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Ed Pemberton @epemberton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Today, alongside the @healthfoundation.bsky.social , we’ve published a major report looking at the link between poor health and housing. Too many people in the UK live in homes that are making them sick and it’s worsening health inequalities. www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...

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Building healthier foundations: How to improve access to healthy housing for all

Report funded by the Health Foundation exploring the links between housing and health

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Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Unemployment Insurance is a new benefit merging new style JSA and ESA. Much to commend eg higher payments compared to JSA. But for disabled people, this could end long-term support without even offering the same short-term gain. While other disability benefits are cut too. Not a great start!

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Becca Stacey @beccastacey.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The Equality Act should protect disabled people at work But @citizensadvice.bsky.social supported 5,393 people with health-related job discrimination in 2025 - roughly one every 1.5 hours Mine and @victoria-anns.bsky.social's new report digs into the barriers our disabled clients face at work /1

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Jagna Olejniczak @jagnaolejniczak.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Excellent thread on what should guide any Jobcentre engagement with disabled claimants (many of these principles should be standard across the whole UC system - not just for those currently exempt from conditionality).

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Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

📢 Benefit cuts don’t have widespread support

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Becca Stacey @beccastacey.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

The govt wants to get more disabled people into work, but isn't making full use of the tools at its disposal In my new report for @citizensadvice.bsky.social I've looked at how our social security system could do more to make sure that when disabled people want to work, work really does pay /1

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Victoria Lee (née Anns) @victoria-j-lee.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Cutting the UC health element is unlikely to incentivise disabled people to work. But, there are other ways the government could improve work incentives within the benefits system and reduce barriers to work. My colleague @jagnaolejniczak.bsky.social has written a great report on that here:

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Work incentives aren't working: is the Universal Credit review asking the right questions?

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Victoria Lee (née Anns) @victoria-j-lee.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The government argues that cutting UC health will incentivise people to work. But this unlikely... ♿ People on UC health have work-limiting conditions 🏢 There are limited accessible jobs 🎫 Being on UC health gives access to one of the most work-supporting benefits (the work allowance)

Two line charts showing net income, earnings from work and UC total for somebody age 25 or over working at the National Living Wage, with or without a UC health award.
The graphs show that a disabled person who is paid the National Living Wage and gets housing support on Universal Credit, could work for 4 hours per week without seeing their UC payments reduced. This means that if they work 16 hours per week, they’re £649.32 better off than somebody who doesn’t get UC health.

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Victoria Lee (née Anns) @victoria-j-lee.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Cuts to disability benefits weren’t totally averted! 🚨New report out today explaining why the Universal Credit Bill will harm disabled people and exploring who will be impacted by the cuts. www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...

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Not so Universal: the two-tiered health element. How the Universal Credit Bill will create a two-tiered system for disabled people.

Briefing by Victoria Anns on how the Universal Credit Bill will create a two-tiered system for disabled people.

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Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

ICYMI We published 2 excellent briefs on Universal Credit recently, feeding into the government's review of how well Universal Credit is (not) working 🧵

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Annie Irvine @annieirvine.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Crucial message from Citizen's Advice: "When both working full-time and claiming maximum benefit entitlement leaves one in a low-income limbo, focusing on making the former slightly more financially beneficial than the latter is only ever going to have a limited impact on outcomes..." (1/2)

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Kate Harrison @kslharrison.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Great report from Jagna showing that UC incentives to work are often misguided and overly complex. Instead what we need is more investment in supporting people to find and stay in suitable work 👇

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Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Excellent briefing and thread from @jagnaolejniczak.bsky.social 👇 We looked into how our clients really experience the transition to work from the Universal Credit system, suggesting work incentives are helpful but not adequate, and wider barriers to employment are being overlooked

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Jagna Olejniczak @jagnaolejniczak.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

The narrative around Universal Credit has long centred around work incentives. This new briefing examines how effective UC is at encouraging employment – and how that focus may have overshadowed the deeper complexities of getting into work. 🧵 🔗 www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...

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Work incentives aren't working: is the Universal Credit review asking the right questions?

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Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

A long thread on why the concessions in and around the UCPIP Bill (ie the disability benefits cuts) are illusory, disingenuous and potentially makes things worse 🧵 There are 5 big myths to bust -fifth is the most difficult to untangle, but the most significant in my view, so please do bear with 🙂

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Victoria Lee (née Anns) @victoria-j-lee.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Today, the government laid its Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill before parliament. But what's actually in the bill and what happens next? New blog out now: wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/why-were-ask...

