Sam Tims @Sam_Tims
Senior economist at @nef researching and tweeting on social security, tax, the cost of living and occasionally more. Previously @policy_practice. Haringey Joined January 2013-
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Really good thread on changes to Universal Credit and particularly conditionality that could benefit claimants as well as the State.
Really good thread on changes to Universal Credit and particularly conditionality that could benefit claimants as well as the State.
Yesterday's poverty statistics were bad but not surprising Govt attempts to alleviate poverty have fallen short, held back by punitive and unwise policies Inevitably areas that have more children impacted by the two-child limit have experienced larger increases in child poverty
Yesterday's poverty statistics were bad but not surprising Govt attempts to alleviate poverty have fallen short, held back by punitive and unwise policies Inevitably areas that have more children impacted by the two-child limit have experienced larger increases in child poverty https://t.co/ws4XSzYpFu
New data from the DWP shows that almost half of children in larger families are living in poverty We've lost so much progress on child poverty as a result of insecure work, cuts to social security (including the two-child limit), and a failure to provide safe, affordable housing
The move to UC looks set to save ~£2.6bn per year (in-work UC spend) The NAO say that so far, rather than migrating onto UC, ~20% of the tax credit caseload are seeing their support end, much higher than the 3% DWP initially assumed.
Changes to Child Benefit are welcome, but the wrong priority The Chancellor should instead be scrapping the Two-Child Limit to support families hit hardest by the cost of living and lift 490,000 children out of poverty #Budget2024
Increasing the repayment length on budgeting advances is welcome - it impacts more households on UC than any other type of deduction But it's only so widely used because UC fails to cover the cost of essentials. This policy needs to go hand in hand with increased adequacy
Richest households will benefit 12 times more than poorest from national insurance cut, says thinktank – UK politics live great headline for @UKLabour theguardian.com/politics/live/…
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As you’ll see, I opted for jokes this week. I’ve had this column eight years and the Tories insist on doing the same awful things over and over again. Eventually, the only thing to do is make a few jokes rather than cry. Take care every single one of you.
Tomorrow we begin recording our in-depth, original podcast series into Britain’s housing crisis, building on our 3 year investigation. Social housing conditions to the private rental crisis to a rise in homelessness. How we got here, where we go now. Can’t wait for you to hear it
The first of our lectures on Labour in power, Clare Griffiths on 1945 on 15 May.
Facing the future? Socialism, modernity, and planning a New Britain under Attlee. Professor Clare Griffiths, @cardiffuni 15 May 2024, 6pm-7:30pm, King’s College London, Strand Building, S-2.18 Lucas Theatre, tickettailor.com/events/test490…
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.
Been a bit nervous to post about my writing on here, but an early piece from a play I'm writing is being read on Saturday as part of my involvement with @Kala_Sangam @Freedom_Studios Writers Studio Group. I'd love to see some friendly faces, so grab a ticket and come along! 1/2
🎭Writers Studio Group: Readings🎭 Final chance to some and see some of the brilliant new writing talent from Bradford this Sat @Kala_Sangam🙌 Hope to see some of you there!❤️ More Info👇 freedomstudios.co.uk/production/wri…
If anyone in politics wants a fitting memorial to Frank, rather than just pious words, it would be the abolition of the two-child limit, the topic of his very last report. He wrote: “No Government should be willing to accept” it and its consequences. committees.parliament.uk/committee/164/…
My latest article shows that the Universal Credit conditionality regime harms mothers' employment prospects and caring responsibilities regardless of social class, but sometimes the negative effects are exacerbated for working class mothers cambridge.org/core/journals/…
New @D_Blanchflower paper contains cross-country data for mental ill-health by variable. UK ranks bottom overall. UK ranks bottom on *every* component. public.flourish.studio/visualisation/… h/t @TorstenBell
This is insane shit. "Access to treatment". What? People with debilitating health conditions should already be getting access to NHS treatment, and if not, that'll be because of long waiting lists, which twiddling with PIP rules doesn't solve. Sunak is an absolute clowndork.
The PM is now pushing ahead with a consultation on Personal Independence Payments that was almost published previously (but was considered too controversial). It has some pretty radical ideas including replacing cash payments with access to treatment 1/
Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at “Downing” (@DarwinCollege) Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that you’re not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on the @spectator libido section.
@NeilCouling @billwells_1 @PaulBivand @tonywilsonIES @RaoulRuparel @DWP Neil, without taking a view on substance (which I genuinely don't have) isn't it profoundly shocking if you/DWP can't tell us with a simple graph/statistic whether the increase in numbers on health-related out-of-work benefits is driven by increased inflows, durations or both?
Everything about this is disappointing - not to even mention the stealing of artistic labour and replacing it with mindless (de)generative "music" - but to speak to the economic impact on musicians who rely on making smaller tunes or jingles for adverts or gig-jobs.
Introducing Udio, an app for music creation and sharing that allows you to generate amazing music in your favorite styles with intuitive and powerful text-prompting. 1/11
While inflation has come down to 3.2%, private rents definitely have not. @jrf_uk analysis this morning shows that across GB, rents increased by an average of £104 a month (9.1%) over the last year, & in London by £207 per month (11.2%). The cost of living crisis is not over.
Potentially our best report title ever:
NEW REPORT | L.A. Evidential: Improving evidence use in local economic policy making Our new report from @__robjohnson__ with support from @whatworksgrowth sets out the three pillars of evidence-based policy-making...incentives, resources and capacity. Find out more below🧵👇
Truly awful jobs data today. Employment, economic inactivity as bad as depths of pandemic. The data is VERY volatile so don't read too much into short-term changes, but trend is clearly poor. And I think it shows it's the labour market holding back growth - not other way round...
🚨New blog out! Nightly paid temporary accommodation spend has doubled for nearly a third of councils, I outline in my new analysis @NEF Find out how we tackle this below 👇 neweconomics.org/2024/04/cost-o…
As my 17-year-old would say, this is ass. I’m currently at the bottom of the garden in the twilight, watching him make dinner through the kitchen window. He was 6 when he was diagnosed with an aggressive leukaemia. We owe literally everything to the NHS.
I’m really feeling the loss of Newsnight. Leaves a huge gap in the TV schedules for reports that go into more depth than a news segment, without the long lead time and investment required for a full Panorama-style investigation.
🚨personal news🚨I’ll be leaving the BBC at the end of May. Newsnight in its current format will end then, so most posts will go. I decided not to apply for other BBC jobs. Working there for 35 yrs has been life defining: an eyewitness to history collaborating with such brilliant…
'Wilson was the great hope of British social democracy, and his failure was its failure ... it was under Wilson that Labour last wished to undertake a programme of national renewal while in office.' My weekend essay for the @NewStatesman newstatesman.com/the-weekend-es…
Worrying stats here about claimants becoming subject to conditionality or even losing eligibility in migration from legacy benefits onto UC by @Sam_Tims, esp. as migration is still ongoing with an additional 400k planned for April-September 2024.
This impacts those on UC and those migrating from legacy benefits 1/2 million families (99% on tax credits) have been asked to move onto UC and will experience a more intense form of conditionality But so far 1/5 closed migration claims have resulted in support ending entirely
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