Reposted by Yasmin IbisonWe're Right Here @right-here.org · 01/10/2026Once a year, politicians leave Westminster for party conference. Power gets on the train to Liverpool but never leaves the conference centre. Communities need power in their hands all year round. Don't take your foot off the gas, Andy. The next stop for devolution: community power. 🧵1/2 195
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonJosh Westerling @joshwesterling.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Lots of great pieces in the relaunched Progressive Review. @yasminibison.bsky.social and I have chipped in with 'The Communal Foundations of Resilience'. 143
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonJoseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026New 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 11511
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Our new report at @jrf-uk.bsky.social focuses on the social infrastructure that is essential for supporting economic security and resilient communities. It sets out a new set of principles for a bold policy offer for community spaces, groups and organisations. www.jrf.org.uk/neighbourhoo...jrf.org.ukEssential but unequal: the need for social infrastructure in every placeWhy we need a bold offer for community spaces, groups and activities to reverse decline and tackle double disadvantage in neighbourhoods across England. 043
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonJoseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026💡 What is social infrastructure? Our Senior Policy Adviser @yasminibison.bsky.social breaks down what we mean when we talk about these vital community assets, and the purpose they serve in places right across the UK. Watch here 🔽 1155
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonThe New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Thatcherism is still the problem, by Ben Glovernewstatesman.comThatcherism is still the problemLabour cannot comprehend the scale of our historical malaise 3177
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonJoseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026📊 A big change to the way official poverty statistics are constructed comes into effect this year. Family Resources Survey responses and official government benefit records will now be linked for the first time. 📝 In this short explainer video, we take you through what the changes mean. 1128
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 18/03/2026VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England. I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comGovernment to lift paywall from large parts of the Land RegistryExclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets 11738801169
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonKatie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Read this brilliant new work from @yasminibison.bsky.social and @scothunter.bsky.social www.jrf.org.uk/neighbourhoo... & www.jrf.org.uk/neighbourhoo...jrf.org.ukWhy social infrastructure matters for economic securityEconomic security isn’t just about money, local connections and community support matter too. Pride in Place is a key intervention, but new analysis identifies two key challenges. 081
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonKatie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Pride in Place’s commitment to community-led investment in neighbourhood is so needed. But new JRF analysis maps the areas overlooked for funding in England: disproportionately in the north and some ranked as facing among the greatest challenges. They should be priority for expanding the programme. 1103
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonYasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Greater economic security for families is a key aim of the Government, and my new @jrf-uk.bsky.social paper sets out the role of social infrastructure - community spaces, active community groups and everyday connections - in helping deliver this goal. www.jrf.org.uk/neighbourhoo...jrf.org.ukWhy social infrastructure matters for economic securityEconomic security isn’t just about money, local connections and community support matter too. Pride in Place is a key intervention, but new analysis identifies two key challenges. 078
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonYasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Govt’s Pride in Place targets areas with economic deprivation and weaker social infrastructure. Yet, our analysis reveals 2 challenges. We find 430 doubly disadvantaged neighbourhoods in England (home to approx 3.5 million people) are unfunded, incl many ranked as facing the greatest challenges 1/3 1137
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Govt’s Pride in Place targets areas with economic deprivation and weaker social infrastructure. Yet, our analysis reveals 2 challenges. We find 430 doubly disadvantaged neighbourhoods in England (home to approx 3.5 million people) are unfunded, incl many ranked as facing the greatest challenges 1/3 1137
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Greater economic security for families is a key aim of the Government, and my new @jrf-uk.bsky.social paper sets out the role of social infrastructure - community spaces, active community groups and everyday connections - in helping deliver this goal. www.jrf.org.uk/neighbourhoo...jrf.org.ukWhy social infrastructure matters for economic securityEconomic security isn’t just about money, local connections and community support matter too. Pride in Place is a key intervention, but new analysis identifies two key challenges. 078
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonSam Freedman @handle.invalid · 03/02/2026Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it. 541288404
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 05/03/2026"would otherwise receive immediate access to welfare and social housing" is BS. Correct: "after 5 years working in a care home, would be eligible to apply for welfare and social housing on the same basis as the rest of us." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Deliberately misleading/disingenous. 30422176
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonGavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com · 19/02/2026NEW @kinship.works for @jrf-uk.bsky.social Help us map the disciplines of civic renewal - We know community-led approaches to reviving civic life (Big Local, etc) work - But we lack understanding of disciplines/professional roles that enable it What should we look at? medium.com/kinship-work...medium.comHelp us map disciplines of civic renewal — roles & skills communities need to revitalise civic lifeHelp us map the disciplines of civic renewal — the roles and skills communities need to revitalise civic life If helping us map public sector reform communities wasn’t enough… We’re starting … 058
