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oxfamscotland.bsky.social @oxfamscotland.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

A political candidate might knock on your door soon. Don’t waste the moment. Here's what to ask them 🔽

Carla Cebula @carlaonion.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Today’s new and improved poverty statistics may have been revised down due to better benefit data, but it shows that over one if five children in Scotland are growing up in poverty. Better data gives a clearer picture, but this better data shows that poverty in Scotland remains unacceptably high.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Poverty is deepening. 🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning. People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people. This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.

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Carla Cebula @carlaonion.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Scotland Demands Better was the breath of solidarity and joy that was needed this weekend! Great to be there with my @jrf-uk.bsky.social colleagues, the End Poverty Scotland Group and our family and friends. Let's keep up the momentum!

A lady standing and a man in a power wheelchair pointing at a large poster saying Scotland demands better. The sky is blue and the sun is shining.

A group of people of all ages holding placards that say "lack of action = more poverty" and "you're not listening, listen to the people"

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People marching through a city with placards and banners. The sky is blue and the sun is shining.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

📅 Happening tomorrow! Colleagues @cdbirt.bsky.social @carlaonion.bsky.social @anniemckenzie.bsky.social will join thousands to march across Edinburgh as part of the #ScotlandDemandsBetter rally. A life free from poverty is possible - and change happens when people stand together and demand it. 👇

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Around 1 in 4 children in Scotland are living in poverty. Poverty remains far too high, and people are feeling overlooked and ignored by politicians. The next Scottish Parliament is an opportunity to build a better future for all children in Scotland. 🔽 1/4

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

On 6 Oct, we'll be launching our Poverty in Scotland report ⚙️ Building a Scotland where all children have the chance to flourish is an investment both in our children and our futures Join us for the latest data and our hopes for the next Scottish Parliament: events.zoom.us/ev/Amsdg9QQK...

Poverty in Scotland 2025 event on Monday 6th October between 10am and 12pm on zoom or 10am and 2pm at St Paul's and St George's Church, Edinburgh.

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Chris Birt @cdbirt.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

🚨STOP THE BUS🚨 We have a new vacancy in JRF's Scotland Team. We're looking for a Senior Policy Adviser to join our brilliant team here. Passionately believe we can deliver a better Scotland free from poverty? Then it could be 🫵 Details 👇🕑 10/8. www.jrf.org.uk/careers

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Careers

Do you want to help build a fairer future, free from poverty? Join us and use your skills to make a real difference.

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Shaymaa Abulebda, an influential writer & scholar from Gaza, should soon be starting a PhD at the University of Edinburgh [part of which is an internship at Comma]. Instead she lives in a tent in al-Mawasi displacement camp in the ruins of southern Gaza. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The Prime Minister told senior MPs today he wants to reduce child poverty this parliament The most cost effective way to do that is to end the two child limit and take action on the benefit cap - actions that also target help to families in deep poverty. Read more ⬇️ www.jrf.org.uk/child-povert...

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Three policies to reduce child poverty this parliament

This briefing sets out which children are at greatest risk of such severe and acute poverty, and what a child poverty strategy must include to address it.

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Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Actually around 50,000 people will be pulled into poverty by remaining cuts in Bill - based on Govt’s impact assessments. @jrf-uk.bsky.social previously showed how DWP sleight of hand underplayed true poverty impact – same applies to this latest publication. 🧵1/3 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Welfare bill will now lift 50,000 out of poverty after U-turns, assessment finds

Revised bill passed after UK government rowed back on cuts will mean fewer rather than more people in relative poverty in 2030

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Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Govt admits remaining cuts will pull at least 150,000 people into poverty by 2029. But its new impact assessment is again misleading – it could be more like 250,000. (Same reason as why Govt’s previous poverty assessment understated the impact – see: bsky.app/profile/iain...) 2/7

