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Jamie Evans

@jamie-evans92.bsky.social
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Research Fellow in UK household finances, financial exclusion and health-poverty interactions @ PFRC, Bristol Uni Geography. Enjoys maps, football and bad puns.

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Ben Baumberg Geiger @benbgeiger.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The Telegraph headline here is plain wrong ("Majority of Britons think disability benefits are too high") As the article itself says, "Only 11 per cent of Britons believe that spending on disability benefits should be reduced" www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...
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Majority of Britons think disability benefits are too high
Record low level of support for more spending on welfare for disabled people
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Luke Young @lukeyoung.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
NEW: A coalition of anti-poverty, advice and disability organisations are asking MPs to vote against the UC & PIP Bill, which contains the biggest cuts to social security in a decade. A briefing from orgs inc Citizens Advice, Scope, Mind, JRF and Trussell available here www.ucpipbill.co.uk
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Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill -
On Tuesday 1st July, MPs will be asked to vote on the UC & PIP Bill, which contains the biggest cuts to social security in a decade. This briefing from ten organisations including Scope, Citizens Advi...
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Karen Barker @karenmbarker.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Our latest @financialfairness.bsky.social Tracker is out today, and it shows that the cost-of-living crisis is far from over. We’ve seen an increase in households in serious difficulty and a decrease in those who are financially secure.
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Lucy Bannister @lucybannister.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
How we talk about our social security system matters. Words shape attitudes and attitudes shape policy. We can too easily inadvertently fuel misconceptions and shame. We're asking all MPs and journos to use @turn2us.org.uk's new 'talking about social security' guides, for a better conversation.
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Supporting better conversations about social security
Turn2us has published two new guides to encourage more positive and respectful conversations about social security.
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Ben Baumberg Geiger @benbgeiger.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Want a 3yr quali postdoc job leading the UK fieldwork for an amazing international project on how it feels to claim benefits? And also to do important work on benefits and mental health? Then see this job ad! Closing date being changed to 8th June www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/114985-...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Welfare Experiences & Mental Health
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Trying to establish if it's just coincidence that I've developed ear-ache while watching Eurovision! 😂🎶
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Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
NEW: The govt's migration plan once again leaves adult social care out in the cold There is strong rhetoric about improving pay, but the govt is steadfastly ignoring the elephant in the room: it will require spending more on local govt 🧵👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comm...
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Adult social care could be a victim of the government’s migration plan | Institute for Government
The immigration white paper makes it less likely that the government will improve performance in adult social care.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Their fundamental strategic error from which so much else flows was their 2024 tax pledge. They've trapped themselves for no good reason.
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Honestly infuriating that it's so hard to find any information online about the candidates standing in my local election. Only 1 in 5 seems to have any kind of biography! And the leaflets we receive only really tell you the party line. It shouldn't be this hard!
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Bristol is the only big English city outside London to be more productive than the national average. It is one of the UK’s few clearly economically successful places - but it is still roughly the same size as it was decades ago. We need to make it bigger!
Scatter plot shows the 9 biggest cities in England, plus the UK average. The x-axis is qualification levels, the y-axis is productivity. London is by far the most productive and highly skilled city. Among the remaining cities, Bristol is the only one above national average productivity, and also has among the highest skill levels (along with Leeds)
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Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
you can't spell "tariffs" without "FFS"
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Some positive news 🌞
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
"Society's move to cashless payments may have had an unintended positive side effect, surgeons say - fewer children needing operations or procedures to remove swallowed coins." I did lot of work on cashlessness a few years back - never heard this before. Interesting! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Big drop in child surgery for objects swallowed or stuck up nose
Cashless society may have helped, since coins were a common foreign object swallowed, surgeons say.
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The DWP equality impact assessment of its disability benefit cuts is out It predicts that in 29/30 there will be 3.2 million families – including current and future recipients - who will lose £1,720 a year on average from the cuts compared to inflation 3.8m families will gain on average £420 a yer
DWP impact assessment text:

"Overall, it is estimated that in 2029/30 there will be 3.2 million families – some current recipients and some future recipients - who will financially lose as a result of this package, with an average loss of £1,720 per year compared to inflation. There are also estimated to be 3.8 million families - some current recipients and some future recipients - who will financially gain from this package, with an average gain of £420 per year compared to inflation"
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World Happiness Report @worldhappiness.report · 20/03/2025
NEW: People are much kinder than we expect, according to findings published today (20 March) in World Happiness Report 2025. Read more 👉 worldhappiness.report/news/world-h...
