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Dr Dave Beck

@drdavebeck.bsky.social
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Sociologist & Lecturer of Social Policy (uni of Salford) Food poverty, food banks, social security, and UBI. Socialist and Republic of Cymru. linktr.ee/thatsociologist

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Because a bunch of anti genocide campaigners have a propensity towards violence? share.google/o6Fn6PakIVg9...
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Police issue statement on protest march planned in Llandudno this weekend
Palestine Solidarity Cymru is planning the march to coincide with the Plaid Cymru conference in the seaside town
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I'm pleased to share our latest publication in Frontiers in Nutrition: Reimagining food security through income security: the potential role of universal basic income in the UK Read it here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut... #FoodInsecurity #UBI #SocialPolicy #FoodPoverty
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Frontiers | Reimagining food security through income security: the potential role of universal basic income in the UK
Food insecurity is increasing across the United Kingdom, driven by rising living costs, welfare retrenchment, and increasingly insecure incomes. Current poli...
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
As we are witnessing the impending coronation of the next PM, here I ask - it's Burnham a populist, drawing on northernism. drdavebeck.substack.com/p/from-manch... open.substack.com/pub/drdavebe...
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From Manchesterism to the Nation
The King of the North, the South, and everything in-between (Part 3 of 4)
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Last week I wrote of the forthcoming 'coronation' of the next PM. This week I ask questions and ask you to think about this as a form of populism 👇 #AndyBurnham as a New form of Populism? open.substack.com/pub/drdavebe...
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Burnham as a New form of Populism?
The (undemocratic) Coronation of a new Populist (Part 2 of 4)
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It's difficult here in the UK to do this.
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Cheers John!
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
As a member of #GenerationRent I've finally done the (almost) impossible. I've bought a bloody house!
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I’ve spoken with Andy Burnham as part of my work with the UBILab Network and our vision for a Basic Income trial in Greater Manchester. But, as he now stands unposed in his leadership bid, is this more of a coronation, and less of an election open.substack.com/pub/drdavebe...
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A Coronation for the King (of the North)
Andy Burnham to stand as unopposed Labour Leader Candidate (Part 1 of 4)
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Thanks!
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I Am I - Earth @iami.earth · 23/05/2026
Documenting austerity's impact on services, food, and inequality is essential because the policy depends on consequences being invisible. When the data is visible, the trade-off is visible: this cut produced this harm. Austerity needs amnesia to survive.
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mfight2.bsky.social @mfight2.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Absolutely! Employment a longer range goal after health, safety, wellbeing.
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John Boy 2 - Living in AR SUX @johnrlambert2.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This new essay revisits my work on the Finnish UBI experiment through a fresh lens. LJ Pearce-Coca brings insights from neurodivergence, to show how unconditional income might not just reduce poverty, but reshape how different minds can flourish within society." open.substack.com/pub/drdavebe...
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Neurodivergence, Burnout and Universal Basic Income in Modern Britain
What If Survival Was Less Frightening?
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
📢Pay what you feel price🚨 Our new book is available to download. Its nominally 'free', but please consider a contribution. Thanks to Rachel Morris of @cymruconversations.bsky.social for putting this together (and others for contributing)! Please share this payhip.com/b/9eklJ
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Levelling Down | Austerity in Wales
This is nominally free but ‘pay what you can’. Any kind payments will go towards fees for writers, a Zoom account, and expenses of any get-togethers for the world’s first ‘hublication’. The book may o...
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
As the local elections are just around the corner, one of the most pressing issues is still the levels of (food) poverty experienced by millions in the UK. I have a new short article about this here: Please share! #poverty #foodbank #foodpoverty #foodpolicy open.substack.com/pub/drdavebe...
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What public debate gets wrong about food poverty in the UK
Part 1
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The Overton Window has clearly shifted to the right, as politics of authoritarianism, nationalism, division, etc. seem to dominate voter choice. How far to the right has it moved? Can it ever be brought back to the centre, or, even to the Left? 👇👇 open.substack.com/pub/drdavebe...