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Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Today Govt confirmed changes it will make to planned cuts to disability benefits. But Govt will still ask MPs to vote for large, arbitrary cuts to disabled people’s incomes that will increase poverty. The Bill should be opposed. Here’s why. 1/7

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The Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org · 19/06/2025

Better homes. Better services. A thriving natural environment. Join the march for all of us. Edinburgh - 25 Oct. #WeDemandBetter scotland-demands-better.com

A cartoon showing tenement flats with solar panels on the roofs. Scotland Demands Better. The march for all of us. Edinburgh 25 October 2025. scotland-demands-better.com

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I want to see non-disabled people shouting about the disability benefit cuts. If you spoke out about trans rights, abortion rights, or migrant rights in recent weeks? Good on you! If you aren’t doing the same for disabled people, ask yourself why.

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Save the Children Scotland @savechildrensco.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

📢 Join our team! ⭐️ We're looking for an Impact & Learning Manager to help us better understand, evaluate, and amplify the impact of our work in Scotland. 📅 Closing date: 17 June Full details ⬇️ jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/jobs/vacancy...

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

240,000 children are in poverty in Scotland. Every one of them is a reason for all political parties to deliver a better Scotland. 📝 We have published a toolkit to ensure that each party's manifestos is up to the task of meeting the child poverty reduction targets: www.jrf.org.uk/child-povert....

"Whoever forms the next Scottish Government has the chance to change what it means to grow up in Scotland. To do so, they must meet the Parliament's child poverty targets." - Chris Birt, Associate Director for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

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Carla Cebula @carlaonion.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

All political parties agreed to the Scottish Child Poverty Reduction targets in 2017. 240,000 children in Scotland are in poverty. @jrf-uk.bsky.social have launched a toolkit to ensure that the manifestos of these political parties will meet these targets by the end of the next parliament.

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 31/05/2025

The UK is among the worst nations in Europe for child poverty. In the UK, 11% of 15-year-olds reported they had skipped a meal in 2022 because there wasn't enough money to buy food. In the Netherlands and Finland, this number was 3%.

Chart showing that in 2018, the UK was among the worst in Europe for child poverty rates, second only the Greece.

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The government says its cuts to disability benefits are part of a “moral mission” to get more people working. But analysis shows fewer than 100,00 are expected to start work by the end of the parliament. Meanwhile around 3m will have disability & health related benefits cut. 1/4

Clip from the times Monday 19 May with headline “fewer than 100,000 will find work through Labour jobs scheme”

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Work Foundation @workfoundation.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Comment from our Principal Analyst @rebeccaflorisson.bsky.social on zero-hour contract data from the ONS ⬇️ “Today’s data indicates a marked increase in the use of zero-hour contracts in the last year. There are now 1.17 million zero-hour contract workers, the second highest level on record. (1/7)

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Peter Matejic @statspeter.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

My reaction on behalf of @jrf-uk.bsky.social, on today's labour market statistics and the Government's plans to cut disability benefits. The threat of widespread hardship among disabled people, unable to replace the incomes they lose out on through work, is even starker.

Quote card saying "Disabled people who are able to work already find it much more difficult to find suitable work that accommodates their needs. Today’s falling number of vacancies is just another complicating factor that exposes the need to rethink the government’s fundamentally unworkable plans to cut disability benefits.

The Government's increase in employment support is expected to help, at most, 95,000 disabled people into work covering just 3% of people at risk of having their disability benefits cut. This employment support is desperately needed to remove the barriers disabled people face as are reforms to boost the quality of jobs through the Employment Rights Bill. But even the best support is undermined by the harsh extent of impending cuts.

The threat of widespread hardship among disabled people, unable to replace the incomes they lose out on through work, is even starker."

