Tom Pollard @PollardTom
Head of Social Policy @NEF | Previous work on mental health, poverty & social security | NHS Mental Health Social Worker | Views expressed here my own London Joined June 2011-
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The words of advice at the end of this brilliant @Voa1234 response to Rishi Sunak's 'sick note culture' speech should be a guiding mantra for benefits policy: "Let's wind our necks in, understand how people actually live, and give people actual support"
Looked like a busy shift in the crisis team today, but it turns out you can get through it all much quicker if you just tell people that the government says mental health has "gone too far" & that they need to stop "over-medicalising the everyday challenges & worries of life"
Good to talk with @johnharris1969 & @HannahEDeakin on this week's @GdnPolitics podcast about the government attack on 'sicknote culture' We discussed the policies & politics, but also Hannah's lived experience & my perspective from NHS mental health work theguardian.com/politics/audio…
Really recommend the latest @NEF podcast, taking a deep dive into the history, narratives & politics that underpin how the benefits system (mis)treats disabled people - expertly guided by @BendyGirl, Mikey Erhardt of @DisRightsUK & presenter @AyeishaTS neweconomics.org/2024/04/new-ec…
🤝On Saturday, tenants, health workers and community organisations came together for the Harrow Healthy Homes Assembly, an uplifting meeting about the housing crisis and how we can fight back. 📽️We started by screening @NEF's 'Mould Is Political' neweconomics.org/2024/03/mould-…
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Looked like a busy shift in the crisis team today, but it turns out you can get through it all much quicker if you just tell people that the government says mental health has "gone too far" & that they need to stop "over-medicalising the everyday challenges & worries of life"
Great @BigIssue article by @Sumi_RabindraK: PM's disability speech last week was "heavy on rhetoric, light on credible solutions [to] help people excluded from work or address unacceptably high numbers of disabled & sick people facing hunger and hardship." bigissue.com/opinion/dwp-di…
@PollardTom @johnharris1969 @HannahEDeakin @GdnPolitics Great stuff Tom!
A pleasure to speak with @johnharris1969 & @PollardTom on the @GdnPolitics podcast. We discuss the government's latest attack on disabled people, PIP, the 'sicknote culture' and more. theguardian.com/politics/audio…
🧵When Sunak delivered his ‘welfare’ set piece last week, he spoke as if the UK has one social security system, centrally controlled by Westminster, but this has not been the case for some time. york.ac.uk/news-and-event…
@PollardTom @johnharris1969 @HannahEDeakin @GdnPolitics Powerful and insightful stuff as ever my friend.
Useful new Resolution Foundation report confirms that employers use zero hours contracts to cut costs and avoid obligations to their workers- long past time for legislation to end this approach.
Voters are twice as likely to trust local politicians to improve their areas than national politicians. This is according to new polling and report by Reclaiming Our Regional Economies (RORE), a programme developed by @NEF, @CLESthinkdo, @CooperativesUK and @thriving_places 1/4
"A system that is very punitive, that is very conditional, and that for most people on benefits is completely inadequate." NEF's @PollardTom on this week's @GdnPolitics podcast with @johnharris1969 discusses the government attack on 'sicknote culture'.
The discussion of welfare reform in the second half of this podcast was excellent and infuriating in equal measure. Particularly agreed with the point about the irreversible damage it may have already done to the progress made in treating mental health with parity of esteem.
Good to talk with @johnharris1969 & @HannahEDeakin on this week's @GdnPolitics podcast about the government attack on 'sicknote culture' We discussed the policies & politics, but also Hannah's lived experience & my perspective from NHS mental health work theguardian.com/politics/audio…
New @jrf_uk report out today that looks to deepen the understanding of the relationship between early years childcare, work and incomes in Scotland. The case for change is clear... jrf.org.uk/child-poverty/…
For those interested in podcasts Politics Weekly UK devotes the second half of their show to 'sicknote culture wars' with @HannahEDeakin and @PollardTom. It doesn't mention the UN report but it does discuss Sunak's 'moral mission' last week. theguardian.com/politics/audio…
@johnharris1969 @HannahEDeakin @PollardTom Bloody hell, Tom's been busy lately! The New Economics podcast also discusses disabled people and the benefits system this week and is very good. Actually, thinking about it I'm feeling quite light-headed knowing there are two podcasts discussing disabled people in the same week!
To do our bit for the kind of political journalism that involves the gap between speeches/posturing & real lives, half of tomorrow's Politics Weekly UK goes deep into the govt's latest attack on disabled people, with @HannahEDeakin & @PollardTom. Up at 5am!
Support is much better than sanctions at helping people into work.. But the current set up of Job centres don't centre getting people jobs, & Work Coaches are all about applying conditionality not coaching people towards & into work... (Top thread of the evidence @PollardTom)
People wanted to have a plan of support that they felt they had an equal stake in producing & owning, with actions for them & the Work Coach. Their experience of the current Claimant Commitment was that it was standardised, imposed & put all the responsibility on them 5/12
@PollardTom @NewStatesman @Anoosh_C @NEF @PollardTom An interesting article and I would be keen to see @NEF research as it develops - including public views on conditionality. I have worked on the policy and research side with single parents since 2009 and seen the steady rise of work conditionality. @SglParentRights
“Harsh and prescriptive conditionality at best pushes people into low-paid & insecure work, meaning they’re likely to continue to need support." Good piece from @Anoosh_C on worklessness & the harsh conditionality of our social security system newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…
@billwells_1 @PollardTom @NewStatesman @Anoosh_C @NEF @Salientwork Agree, though the reputation of Jobcentres was going this way in 1997. The subsequent culture change exercise turned the corner to what you describe.
“People want support that recognises their experiences, skills & ambitions, but felt that harsh & prescriptive conditionality, played out through the relationship with the Work Coach, was pushing them to take any job going, regardless of how good a fit it was for them”
This @NewStatesman piece by @Anoosh_C covers work @NEF is undertaking to explore alternative approaches to harsh & prescriptive benefits conditionality Here's what we've found so far & why this issue is critical for any government serious about improving employment outcomes...🧵
Agree with pretty much all of this thread! Looking forward to seeing the outputs @PollardTom
This @NewStatesman piece by @Anoosh_C covers work @NEF is undertaking to explore alternative approaches to harsh & prescriptive benefits conditionality Here's what we've found so far & why this issue is critical for any government serious about improving employment outcomes...🧵
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