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonJoseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 30/01/2026⚖️ 'Persistent inequalities are not inevitable' Senior Policy Adviser @yasminibison.bsky.social highlights the ethnic groups in the UK with an elevated risk of being in poverty, and structural factors behind why this is the case. Community-led approaches will be vital to making a difference. 1218
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 13/01/2026What do people in England think about their local area? In this short report I take a look at surveys we conducted with @yougov.co.uk in 2022, 2024 and 2025 to gain some insights... Some key findings...southampton.ac.ukPerspectives on Place: what the English think about their local area 311664
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonCommon Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Slavery & colonialism aren’t things that happened far away & long ago. We continue to live with their consequences. Our new project visualises extractive capitalism in the Caribbean. 🧵 This is how empire shapes Barbados, Britain & the world. visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.orgvisualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.orgVisualising Extractive CapitalismFrom the formation of the plantation slave economy to the modern-day climate crisis, we map how empire and extractive capitalism shaped Barbados, Britain and the wider world. 1128
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 27/11/2025New net migration figures at 930am. Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023 56% of people think it went up last year 17% think stayed the same 14% think it went down 2025 figure to be lower again 16% expect that 38% think it will be up 31% about the same 27307198
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonYasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Every child, no matter their background, deserves to have a good start in life. Ethnic minority children were disproportionately impacted by the two child limit which widens ethnic disparities in child poverty rates. Scrapping this cruel policy to lift 450000 children out of poverty is a huge win! 0328
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonColin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 17/11/2025I'm reading through the white paper or whatever it is. RESTORING ORDER AND CONTROL: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy www.gov.uk/government/p...gov.ukAsylum and returns policy statementThis policy statement sets out significant reforms to the UK’s asylum and returns policy. 1113798
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonPeter Matejic @statspeter.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Chancellor said lifting 2-child limit means "Biggest reduction in child poverty over a Parliament since records began." Estimated 400k reduction would be, but modelling is always uncertain. What is certain is that removing the 2 Child Limit is pivotal to the fall. 32412
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Every child, no matter their background, deserves to have a good start in life. Ethnic minority children were disproportionately impacted by the two child limit which widens ethnic disparities in child poverty rates. Scrapping this cruel policy to lift 450000 children out of poverty is a huge win! 0328
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonKatie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 26/11/2025🎉Child poverty is at a record high, so the decision to end the two child limit is crucial Poverty holds children back, with consequences for all of us. Every child should have a good start in life This measure alone lifts 450,000 out of poverty & lessens severity for many more 1198
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonAlex Clegg @alexclegg.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy. OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty 1241384
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonJoseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 24/11/2025'Economic insecurity is draining Labour’s support across the spectrum, to both left and right, and to ‘undecided’.' Read the full report from @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @profjanegreen.bsky.social on our website here: www.jrf.org.uk/public-attit...jrf.org.ukEconomic security as Labour's electoral foundationAddressing voters’ economic insecurity will help Labour gain and retain support across the political spectrum, whereas prioritising a particular stance on immigration risks alienating voters on the ot... 087
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonColm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society. Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇 renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...renewal.org.ukIf Labour want a fairer society, they must argue for itLabour must make the political argument: taxes are the critical downpayment we all pay to live in a fairer society. It now seems all but certain that direct taxes will rise in the forthcoming Budget... 1713061
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/11/2025This @skynewsrss.bsky.social analysis confirms that X's algorithm is blatantly boosting far-right content If you are still posting or engaging there, you are volunteering your time and effort towards actively assisting a racist, white supremacist project STOP ALREADY news.sky.com/story/the-x-... 7210101
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonYasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 31/10/2025🚨New deprivation data reveals continual deep regional divides across many areas in England. High levels of deprivation are concentrated in many ex-industrial northern and midlands towns and coastal areas, where manufacturing and tourism industries have been lost. 21812
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Spoke to the BBC about the drivers of deprivation and the impact on families. There's a clear link between living in hardship & feeling socially/politically disconnected. To make meaningful progress, communities must be involved in decisions affecting their lives. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWhat is life really like in one of England's most deprived towns?Hastings in East Sussex is one of the most deprived local authorities in England, data shows. 0178
