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Paul Bivand

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Labour market stats wonk: default mode: cynical. Retweets not endorsements and may be ironic. Also @[email protected] and @paulbivand.bsky.social

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Carlton Reid(@carltonreid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So, who would like a 12-foot Dutch-style cycleway alongside their local road. This one has been this wide for more than 85 years. Built for iron foundry workers. It's a new addition to britishcycletracks.com

So, who would like a 12-foot Dutch-style cycleway alongside their local road. This one has been this wide for more than 85 years. Built for iron foundry workers. It's a new addition to britishcycletracks.com
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Keiran Pedley(@keiranpedley) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So what results do you get if you ask Sir Humphrey's polling questions? Ipsos UK decided to try it. We showed 1,000 Brits his pro national service poll and 1,000 his anti national service poll. Results:

Sample A: 45% in favour of national service, 38% say no.
Sample B: 48%…

So what results do you get if you ask Sir Humphrey's polling questions? @IpsosUK decided to try it. We showed 1,000 Brits his pro national service poll and 1,000 his anti national service poll. Results: Sample A: 45% in favour of national service, 38% say no. Sample B: 48%…
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation(@jrf_uk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔎 Read the full report, the 11th in a series monitoring the number of people living beneath the Minimum Income Standard (MIS) in the UK, on our website ⤵️

jrf.org.uk/households-liv…

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation(@jrf_uk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🏘️The latest in the Household Below MIS series by Matt Padley Juliet Stone & Elaine Robinson reveals a worrying picture, with millions of people living below a threshold the public consider is needed for a minimum, dignified, socially acceptable standard of living.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation(@jrf_uk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📊 20 million people in the UK in 2022 did not have the income required to afford the goods & services the public agree people need to meet their material needs & participate in society, a new CRSP report out today shows ⤵️ 🧵

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Rob Ford(@robfordmancs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is already my favourite weekly column after two issues. This one has it all - people mobilising to oppose building on a Tesco car park, next to a tube station, in London, in the middle of a housing crisis, and a Corbynite MP joining in to support the NIMBIES.

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Future Medway(@FutureMedway) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚸 School Streets are launching around 7 schools in Medway from Monday, 11 March.

🚫 Selected streets outside a school will have temporary vehicle restrictions at drop-off and pick-up times during the school term.

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BendyGirl(@BendyGirl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I really hope The Labour Party have a better plan than requesting flexible working for improving disability employment rates. Because just being able to ask for flexible on day 1 is not going to do anything to support disabled ppl into employment.

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Wheels for Wellbeing(@Wheels4Well) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Aimed at helping campaigners, designers & decision makers find key points needed for accessibility, here's our new Guide to LTN 1/20 Cycle Infrastructure Design - with lots of links & explanation - but 3% the length of the main version!
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/wheels-for-wel…

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation(@jrf_uk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Work protects people from poverty, but our social security system is standing in the way of people getting well suited jobs.

In this 🧵 we’ll uncover what’s going on in Jobcentres and how a reformed ‘work first’ approach could work better to support people into employment. ⤵️

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Neil Lee(@ndrlee) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Spatial wage inequality since the 1970s

Our ESRC funded work on spatial inequality in Centre for Economic Performance Centrepiece cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/…

Spatial wage inequality since the 1970s Our ESRC funded work on spatial inequality in @CEP_LSE Centrepiece cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/…
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Melanie Simms(@SimmsMelanie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One the questions I was asked last week is what the UK government is doing to support people into work ('active labour market policies'). The sad answer is - a lot of the things we know don't work. And in a lot of other areas, very little.

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jonn elledge(@JonnElledge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NIMBY WATCH: This week, it turns out that the 'brownfield first' people don't want to build on brownfield either? Who knew!!

capx.co/nimby-watch-te…

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Helen Barnard(@Helen_Barnard) 's Twitter Profile Photo

DWP is investing in more tailored, voluntary employment support. But also ramping up negative rhetoric & punitive regime. And very low numbers accessing higher quality, tailored support. Most claimants on generic, punitive path. Further worsens health & reduces prospects. 2/2

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Helen Barnard(@Helen_Barnard) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We really must overhaul Jobcentre Plus approach: compliance culture, reliance on punitive financial sanctions to drive engagement, pushing people into any job rather than a good fit. Leads to worse employment outcomes + drives up hunger, hardship & debt. 1/2

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Antonia Bance(@antoniabance) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I told sixth former niece about the £30 per fortnight for kids to stay in sixth form and she was incredulous - could not believe government used to step in to directly help young people

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Jennifer Blair(@SqueakinglyJen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Massive and unexpected changes to the Ukraine Scheme in the immigration statement of changes. The changes seem to come into effect immediately (3pm today). Family scheme-closed. Other routes-3 years leave reduced to 18 months. More grounds for refusal gov.uk/government/pub…

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Royal Statistical Society(@RoyalStatSoc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our favourite Harold Wilson anecdote has to be that at parties he would allow himself another drink if he could coherently say 'I am a former president of the Royal Statistical Society'

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