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Taha @datataha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What was not mentioned is the even higher overall costs for residential care - but we look forward to working with our partners at the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC) to explore alternatives that make residential care affordable for people with low to moderate means. 4/5

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Taha @datataha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Doing away with care charges will be a relief to many pensioners and signals Burnham's bold intentions on tackling social care reform. 3/5

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Taha @datataha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our recent paper highlights the substantial 'user charges' people pay in residential care settings - £9,000 on average - even if they qualify for local authority support for their care costs. 2/5

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Taha @datataha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In his conference speech today, the Prime Minister promised a social care service that is free in the home, and that care charges will not be paid from pension income. 🧵1/5

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Renters' Reform Coalition @rentersreformco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Polling expert @steveakehurst.bsky.social says rent controls are "pushing at an open door." 85% of renters want rent controls. So does our coalition, think tanks, and policy makers. When will the government listen? @jrf-uk.bsky.social @ippr.org @neweconomics.bsky.social @persuasionuk.bsky.social

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Fabian Society @thefabians.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A National Care Service: From Vision to Delivery In partnership with @jrf-uk.bsky.social Alison McGovern MP | Dr Anna Dixon MP | Alfie Stirling | James Watson O'Neill | Ben Cooper

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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Rent control that exempts new build homes could deliver more affordability for renters while ensuring we don’t discourage vital new housing supply. Good to discuss excellent work on this by @jrf-uk.bsky.social @ippr.org & NEF, and get the public’s view from Persuasion’s @steveakehurst.bsky.social.

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 29/09/2026

As politicians chat in the Labour Party Conference rooms far from the communities they serve, we brought the two worlds closer together through the Community Power Bus. 🚌 Community spaces are essential infrastructure, not optional extras. The next stop for devolution has got to be community power.

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is the lasting way to make change. It’s also popular with the public: Over twice as many people back tackling the underlying causes of people's need to claim benefits (59%) rather than restricting eligibility (20%) or cutting benefit rates (8%)

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Good quality jobs, adjustments at work, help to move into work, healthcare and lower housing costs, these are the things that will ease the pressure on social security - as @jrf-uk.bsky.social has argued. We need a strong safety net not one weakened by cuts.

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Good to hear the Prime Minister saying to @bbclaurak.bsky.social that crude cuts to welfare just push costs elsewhere, and the problems we need to address are the economic failures that put pressure on our social security system. He’s right about this.

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is especially important in places that are both economically deprived & have fewer community spaces, groups and activities. Here it’s harder to make use of community rights to own buildings & the number of community workers - who help fill community spaces with activity - has declined

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We need to strive for community power in every postcode. That means a bolder policy agenda that: 🧱helps communities take control of buildings AND 🙎‍♀️🙎🏾‍♂️offers permanent resources & support for the people who put their heart and soul into running the groups and activities that bring spaces to life.

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Great to see investment in high streets and community spaces announced today. These are places that help us feel confident, connected and in control. 🤔 But these places aren’t just about bricks and mortar. A community space needs people to make it thrive.

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Alfie Stirling @alfie-stirling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Brilliant new opportunity at @jrf-uk.bsky.social, leading our energy and housing policy teams at an exciting time. Do reach out if of interest! jrf.octo-firstclass.co.uk/candidates/c...

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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And the evidence suggests that this is an outcome that renters themselves would prefer. Only a minority of private renters have a preference to remain as private renters over the next year – the majority would prefer to be in another tenure.

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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Numbers of rental listings reflect both the overall number of private rentals and the rate of tenancy turnover. Even as official estimates suggest the stock of private rentals continue to grow, longer tenancies mean we’d expect to see fewer properties coming available to rent.

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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Moreover, the Build-to-Rent sector – while still a relatively small segment of the market, continues to grow, with 157k homes built by 2026 and 154k more in the pipeline – another important inflow to the PRS that won’t be reflected in transactions analysis.

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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Data on EPCs appears to corroborate an increase in conversion of homes from owner occupied to rental (likely without transaction); numbers of owner-occupied homes getting an EPC for conversion to rental doubled between 2015-17 to 2023-25. Not a stock measure – but direction of travel is indicative.

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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The English Private Landlord Survey shows that only half of landlord’s acquired their first rental by purpose-buying a property to let it out. 38% converted a home bought for another reason, and 7% inherited or were gifted a property that became their first rental.

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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

2. Headline exit and landlord transactions statistics There is a lot of muddiness in the reporting here. Some of the most widely cited stats on here are actually just ‘exit’ stats that count only one side of the ledger.

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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So what is driving the ‘shrinking’ narrative? 1. Landlord sentiment surveys Across different sources these show a genuine trend in increasing numbers of landlords stating they intend to sell up – but they haven’t coincided with actual sector shrinkage.

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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The latest EPLS shows just over half landlords expanding their portfolios did so using a Buy-to-Let mortgage. And incorporation may also mean a substantial chunk of borrowing for rental property acquisition happens beyond the 'lending to individuals' captured in MLAR.

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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And HMRC property rental statistics show a small decline in the numbers of individual (unincorporated) landlords from 2.91m in 2023/24 to 2.88m by 2024/25. However, this decline in numbers of unincorporated landlords was more than offset by the growth in incorporated landlords.