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonRoss Mudie @rmudie96.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Several reasons why the most severe deprivation is sticky - most of todays most deprived places have not seen relative improvement for decades. But few things have done more to make matters worse than completely obliterating council funding in the most deprived places, as we did in the 2010s 001
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 31/10/2025🚨New deprivation data reveals continual deep regional divides across many areas in England. High levels of deprivation are concentrated in many ex-industrial northern and midlands towns and coastal areas, where manufacturing and tourism industries have been lost. 21812
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/10/2025About a tenth of relationships in the UK are mixed race. X seems full of people who think they are the only relationships in TV advertising. This suggests people filter out the ones featuring white families, and then trigger themselves into anger if a mixed race couple appear. 1013929
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Hadn’t, in truth, really absorbed the scale of what the Conservatives are proposing on ILR and immigration more broadly until this week’s Sunday Times interviews. Some thoughts on that in today’s note:ft.comTory deportation plan would upend BritainProposing such a radical bill with little public support is a gift to Nigel Farage 26397153
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonYasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Spoke to @theleaduk.bsky.social about ethnicity & child poverty 24% of white children are in poverty - rates are much higher for Bangladeshi (67%) Pakistani (61%) & Black African (49%) children. Govt must consider how racism drives hardship for ethnic minority families substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comThe colour of poverty: Black and brown children are at the sharp end of the crisisPolicies to tackle child poverty that don’t acknowledge the impact of race are simply not going to cut it. 043
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Spoke to @theleaduk.bsky.social about ethnicity & child poverty 24% of white children are in poverty - rates are much higher for Bangladeshi (67%) Pakistani (61%) & Black African (49%) children. Govt must consider how racism drives hardship for ethnic minority families substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comThe colour of poverty: Black and brown children are at the sharp end of the crisisPolicies to tackle child poverty that don’t acknowledge the impact of race are simply not going to cut it. 043
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonWe're Right Here @right-here.org · 21/10/2025Our new film argues that community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline. Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up. 🎥 Watch and share. Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po... Film by @tuz0.bsky.social 12315
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/10/2025‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workerstheguardian.com‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workersStaff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread 35237122
Reposted by Yasmin Ibisonderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2025😭 IG newberlinlibrary 210160003486
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonJames Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Some thoughts on Pride in Place, the UK government’s major new investment in neighbourhoods: medium.com/@jamestplunk... Drawing on a range projects we have underway at @kinship.works And hello from Liverpool and Labour Conference 👋medium.comPride in Place. Yes, but how?The details will make all the difference 266
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 01/10/2025The idea that "the median voter will feel attacked" by challenging Reform over racism is certainly not shown by the data in this piece. It shows they may be indifferent. (It may mean a different important swing voter, who isn't the median voter) 1232184
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonJane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 25/09/2025This Pride in Place story is much more important for any Labour recovery imo than ID and ought to form a central part of its focus: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWhich areas are due to get share of £5bn funding boost?Under the Pride in Place programme, 169 communities will get £20m over a decade to spend on boosting their local area. 54914
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Suspect this New Statesman deep dive into the Tony Blair Institute makes the case that the correct "Economist descriptor" for the TBI is now "Oracle dealership" rather than "think tank" www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...newstatesman.comInside the Tony Blair InstituteWho really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism? 67241
Reposted by Yasmin Ibisondepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2025imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off 6862881818
Reposted by Yasmin IbisonYasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 15/09/2025On refusing to let fascism mobilise grief, and calling for mobilisation and the building of infrastructures - social, civic, cultural, worker - that can hold the complexity of race and class together, moving us towards solidarity and justice. substack.com/inbox/post/1...substack.comWho Is Organising Poor White Folks Towards Liberation?Is anyone speaking directly with them besides the fascists? 031
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Good from @stephenkb.bsky.social - 'racism does not diminish through rising GDP but through the willingness of politicians to argue against it.' www.ft.com/content/fbbd...ft.comStarmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrongA look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model 021
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social · 15/09/2025On refusing to let fascism mobilise grief, and calling for mobilisation and the building of infrastructures - social, civic, cultural, worker - that can hold the complexity of race and class together, moving us towards solidarity and justice. substack.com/inbox/post/1...substack.comWho Is Organising Poor White Folks Towards Liberation?Is anyone speaking directly with them besides the fascists? 031