Two women using a computer tablet together.
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Snowing a fair bit this morning here in Cheltenham (after t-shirt weather at the weekend)! Hoping the other horses manage to keep a bit warmer than this one!
Horse statue in a snowy garden.
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Really nice, useful chart
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Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
What were the main nationalities of refugees to the UK in 2024? How about in 1989? The answers for some of these years might surprise you.
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I wish we weren't in a situation where people feel they have to justify UK spending on foreign aid as being in the UK's self-interest, rather than just being the right thing to do for some of the world's most vulnerable people.
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 25/02/2025
February temperatures have been fairly frosty, which means continued high spending for those on pre-payment meters. Pre-payment meter customers will need to spend nearly a third of income on energy during the winter months. Read more: buff.ly/4fqE8aW
Chart showing mean share of monthly income accounted for by required expenditure on gas and electricity bills, by month: England Q3 2024-Q3 2025
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
While it's always great to see stereotypes being challenged, I look forward to the BBC and other media outlets now doing more to tackle other negative stereotypes, e.g. around benefit claimants, mental illness and immigration... 🤞 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'I'm not a wealth hoarding boomer - my grandchildren want for nothing'
Money from boomers is propping up the next generation, rather than being hoarded, says a pensioner.
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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 19/02/2025
I really liked this idea of using a histogram as a legend in a choropleth map (since land isn't unemployed; people are), so I made a little guide to doing it with #rstats, {ggplot2}, and {patchwork} www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...
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How to use a histogram as a legend in {ggplot2} | Andrew Heiss
Land isn’t unemployed—people are. Here’s how to use R, {ggplot2}, {sf}, and {patchwork} to create a histogram legend in a choropleth map to better see the distribution of values.
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Tom Pollard @pollardtom.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Important work from Tom & @lalithatry.bsky.social. Council tax arrears are such a common form of debt in low income households, contributing to poor mental health but also undermining their relationship with the local authority & the potential for positive engagement with other services
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Successful rollout of solar panels could lift 1.2 million people in UK out of fuel poverty, & help decarbonise the UK’s electricity system In fuel-poor households savings from rooftop solar panels could reduce energy bills by 24% say @resfoundation.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Solar panels could cut fuel-poor UK families’ energy bills by 24%, says study
Call for means-tested grants or loans to cover upfront costs that prevent poorer households from benefiting
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
This weekend, Robert Colvile decided low paid workers don't contribute. This is @mrhenrymorris.bsky.social's rebuttal - detailing his experience as a health care assistant, something Colvile could never manage to do. mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/genuinely-...
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Genuinely contributing
Young Robert Colville on Bluesky, me neither but he seems to have a column in the Sunday Times, appears to think that low-paid workers don’t ‘genuinely contribute’ to our society.
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This is remarkable. "After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year
After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Disappointing to see the BBC headline this with the comment about people on benefits 'taking the mickey' when the research actually shows it's the benefit system that is 'letting down people with mental health conditions who want to work'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Some on benefits are 'taking the mickey', says minister
The work and pensions minister says the welfare system needs reforming to encourage young people to work if they can.
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
We find a general worsening of financial wellbeing among older households - mostly among more financially secure households - but I do think there are reasons to be concerned about lower-income pensioners in light of the changes to Winter Fuel Payment. Notable increase in worry about energy bills...
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Mencap @mencap.org.uk · 24/01/2025
We're 100% faithful to Alexander after hearing his story about his brother with a learning disability 🙌 Alexander Dragonetti for the win on #TraitorsFinale tonight! 🎥 BBC iPlayer #TheTraitors #AlexanderDragonetti
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Pleased that our latest Financial Fairness Tracker has been published. Overall financial wellbeing is improved compared to a year ago but slightly worse than last summer. However, over 3 million more households are 'struggling' or 'in serious difficulties' than in 2021.
Chart showing the change in the percentage of UK households in each of four financial wellbeing categories. In November 2024, 25% were 'secure', 36% were 'exposed', 24% were 'struggling' and 15% were 'in serious difficulties'.
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Enjoyed attending this really positive event yesterday. Great to see the work being done in the community by @stepchange.bsky.social @nea-ukcharity.bsky.social Ovo and others to ensure more people are able to access advice and support this winter: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bristol warm spaces event giving out advice and goods
Free heated blankets, smart plugs, and hand warmers are being handed out to vulnerable communities.