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Whilst grown adults in Reform come after Send pupils as “victims”, here’s 16 year old Niamdh Braid winning her right to a British Sign Language interpreter at school. Guess who the real losers are? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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‘The only thing we can’t do is hear’: the deaf pupil who beat Fife council in court

Niamdh Braid, 16, demanded her right to full education – and now hopes her success will inspire more deaf children to aim high

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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

As immigration dominates the headlines today, including disturbing comments made by those in political positions, such as the suggestion that people seeking safety ‘should be put in tents’… We have one message and one message only:

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Carla Cebula @carlaonion.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Around 80,000 children - the equivalent of all children 16 and under in Edinburgh - are living in very deep poverty. The next Scottish Government needs to radically change the game if they are to reach the 2030 child poverty reduction targets.

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Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

🧵 Exciting news – we’re now seeking expressions of interest for the Devolved Conversations part of our Safety Nets project!

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

We're hiring a Policy Adviser! You'll work across policy areas (work, care, housing and more) to generate ideas that address the challenges underpinning poverty in the UK. 📍 Hybrid (York/London) Salary: £37,546.60 (+ LDN weighting) 9 Months FTC Find out more and apply now: bit.ly/4jdaWGn

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Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Can anyone recommend any good articles by social policy scholars/sociologists/social researchers about the term 'hard working families' & how it is mobilised by the state, politicians and advocacy groups?

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Since the latest announcement of cuts to health related benefits: 📢 60% of the public think the Government is going in the wrong direction to tackle the cost of living crisis and hardship. This includes 41% of those who backed Labour in July. Find out more 🔽

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Peter Matejic @statspeter.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Our complaint re the growth in health benefits has been upheld: osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/corresponden...: "The statement that the number of people claiming disability elements of Universal Credit has increased by 383% presents an entirely misleading picture to the public."

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Rob Kent-Smith to Peter Schofield: Increase in the number of people on Universal Credit

Dear Sir Peter We have received a number of complaints relating to a press release published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on 13 March entitled ‘Almost two million people on Universal...

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Fraser of Allander Institute @fraserofallander.org · 27/03/2025

The Scottish Child Payment (SCP) is the Scottish Government’s flagship policy for reducing child poverty. But how do we know if it’s working? Learn more about the data used to produce income and poverty statistics for Scotland in our latest blog post: buff.ly/98ctQ2y

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Duncan U Fisher @duncfsh.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

New article, co-authored with Donald Simpson, about entrenched gendered and classed pathways into paid adult social care and childcare work in north-east England bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

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Carla Cebula @carlaonion.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Today’s poverty statistics show that the Scottish Government has failed to meet the interim child poverty reduction targets. 240,000 children is Scotland remain in poverty (AHC). To have met the targets a further 40,000 children would need to have been lifted out of poverty.

Line chart showing the trend in relative child poverty (AHC) and the child poverty reduction targets. It shows one-year estimates with large confidence intervals. The rate in 2023/24 is 22% and the interim target (also 2023/24) is 18%. In 2030/31 the final target is 10%.

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

If your own impact assessment tells you that your measures will push children into poverty, surely it’s time to go back to the drawing board and think again

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Chris Birt @cdbirt.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Confirmation of chunky cuts to SG and NI Executive budgets because of PIP cuts. Big choices for those Ministers as to whether to copy the cruel choices of UKG.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The Chancellor said today that she would not do anything to put household finances in danger Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢 Their assessment also found... 1/3

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Maudie Johnson-Hunter @maudiejh.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

OBR's measure of living standards, RHDI, is up by £500 - largely due to stronger wage growth, including planning reforms which boost incomes. BUT when you dig into it, 3/4 of the extra income from housing services is 'imputed rents' (what families would receive if they rented out their home). 1/3

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Sheena McMullen @sheenamcmullen.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Approx 29,000 children experiencing poverty currently in NI are in households where either a parent or child have a disability, legitimately limiting work as a route out of poverty for their household. PIP = lifeline for many in times of high costs & limited support services

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Maudie Johnson-Hunter @maudiejh.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Living standards are forecast to have already peaked this parliament, with Keir Starmer on track to preside over the worst parliament in modern history for living standards. New JRF analysis on living standards ahead of the Spring Statement ⬇️ 1/🧵

Line graph showing real disposable incomes for the average family feel during the cost of living crisis, before some recovery to 2025. From then, incomes are forecast to fall across the rest of the decade.