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The Overton Window in UK Politics
How the Ground Beneath Our Feet Has Moved
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I’ll be on a panel in Wigan on 24 April with: 🎬 Ken Loach (Kes, I, Daniel Blake etc) 🥖 Ian Hodson (BFAWU President) ✍️ Maddie Wheeldon Talking social justice, labour, inequality, and lived experience. QR Code below 👇 Looking forward to it ✊ @salforduni.bsky.social
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I’ll be on a panel in Wigan on 24 April with: 🎬 Ken Loach (Kes, I, Daniel Blake etc) 🥖 Ian Hodson (BFAWU President) ✍️ Maddie Wheeldon Talking social justice, labour, inequality, and lived experience. QR Code below 👇 Looking forward to it ✊ @salforduni.bsky.social
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Andrew Dunn @drdunnpoverty.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
My article on the socialist origins of the concept “relative poverty” iea.org.uk/on-the-socia...
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On the socialist origins of the concept of "relative poverty"
The ‘purely relative’ definition of poverty is one that is based entirely on the usual or average living standards in … Continue reading "On the socialist origins of the concept of “relative poverty”"
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Neoliberalism, The Great Recession, Brexit, Covid, Cost-of-Living Crisis, Mandelson, Starmer, Farage, and Yaxley-Lennon - It's not about Left or Right Politics, everything is about class, (and we are not in their class), perhaps you should sign this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
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Petition: Make social class a protected characteristic under the Equality Act
The government should amend the Equality Act 2010 and make social class a protected characteristic.
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Student loans are a financial problem just waiting to happen. It's class warfare, where the poorer you are, the more you pay. Meritocracy is a myth👇 Degrees of Debt: Class, Power, and the UK Tuition Fee Regime open.substack.com/pub/drdavebe...
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Degrees of Debt: Class, Power, and the UK Tuition Fee Regime
Watch now | A 4-Part discussion about tuition fees in the UK (part 1)
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
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Will the “King of the North” Ride South?
Andy Burnham, the PLP, and the Battle for Gwynne’s Seat
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
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Will the “King of the North” Ride South?
Andy Burnham, the PLP, and the Battle for Gwynne’s Seat
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
How do we make Wales prosperous? By finally playing to our strengths share.google/f0yvtx40MxrR...
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How do we make Wales prosperous? By finally playing to our strengths
Franck Banza Wales is at a crossroads. For too long, our economy has drifted without a clear destination. We are not manufacturing enough. We are not producing enough. Our connectivity is weak. Transp...
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Lee Gregory (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @academiclee.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
New blog post with @drdavebeck.bsky.social and Vanessa Boon making the case for the socio-economic duty to be embedded in the Budget. www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/11/24/a...
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Are we budgeting for equality – or missing the mark? - Transforming Society
Academics Stand Against Poverty argue that a budget guided by the socioeconomic duty would harness existing data to assess the inequality impacts of government decisions, ensuring policies actively re...
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Looking forward to hearing the budget....? Will this government actually budget for equality? Please read our new blog about this 👇
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UBI Lab Network 🌍🌎🌏 @ubilabnetwork.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
We're very pleased to announce the launch of our new UBI 101 Toolkit! 🚀 It’s designed to help you feel more confident talking about #UBI, sharing the big ideas behind it, and understanding the direction we’re heading as a network. Link to download and share 👉 www.ubilabnetwork.org/ubi-toolkit
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UBI Toolkit — UBI Lab Network
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
This week sees the launch of the new UBI 101 Toolkit from the @ubilabnetwork.bsky.social. 👇
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Last week I was in Birmingham for an awards ceremony. The next morning I had a wander along one of the many canals. Here is a photowalk blog 👇 drdavebeck.substack.com/p/birmingham...
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Birmingham Photo-Walk:
A Sociological Exploration
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Well, i hope that the future is brighter. I'm pro independence, I don't think any unionist party can improve things here in Cymru and as soon as the union is over the better. This way it doesn't matter to us which PM England elects.
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Even the PLP want him gone. Come on. The traditional supporters want him gone. He's dragged the party to far to the right. The PLP will be worried about voters going to either Your Party, plaid, SNP or even reform. Labour can't win the GE and the PLP know that. So they will remove him eventually
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
He's only been PM for just over a year - wow he's been busy.... Losing MPs, Losing Wales at the next Senedd election, having several top cabinet members being investigated by the Parliamentary Standards Committee, taken a disastrous stance on Palestine, Climbdowns, poll collapse, broken promises.