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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
The UK is an ageing population, but the ageing is uneven. Cities stay young, small towns and villages have aged quickly. Interesting stuff from @resfoundation.bsky.social
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Dr Chris Whitaker @christheowl.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I’m entering the final stages of data collection on research I’m doing into disability employment. If you have a physical disability and are UK based, I’d be especially grateful to hear from you. The survey is at: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #AcademicSky #Disability
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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
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Ben Schmidt @bschmidt.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Lovely example of how weird real-world data is. I put all 55 million points in Overture maps into a Nomic Atlas map. Lots of points spuriously appearing in the ocean. But the 1° square around 'null island' (0° lat, 0° long) is suspiciously clear -- someone has cleared out bad data just there.
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I know the feeling! 😂
Sign on empty shelf shop reading 'please excuse our appearance whilst we prepare for Spring'.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
I’d missed that the ONS was publishing the monthly direct debit failure rate. Data here: www.ons.gov.uk/economy/econ... This feels a decent indicator of consumer financial stress.
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
I'm not going to sit here and pretend our data shows that voters were wildly enthusiastic about the Government's recent tax-raising budget, but it does show that there is some awareness of the need for investment in public services and the trade-offs inherent in policymaking...
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
As mentioned in Ofgem's consultation released today, we're working with them and StepChange Debt Charity to explore best practices in referring from energy companies to advice on debt or income maximisation. As always, keen to hear all views. www.ofgem.gov.uk/consultation...
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Improving debt standards in the domestic retail market
Our proposals to improve experiences for people who are struggling to pay their energy bills.
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Interesting to see the Lib Dems fare best with fans of Muppets Christmas Carol. Feel like there should be a joke here somewhere about the ghosts of coalitions past...!
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NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) @nihrarcs.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Prof Sir Chris Whitty's great talk at the MLTC Cross-NIHR Collaboration ( #MLTCCNC ) launch suggested it’s important to also carry out research where need is greatest. This is one of the strengths of our 15 regional Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs). 📍Find YOUR local ARC linktr.ee/nihrarcs
"Most diseases a combination of age and deprivation" slide from Prof Sir Chris Whitty's presentation at the Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) Cross NIHR-Collaboration (CNC) launch event on 27 November 2024."Rural and coastal areas are ageing at a faster rate than urban areas. But many older people in urban areas" slide from Prof Sir Chris Whitty's presentation at the Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) Cross NIHR-Collaboration (CNC) launch event on 27 November 2024."Two major drivers of MLTC - age and deprivation." slide from Prof Sir Chris Whitty's presentation at the Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) Cross NIHR-Collaboration (CNC) launch event on 27 November 2024.
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The hill I will die on is that as a pedestrian I'll always wave to thank drivers for stopping at zebra crossings. It's not about being grateful for not being run over, sometimes it's just nice to be nice. Number who don't astounds me!
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
One of the research interviews I did that stuck with me was a disabled woman who had left her part-time job and claimed UC because her employer wouldn't let her have toilet breaks. Better working conditions and greater flexibility mean more people are able to take part (which many want to do).
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National Energy Action @nea.org.uk · 25/11/2024
‘There’s 3 million people that struggle in the overlap between living on the lowest incomes but also living in the least energy efficient homes.’ Our Director of Policy Peter Smith told @yahoonews.bsky.social. t.co/hF3eu9JWeo
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https://sg.news.yahoo.com/heating-uk-home-winter-insulation-cold-191422173.html
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Fair By Design @fairbydesign.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Check out our write up of the @NESTInsight event from last week on their Fluctuation Nation report, which shows the impact of having a volatile income and what can be done about it.
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New report uncovers ‘Volatility Premium’ for millions
A new report from Nest Insight examines the premium people face because of irregular incomes.
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Pleased to see our paper (with the fab @caitrobin.bsky.social and @sarad99.bsky.social) exploring if energy inefficiency could be considered a 'poverty premium' has now been published: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Energy inefficiency as a ‘poverty premium’
This paper presents the concept of energy inefficiency as a poverty premium. Whilst concepts of energy poverty, vulnerability, and justice have highli…
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Jamie Evans @jamie-evans92.bsky.social · 19/01/2024
I'm volunteering to take part in a research study & the participant information sheet informs me that in order to take part in the study I must: "be willing to taste and rate chocolate chip cookies and salted kettle chips". 😋 It's a hard life!! I don't think they'll struggle with recruiting people!
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