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The Centre for Social Justice

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An independent think-tank, established to put social justice at the heart of British politics. 👉 MEDIA: media-enquiries@centreforsocialjustice.org.uk

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Smart Thinking @smartthinking.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Last chance to apply!!! The deadline for applications at @csjthinktank.bsky.social is looming for this great role. If you’re skilled at securing new partnerships🤝and drafting compelling fundraising bids✍️, apply here: bit.ly/4h9fTSI
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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💡NEW POST 💡 'Trapped teens: The bedroom generation' "These teens, hidden away in their bedrooms, often tethered to the blue-light of dopamine spiking devices, have been labelled a ‘bedroom generation’." @csjthinktank.bsky.social alexquigley.co.uk/trapped-teen...
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Trapped teens: The bedroom generation
Around one in four 15-year-olds spend 6 hours or more in their bedroom on a typical weekend day. Consider that for a moment. These teens, hidden away in their bedrooms, often tethered to the blue-ligh...
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Smart Thinking @smartthinking.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚩New development role at @csjthinktank.bsky.social! CSJ is looking for a 'Senior Development Manager' to grow their supporter base, build donor relationships + secure new partnerships. Interested? Apply now: bit.ly/4h9fTSI
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Read Andy's full article in @ConHome out today👇 conservativehome.com/2026/09/03/a...
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Andy Cook: Britain’s high streets have been hijacked – here’s how we take them back  | Conservative Home
Ultimately, a firm and fair approach to high street crime is also the most compassionate. Permissiveness simply allows the problem to get worse and traps the young in lives marred by crime. Investment...
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
To restore hope and control to Britain's high streets we must: 🔴 Enforce tough new sanctions for persistent anti-social behaviour 🔴 Set up fast-track courts in areas with the most shoplifting and ASB 🔴 Match enforcement with lower taxes for the high street businesses people actually want.
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Did you know two anti-social behaviour incidents are recorded by the police every single minute❓ The recent violence in Middlesbrough is a sharp reminder of the lawlessness facing Britain's most neglected communities.
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We're calling for a British FBI to enforce much tougher closure orders and clamp down on serious organised crime.🚨 Hijacked High Streets is out now. Read the report below👇 (2/2) www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/hija...
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Hijacked High Streets - The Centre for Social Justice
Britain’s high streets have been hijacked. Crime, disorder, and social breakdown are on the rise, undermining the foundations of stable community life.
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Did you know that 9 in 10 dodgy shops STAY OPEN after illegal tobacco or vapes are seized❓ New CSJ research reveals the growing number of local shops acting as fronts for exploitation, drugs and serious organised crime. And yet, Britain's high streets are becoming consequence-free zones. (1/2)
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Hi Sam, thanks for the comment! Understandably, we could’ve found an image with slightly better steering wheel holding technique… But I can assure you that (worryingly for this driver) this image is AI free.
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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The Beyond Midlife Commission - The Centre for Social Justice
Almost one in five people in England are now aged 65 and over, and nearly two in five are aged 50 and over. Yet too many people in this stage of life face
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
New CSJ polling reveals older workers are the least likely to pull a sickie🛌 One in two under-25s who pulled a sickie admitted it was due to being hungover🍻 Be honest, have you ever pulled a sickie❓
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Ruth Cadbury MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Government should examine the sensible proposals put forward by the Centre for Social Justice to expand testing capacity, including whether properly accredited employers and colleges can play a greater role.
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Ruth Cadbury MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A driver (pardon the pun) behind young people struggling to access work is the long waits for driving tests. Jobs such as social care & the trades require access to a car- especially with the lack of good bus services in many parts of the country. www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/tes...
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Twenty one-week driving test backlog locks NEETs out of a job, new research reveals - The Centre for Social Justice
● One in six job vacancies requires a driving licence, rising to one in three care roles and more than two-thirds of plumbing jobs● Nearly one in five
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Neil O'Brien: It's time to talk about marriage | Conservative Home
For a country worried about child poverty, social mobility, loneliness, declining fertility and the cost of welfare, turning a blind eye to the marriage problem is no longer an option.
