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How does housing measure up?

Private renting is the most espensive tenure type.

The average private renter paid just over 💸£11💸 per square metre in 2020-21.

The average mortgagor was paying 🪙£3.10🪙.

Get our latest research on rising rents here ⤵️ resolutionfoundation.org/publications/t…

Essential ‘rural’ reading Rural Geography Research Group (RGRG) RGS-IBG RGRG_RGS

'Sara once thought the welfare state was on the side of people like her... She now knows it is a cruel welfare state, that punishes those it could support': very good piece by Professor Sue Yeandle on the carer's allowance repayment scandal centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/202…

The latest episode of Academy of Social Sciences podcast features Andy Pike talking about the financial crisis facing local authorities and what to do about it. Worth a listen for anyone interested in local policy and governance.

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“It brings people who experience poverty & people who have responsibility to address it together, to create change & to be changed.”

Claire Brown & Martin Johnstone introduce @PovertyTruthNet in our new blog & share reflections from our partnership so far.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/blog-posts/rel…

She was discussing an Institute for Fiscal Studies study which finds sure start boosted educational attainment and identified special educational needs sooner enabling access to support earlier.

Investing in children makes a difference to their outcomes.

theguardian.com/education/2024…

Great to hear Naomi Eisenstadt on the radio talking about Sure Start working because it focused on supporting families in the preschool years, was locally designed by the families served and used by everyone but focused on the worst off.

Lessons to learn

The Government could do much more with the data it has to ensure families are receiving the support they are entitled to.

This is a positive step forward after a long campaign by Emma Lewell-Buck MP - and should be expanded to other forms of support, including free school meals 👇

This has just been brought to my attention by more than a few concerned Highlanders who heat their homes (as thousands do) using woodburning stoves, especially older residents who rely on them during a time of crippling energy price rises. I’m seeking urgent clarification.

You must be caring for someone for at least 35hrs a week to be eligible for Carer's Allowance. You get £81.90 - the equivalent of (at most) £2.34 an hour

Any overpayment debts owed by carers are dwarfed by the undervaluing of their contribution to society theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

📰 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 - 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐀 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑-𝐂𝐋𝐋𝐃 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬.
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EU Agriculture🌱 EU Rural Pact

Poverty isn’t just a number – it’s a daily struggle for millions of people across the UK.

We’re proud to partner with @PovertyTruthNet to listen & learn with people with experience of living in poverty.

Read Hannah Paylor blog on why this is important ⬇️carnegieuktrust.org.uk/blog-posts/if-…

If there is no flexibility in this new condition it will have a massive impact on the affordability and resilience of any new-build croft house. Once again, a centralised Scottish Government that does not consider the sustainability of rural and island communities.

Senior Labour figures call for return of ‘life-transforming’ Sure Start policy theguardian.com/education/2024…

Prof Sir John Curtice explains why the Brexit voters that The Labour Party has “re-captured” since 2019…

…are not actually Brexit supporters anymore.

Labour’s voting base all over the country is now more pro-EU, whether Keir Starmer likes it or not.

Why are so many carers being taken to court for benefit fraud? theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

What Liberals Get Wrong About ‘White Rural Rage’ in the USA — Almost Everything - POLITICO politico.com/news/magazine/…

We keep telling Scottish Government and NatureScot that - as research among members shows - many crofters are inherently sceptical about natural capital and the ideology supporting it, but we do not feel like we get listened to at all.