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Here's me talking COP www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...
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#cop30 #talkingcop | The University of Salford
🌍Talking COP 🌍 Food systems are firmly on the agenda at #COP30, and for good reason. A third of global emissions come from how we grow, ship and consume food. In today's video, Dr Dave Beck, Lecture...
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Starmer is a deeply unpopular PM. He purged the left, pandered to the right, and what's it done for the labour movement...? Destroyed it. Pushed many to the Greens and moved those in Wales and Scotland over to independence parties. He needs to be removed www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Prime Minister will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say
Allies of the prime minister are worried his job might be under immediate threat.
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
On first 1st, I thought this was satire, but it's not. Woe is me, and the world's smallest violin comes to mind. You (for profiting) & the government ARE to blame. ‘I’m tired of being blamed for Britain’s housing crisis. Landlords aren’t the villains’ share.google/uwP8Wv5OiIVd...
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
BBC news with a headline which totally disregards the people hurt. But yeah, let's make this all about him 🤬 BBC News - Is this finally rock bottom for Mr Andrew Mountbatten Windsor? www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Is this finally rock bottom for Mr Andrew Mountbatten Windsor?
Stripping Andrew of the title 'prince' is colossal, says the BBC's royal correspondent Sean Coughlan.
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Mark (Andrew) Witham ↗️ @puffmushroom.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Hey UBI and Bsky friends, I'm working hard between my son and private life. But I have an update on the Basic Income Action site, finalizing Event features and staging for launch. Between sports and politics trending, I need help testing and feedback. 🤞🫠 truistic-teofila-unseparably.ngrok-free.dev
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Universal Basic Income for Everyone | Basic Income Action
Join thousands around the globe working to make guaranteed income a reality
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
A fresh round of Industrial Action is being balloted for across UK HE. Strike! Strike! Strike! - We Are the University drdavebeck.substack.com/p/strike-str...
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Strike! Strike! Strike! - We Are the University
But We’re Treated Like We’re Disposable
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Lee Gregory (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @academiclee.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
3. SED also encourages a rethinking of social housing - assessing how allocation practices can potential reinforce rather than reduce inequality and the need to invest in social housing.
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Lee Gregory (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @academiclee.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
1. the socio-economic duty reinforces the need to measure poverty after housing costs. 2. The duty also requires the removal of the two-child limit.
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Lee Gregory (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @academiclee.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
New post on Transforming Society with @drdavebeck.bsky.social and @VanessaBoon - our argument regarding the socio-economic duty and how it should be drawn upon in developing the child poverty strategy by the UK government. www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/10/21/a... Three key take-aways:
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Applying the socio-economic duty to tackle child poverty - Transforming Society
Academics Stand Against Poverty UK is calling for urgent, bold, and coordinated action—including the long-overdue implementation of the socio-economic duty—to address the alarming rise in child povert...
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John Boy 2 - Living in AR SUX @johnrlambert2.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Today I'll be speaking at the Salford CVS annual conference about work and it's relationship to research on universal basic income
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Cheers Simon, will do
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Thanks very much!
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Whoop Whoop! Just received a book contract from Liverpool Press. Im going to be writing a book about the Poverty Industry!
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Haha, probably the same people who he has fooled for the last 15 years. Usually found putting up flags on lampposts - in his honour, and who certainly don't have a Bentley.
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The fact that he owns a Bentley, paid for by his supporters, should stop them in their tracks. He's bought this with your ££ support. Dictionary definition of a Grifter. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Tommy Robinson police stop at Channel Tunnel unlawful, court hears
The far-right activist was charged under the Terrorism Act over an incident at the Channel Tunnel in July 2024.
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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Fix the economy, Starmer. We have no power over changing the economy; to blame universities for its ills and using it to hit us (& get ever more culture warriors on us) is just bullying.
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
My new chapter on Food & Social Class, available in the Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society: www.elgaronline.com/display/book... @salforduni.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
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