to write - based on my current AHRC research project: “No more silly stuff?” Domestic Abuse, Poverty, and Family Life workingclassmemoirs.com/2024/05/08/no-…
Unpaid care is at the heart of women's economic inequality. There are >5million unpaid carers in this country- most of them women. *Without unpaid care the economy could not function*. Yet it is continuously overlooked in the Treasury’s spreadsheets @WomensBudgetGrp
'These carers are basically keeping the country going, it can be quite a lonely and dark place at times' Lindsey Burrow, whose husband Rob is living with MND, told #BBCBreakfast about her plans for a book highlighting the role of unpaid carers called 'Take Care: A Memoir of…
You know what’s not rare in universities? The nurses, teachers and social workers that graduate. The artists and the actors and the dancers. The engineers, the computer scientists, the historians. The students transforming the lives of their families. And the academics and…
The new administrative earnings threshold (AET) #DWP
DWP to introduce major #UniversalCredit change on May 13th. For 180,000 working claimants earning below £892 per month it means they'll have to work more hours in order to receive full benefits or risk losing support and being treated as unemployed. uk.news.yahoo.com/dwp-introduce-…
Hugely encouraging to hear Scotland's next FM @JohnSwinney make eradicating child poverty his big policy idea: his 'principle policy interest'. We look forward to working with him to achieve that goal. With political will there is no question that we can #EndChildPoverty
'These carers are basically keeping the country going, it can be quite a lonely and dark place at times' Lindsey Burrow, whose husband Rob is living with MND, told #BBCBreakfast about her plans for a book highlighting the role of unpaid carers called 'Take Care: A Memoir of…
🚨Registration is OPEN for the 2024 Social Policy Association Conference🚨 #SPAconf2024 Read more below about conference themes and keynotes. We also offer special PG/ECR events and a ceilidh social & dinner! ⬇️ social-policy.org.uk/what-we-do/con…
Really interesting panel on food insecurity organised by @ippouk with Phillippa McKeown @ConsumerCouncil and others. Write up and link to watch back 👇👇niapn.org/rethinking-foo…
My take on indexation is at theconversation.com/jobseekers-get…
Our social media resources for Funeral Support Payment have been updated to include translated posts. If you support people to arrange a funeral then you can find materials in multiple languages to spread the word about the payment. Access resources 🔽 bit.ly/FSPTranslatedS…
A pair of great reviews in @lawsocgazette of @DoughtyStreet's Shu Shin Luh's and @gardencourtlaw's @connordjohnston's Migrant Support Handbook, published by @LegalActionGrp: lawgazette.co.uk/reviews/migran….
Govt accused of neglecting women rough sleepers - the first national census of women found there are 43% more women living on the streets in England than the official data suggests. “You have to be visible to get the help but invisible to keep safe”. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
Is Europe's social mobility at risk of stagnation? Join our 2nd seminar with experts @JoBlanden, @lindsey_mac, #Rebecca_Ryan, @ElinaKilpi, #M_Jäntti, & @JaniErola to explore trends, causes, effects, and policy pathways. 📅 June 18th, 2024 Register now: survey.demogr.mpg.de/index.php/8946…
Westminster based anti-poverty charity @Z2K_trust is running a peer researcher project aimed at helping the council provide better help for people in temporary accommodation: onlondon.co.uk/z2k-helping-we…. With support from @trustforlondon. #London #homelessness
I came across a presentation today discussing the DWP bank snooping powers and how the law is being 'future-proofed' so it can be extended to other areas like the NHS app. The whole presentation is 15 minutes so I've made a clip.
Investigating Officer required with the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman Salary: £34,524 - £35,712 per annum Apply here.. nijobfinder.co.uk/jobs/company/n…
Urging @moneillsf & @little_pengelly to prioritise #AntiPovertyStrategy along with executive colleagues @gordonlyons1 @RobinSwann_MLA @naomi_long @paulgivan @JohnODowdSF @conormurphysf @AndrewMuirNI @CArchibald_SF @aislingreillysf @PamCameronDUP Poverty in a political choice
Sadly more and more people are being driven to use food banks for the first time in NI. Along with Inspire & colleagues across the sector we have launched #CostofLiving24 a one-stop community resource for information/support. Visit communitywellbeing.info/cost-of-living or call 0808 189 0036.
Bloody foreign students coming here to contribute to society and share in excellent education and subsidise our Higher education sector
At last. Britain’s record-high legal immigration numbers are falling. Student visas in first 3 months of 2024 half the number from last year. But still too many
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