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🗣️"The death of 'I dos' has a troubling impact on the next generation." Shadow Minister for Policy Renewal and Development, Neil O'Brien addresses Government plans for a 'marriage-lite' system.💍 And its unintended consequences, revealed by CSJ research. Read the full article below👇
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
With the NEETs crisis now estimated to cost £125 billion a year, our new report, Rewiring Education: A new path from school to work, sets out how. ➡️https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/rewiring-education-from-school-to-work
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Today the PM announced plans for schools to work closer with local employers to tackle the rising NEET crisis. The CSJ has long championed this path. At our event, @andyburnham.bsky.social told the panel that Greater Manchester's employer-led MBacc "could be a template for the rest of the country."
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Lost Boys - From Boy to Man - The Centre for Social Justice
Since first launching out Lost Boys work 18 months ago, the UK has begun a national conversation about the problems facing boys and young men. There have been
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Men who complete the sequence by their mid thirties are almost three times as likely to reporting being in a positive financial position compared to those who hadn’t. Britain’s boys are disillusioned. It’s time to back a positive pathway for boys to become men. Read the full report below👇
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
👴Time to listen to grandad Our new report, Boy to Man, finds one of the strongest routes to financial security for young men is a simple Success Sequence: 📚 Finish school 💼 Get a job 💍 Get married 👶 Have children, if you want them
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🤝A packed room this morning as we tackled one of Britain's most urgent challenges: the one million young NEETs. Alan Milburn, fresh from his landmark review, joined Lord Michael Gove to discuss why getting young people into work must be a national priority.📸 Highlights 👇
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
☀️At our summer party last night, we connected Britain’s best poverty-fighting charities with our CSJ family of politicians, philanthropists and high-profile advocates🤝 Thank you to Lord Seb Coe, our Chair Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP and Vice-Chair Carolyn Harris MP for hosting the evening👏
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Cuckooing: Recognising a Hidden Crime and the Challenge for Scotland - Enlighten
The recent passage of a new criminal offence of cuckooing within the Crime and Policing Act marks a significant milestone after years of sustained advocacy by the Centre for Social Justice and Justice...
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Cuckooing is the exploitation of vulnerable people through the takeover of their homes for criminal purposes🏚️ Its criminalisation this month followed years of campaigning by the CSJ and Justice and Care👏 In Enlighten Scotland, Senior Fellow Kenneth sets out key principles for implementation👇
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Social Mobility Commission @smcommission.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“Society has shifted immensely over 40 years-especially for young men and their families”.🏠 Ed Davies @csjthinktank.bsky.social reflects on how we can better equip the next generation for these complex changes. What is the biggest challenge facing young people today? 👇
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Rewiring Education - The Centre for Social Justice
The Centre for Social Justice is embarking on a major mission to improve technical education across this country.
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Want to achieve NEET Zero? End the A-Levels-University conveyer belt - The Centre for Social Justice
Andrew Ranger, Labour MP for Wrexham, writes for the CSJ about the need for a new technical and vocational education at its heart.
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
A-Levels began this week for 100,000s of students📝 Yet for many, the default pathway to university will not maximise their potential🎓 @andrewranger-mp.bsky.social writes for the CSJ calling for fundamental reform, following the lead of other countries by placing technical education at its🫀 Read👇
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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Daniel Lilley: Striking teachers are the tip of the iceberg of the disorder in England’s schools | Conservative Home
The soaring number of exclusions in our schools reveals an education system that is in disarray. This highlights broader warning signs of an education system that has failed to get back on track even ...
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
📢 CSJ analysis reveals primary school exclusions are at a record high, driven by assaults on adults. To get back on track, we must: 🔴 Tackle the behaviour crisis 🔴 Dedicate more time to sport 🔴 Rebuild the breakdown between teachers and parents Read the article👇 @conservativehome.bsky.social
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Here we go again. Sick of the Westminster psychodrama? We’re focused on learning from the charities getting on with fixing broken Britain. Find out more👇
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
67% of shoplifters go on to reoffend yet just 1 in 5 offences result in a charge. Today, the PM sets out plans to crackdown on the shoplifting epidemic, as new CSJ analysis reveals the scale of career criminality on Britain's high streets. Listen to @MPIainDS on @NickFerrariLBC this morning. 👇
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
‼️NEW DATA: 2/3 of convicted shoplifters reoffend The CSJ can reveal that the average number of offences committed by a shoplifter has nearly DOUBLED in the last 5 years, rising from 5.5 to 9.1 We must address soaring shoplifting levels if we are to repair Britain's broken high streets.