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Why we’re asking MPs to vote against the bill to cut disability benefits

Today, the government laid its Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill before parliament. It details plans to cut billions…

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julia-rt.bsky.social @julia-rt.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

We've called for a national framework for crisis support, ensuring there's a consistent minimum standard of support wherever you live - reaping the rewards of a local approach with less risk of postcode lottery. The new Fund could be a chance to build in key principles of effective crisis support ⬇️

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The future of crisis support: a discussion paper

The future of crisis support: a discussion paper - paper by Julia Ruddick-Trentmann on the future of crisis support and the Household Support Fund

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Jagna Olejniczak @jagnaolejniczak.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Some brilliant ideas for Jobcentres reform from @kslharrison.bsky.social ⬇️

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Maddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The Pathways to Work Green Paper sets out plans to cut billions from health and disability benefits. Instead of getting people into work, these cuts will push hundreds of thousands into poverty. Our new report looks at the impact of cuts to PIP, UC health & scrapping the WCA (🧵)

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Pathways to Poverty: How planned cuts to disability benefits will impact the people we support

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Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Work won’t cut it New briefing for @citizensadvice.bsky.social by me and @beccastacey.bsky.social We look at whether people losing PIP and UC income will be better off *if* they move into employment, if reforms were implemented today Here's a quick 🧵 but spoiler alert: probably not

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julia-rt.bsky.social @julia-rt.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

1️⃣ we're in the 7th cycle of the Household Support Fund 2️⃣ its future is still uncertain 3️⃣ and we still see record demand for crisis support ... so what should come next? New Citizens Advice paper on the future of crisis support + how to realise an approach that’s more than a sticking plaster🩹👇

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The future of crisis support: a discussion paper

The future of crisis support: a discussion paper - paper by Julia Ruddick-Trentmann on the future of crisis support and the Household Support Fund

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Ed Pemberton @epemberton.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The new government has committed to reducing health inequalities. At Citizens Advice, we have a unique insight into many of the different factors that can shape people’s health. So it’s exciting to be leading a new project, funded by @healthfoundation.bsky.social, to study this important topic.

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Tom Royston @tomroyston.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Extraordinary use of statistics. DWP might as well claim their proposals will massively improve child mortality because they have decided not to proceed with Herod’s Massacre of the Innocents. The ‘previous Conservative plans’ are not in effect, are not law, and the Conservatives are not in power!

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Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Disability benefit cuts will cause widespread hardship, no questions asked Quick thread 🧵 on the impact of cuts on why the govt needs to properly consult - or see the full post at: medium.com/@craig.berry...

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Disability benefit cuts will cause widespread hardship, no questions asked

Craig Berry takes a first look at the Pathways to Work green paper, finding that — despite large income losses for many disabled people —…

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Victoria Lee (née Anns) @victoria-j-lee.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Just over a year ago my PIP review was launched. By the time I got the letter in the post, I realised I had just 3 days left to prove my entitlement. Otherwise, my PIP might be stopped. That just isn’t enough time! New blog below ⬇️ wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/race-against...

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Race against time: how short deadlines to return PIP forms are harming disabled people

I was baffled when I received my Personal Independence Payment (PIP) review letter.

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Maddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

PIP is not 'easy' to claim - despite what some media reports might suggest. Gathering medical evidence is just one hoop people jump through to apply. And issues like long waiting times & charges for personalised letters make it far from easy. www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...

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Burdens of proof: How difficulties providing medical evidence make PIP harder to claim

Briefing by Simon Collerton and Maddy Rose on the difficulties around providing medical evidence within PIP claims

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Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

@citizensadvice.bsky.social chief executive Dame Clare Moriarty has written to Liz Kendall to outline our concerns ahead of the disability benefits green paper. We highlighted the risk of significant hardship from any cuts to, or narrowing of eligibility for, disability and incapacity benefits 1/3

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Maddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

We know the gov wants to bring down the benefits bill. But cutting disability benefits will push disabled people into poverty, not work. The gov says they want to raise living standards across the UK - disabled people must be part of these plans. My blog: wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/short-sighte...

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Short-sighted savings won’t fix health and disability benefits

Plans to bring down the benefits bill could push disabled people into poverty and away from work

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Jagna Olejniczak @jagnaolejniczak.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

“It annoys me that they have this power over me and then if they tell me to jump, I have to do it." The report I wrote with @kslharrison.bsky.social discusses the dynamics between benefit claimants & their work coaches - and why it matters 🧵

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