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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

-- Official stock estimates show the number of private rented sector homes in England surpassed 5 million homes in 2025 for the first time in decades*, and the sector added around 45k homes a year on average since 2021. (*There were over 5m private rented homes in the early 1990s)

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Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We’ve been hearing for years that the private rented sector has been shrinking, claims which have gone into overdrive since the Renters Rights Act. But the official estimates of the size of the private rented sector shows it continued to grow through to 2025.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Coming up on 5th October! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Join us for the launch of the Poverty in Scotland 2026 report. At this event we will: - Share our latest findings on poverty in Scotland - Discuss the vital role local government can play in preventing and reducing it

Graphic showing the guest speakers at JRF's Poverty in Scotland launch event, including Prof. Kezia Dugdale of the Centre for Public Policy, Shirley Anne Somerville MSP, Laura Millar, CEO of Fife Gingerbread, Peter Kelly, CEO of the Poverty Alliance and Councillor Mark Flynn who is the leader of Dundee City Council

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 23/09/2026

Come aboard the Community Power Bus, parked outside the Labour Party Conference. A space to explore how to put real power into communities' hands. 📍 Salthouse Gates Lay-by, Salthouse Quay, Albert Dock, Liverpool 🗓️ 28–29 Sept, 10:30am-4pm Let’s make community power the next stop for devolution.

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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredibly clear from @alfie-stirling.bsky.social here on BBC, who we are delighted to be working with @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

'More fundamentally, it begs the question: what sort of country do we want to live in?' 📺 Director of Policy @alfie-stirling.bsky.social was on @bbc-politics.bsky.social Live today, commenting on what the impact of Conservative proposals to cut Universal Credit would mean for those on low incomes 🔽

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Alfie Stirling @alfie-stirling.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@jrf-uk.bsky.social are developing a new line of work on the supplyside channels (in particular) through which improved household economic security can be shown to *increase* productivity and growth. 4/

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Alfie Stirling @alfie-stirling.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Some good thinking covered in this piece from @hettieobrien.bsky.social. Though an important part of the case for direct support from government on the cost of living is that it is highly *supportive* of growth, not a substitute for it. 1/

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Labour’s last chance? The people shaping Andy Burnham’s grand plans for Britain

The long read: The new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical?

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What would a bold policy offer look like that supported communities to be connected, confident and in-control? What if we acknowledged community spaces, organisations, groups and activities are essential? These are questions we have been asking at @jrf-uk.bsky.social

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Fair By Design @fairbydesign.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Join us for People Power, our energy conference with JRF, on 16 November in London. We're bringing policy makers, industry, academics and people with lived experience of energy poverty together to imagine an energy system that works for everyone. Book your place 👇 buytickets.at/fairbydesign...

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

~165,000 families, containing over 370,000 children, are hitting the benefit cap, 50,000 more families than before. The Government should introduce a protected minimum floor in Universal Credit to stop deductions from pushing families further into hardship, as @iainkporter.bsky.social explains

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What you pay for care shouldn't depend so heavily on your relationship status or how you hold your wealth. Right now, it does. New @jrf-uk.bsky.social findings show that England's social care charging system is unfair, expensive to use and does little to protect the economically insecure

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Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The first benefit cap stats have been published since the 2-child limit was scrapped. 165,000 families - containing over 370,000 children - are now hit by the benefit cap. That’s 50,000 more families than before. 1/4

Chart from the DWP showing the number of benefit capped households in Great Britain over time. It shows that 164,000 families receiving Universal Credit were affected by the benefit cap in May 2026, up from 115,000 families in February 2026. (These figures are slightly different from those quoted in this post because we have added the separate benefit cap statistics for Northern Ireland into the DWP’s statistics for Great Britain.)

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Turn2us @turn2us.org.uk · 18/09/2026

The future prosperity of our country depends on more people having a decent chance now. It relies on our social security system providing young people with the financial stability and personalised support they need to thrive. It’s time for the government to invest in a better future for all of us.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🔎 New report out! Growing up in poverty increases the likelihood of being NEET - not in employment, education or training - as a young adult, and inadequate income holds young people back from returning to earning or learning.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New report out today! Today, we’re releasing ‘Essential but unequal: the need for social infrastructure in every place’, our first report in our new Communities and Place policy workstream. Hear our Principal Policy Adviser @katieschmuecker.bsky.social explain more in this video

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New forecasts predict that average rental costs for new tenancies will rise by 4 or 5% by the end of the year. Eye-watering rents are denying renters the stable foundation they need for a good life, as the latest MIS research shows 👇 We need rent controls without delay. bit.ly/4j3iYEY

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Thousands of working UK parents earning £20,000 less than needed for ‘decent’ life

Families with parents working full-time are still struggling to cover the basics, new report shows

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

💬 ‘Thriving neigbourhoods shouldn’t be idyllic. It should be something we all expect’, says our Senior Campaigns and Public Affairs Manager @joshwesterling.bsky.social. Hear him set out a vision of what thriving social infrastructure would look like for communities across the UK. 👇

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UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence @housingevidence.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📢 Join us online for 'The social value of social homes in England' on Tues 13 Oct 2.30pm-4pm BST as we bring together voices from HACT, Shelter, Pathway Housing Solutions and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to explore how we talk about social homes. 👉 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-social...

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The social value of social homes in England

Explore how we talk about social homes and how we define and measure social value

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