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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Lessons from abroad – Washington D.C., United States of America - The Centre for Social Justice
The Special Relationship isn’t the only romance on the rocks
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
🇺🇸Earlier this year we visited Washington DC, meeting congressmen, think tanks and leaders who told us about a growing concern. That starting a family in the US feels ever more out of reach. Yet policy has simply not caught up.📉The same is true here at home🇬🇧 Read our reflections from the trip below
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Did you know that higher level apprentices earn £12,500 more than many graduates five years on❓ Yet technical pathways remain an afterthought. Tackling poverty starts with education - we need to rewire education and put Britain’s young people back on the right path⚒️
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
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Nikita Malik: More than two million over‑50s are now on benefits – we must not write them off | Conservative Home
If we start viewing midlife as a time of renewed possibility instead of decline, we can redesign work around longer lives, caring responsibilities, and changing health needs.
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
📢More than 2 MILLION over 50s are now on out-of-work benefits. Our Beyond Midlife Commission has identified three main barriers to work: 🔴Rising hiring costs 🔴Growing health challenges 🔴A culture undervaluing experience Read Nikita Malik's full article in Conservative Home below👇
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Double Take: Shoplifting SACKING + are we in DEBT to the DWP? - The Centre for Social Justice
Head of Welfare Ben Gregg and Head of Housing and Communities Josh Nicholson take on two of the biggest stories this week:
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
How does a government lose track of £850m in benefits? And why was a supermarket worker punished for stopping a theft? 🎙️ Double Take - the latest podcast from the CSJ is out now. Two stories. Two researchers. One podcast.🎧 ▶️ Listen at the link here or wherever you get your podcasts.
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Lessons from abroad – Washington D.C., United States of America - The Centre for Social Justice
The Special Relationship isn’t the only romance on the rocks
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
BREAKING: The CSJ has launched a new Global Policy Unit.🌎 Our team will be travelling the globe to uncover the most ambitious policies tackling the root causes of poverty.🔍 Our first trip took us to Washington DC. To tell us more, we go to the CSJ’s resident travel agent, Sophie Ladd.✈️
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
What advice would you give someone over 50 returning to work?🤔 Hear from the Beyond Midlife Commissioners 💬
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Kyle Tormey @ktorm-social1.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Severe absence in schools has hit a record high, with over 176,000 in England last year. Overall and persistent absence is down, but @csjthinktank.bsky.social says the improvements are "low hanging fruit". @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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Severe absence in schools reaches record high
Annual DfE data for pupil absence indicates overall improvement in the attendance rate, but severe absence continues to rise
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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Record numbers missing over half of school, new data reveals - The Centre for Social Justice
Pupils missing more than half of classes hit an annual record high last year, according to new figures from the Department for Education.
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
🚨NEW: Data just released shows that the number of pupils missing more than half of classes hit an annual record high last year. An unprecedented 176,000 kids were severely absent in 2024/25 - 193% higher than pre-pandemic levels. We must urgently tackle the root causes of the absence crisis More👇
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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The ‘Sewell’ Race Report: Five Years On
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The Race Commission 5 years on: what’s its legacy❓ Join us on Tuesday from 6:30pm, with: 🔴Lord Sewell 🔴Lord Glasman 🔴Camilla Tominey 🔴Mercy Muroki 🔴Winston Marshall 🕡Watch LIVE on X, LinkedIn or at the link below👇
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Fill in our national Call for Evidence below⬇️ www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/beyond-midli...
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The Beyond Midlife Commission - The Centre for Social Justice
Almost one in five people in England are now aged 65 and over, and nearly two in five are aged 50 and over. Yet too many people in this stage of life face
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The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The Beyond Midlife Commission's message to over 50s👇 @carolynharris.bsky.social
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