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Peter Matejic @statspeter.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

In terms of PIP cuts, I have been thinking about the basic maths of needing a 4 within a score of 8 for standard daily living PIP component. Given there is only one 3pt score, those newly missing out will have difficulties in at least 4 areas.

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Maudie Johnson-Hunter @maudiejh.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

With the Chancellor expected to miss her fiscal rules next week, there are always choices on how to respond. Cutting disability benefits by £5b and further squeezing public services, already facing £8b in cuts to unprotected departments, are the wrong choices. 1/3

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UK government borrowing overshoots expectations

Official figures will add to pressure on chancellor as she prepares for Spring Statement next week

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Funded PhD @uofgussp.bsky.social with Professor Sharon Wright, Professor Charlotte Pearson (and me!) - Exploring the Lived Experience of Benefit Reform and the Costs of Disability. Deadline 10 April - please get in touch if you want to discuss this opportunity www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/...

Picture of University of Glasgow and text that says 'ESRC-funded Supervisor led Studentship: Disabled People's Lived Experience of Benefit Reform and the Costs of Disability' First Supervisor Professor Sharon Wright Second Supervisor Professor Charlotte Pearson. Application deadline: 10 April 5pm BST. A link to apply is included.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall's speech today laid out plans to cut disability and sickness benefits by billions. ❌ No truly moral choice would leave disabled people without support designed to allow them to lead a dignified life, or facing hardship. 1/4

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I know coverage of disability benefits can be very distressing. So, I’ve worked with colleagues to make a range of support visible on The Guardian’s site. If you click on a relevant news story, you’ll see a “drop box” of signposted mental health help as well as benefits advice.

Mental health support
• Mind runs a support line on 0300 102 1234 as a safe and confidential place to talk openly. It also has an information line, on 0300 123 3393, for details of where to get help near you. And its welfare benefits line – 0300 222 5782 – supports anyone with mental health problems who is navigating the benefits system.
• Samaritans is there to talk to you for free 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call them on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org.
• The disability charity Scope has a forum where you can chat in a supportive atmosphere to people going through the same experiences.
• NHS England has an online mental health triage service.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

🚨 The rumoured cuts to disability and long-term sickness benefits are unprecedented. If the total £6 billion cuts go ahead it would be the *biggest* cut to disability benefits since at least 2010 when the OBR was created. 🧵 [1/5]

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Duncan U Fisher @duncfsh.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

New open access article, written with colleague Liam Foster, about organising and union activity in the context of adult social care work in England www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc... @centreforcare.bsky.social

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Frontiers | Paid care worker organizing in England: priorities and progress?

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Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

This is good from Andy Burnham - calling not for benefits cuts that will drive more people into poverty, but instead for integrated place-based services that recognise the complexities of people's lives and provide whole-person support. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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Jobcentres should be Live Well centres — this is what that means

Our outdated state is collapsing, but unified local services can get the UK buzzing again

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

In 2016 Iain Duncan Smith resigned over proposed cuts to Personal Independence Payments (PIP). If the Government does cut PIP by c£5bn (as reported in media) that’s a cut 3x the size (in todays money) of the one Iain Duncan Smith resigned over (which didn’t, in the end, go ahead). #JustSaying

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Slashing benefits to meet an arbitrary fiscal target would be unethical, short sighted and illogical. ❌ 2 in 5 people receiving disability benefits already experience hardship. This means they are either unable to afford enough food, heat their home or pay household bills. 1/3

A quote card with an image of JRF chief executive Paul Kissack saying "2 in 5 working-age families receiving disability benefits already experience hardship – cutting benefits will only serve to deepen this. It is no answer to the nation’s health or employment prospects and an unethical and short-sighted approach."

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