Working-class women face continuous judgement from the middle-classes. Many of those living in poverty with children have probably undergone years of assessments – social workers, DWP, teachers. The last thing they need is someone telling them how to feed their children on beans.

This is just so depressing

“Themes do not passively ‘emerge’ from data but are actively produced by the researcher through their systematic engagement with, and all they bring to, the data set” (Braun and Clarke, 2022) #KeepMasking prof virginia braun 💉💉💉💉💉 @drvicclarke

Ex- council house on my childhood council estate in Sutton in Ashfield £850pcm this is a poor community. 3 bedroom semi-detached house for rent in Cowpes Close, Sutton-In-Ashfield, NG17 rightmove.co.uk/properties/130…

Great opportunity for a mid career researcher wanting to work in applied ways with orgs focused on #HealthEquity, with work time for papers and grants + the most fab team ARC North West Coast Division of Health Research, Lancaster University jobs.ac.uk/job/CWV751/res…

The Princess of Wales looks to be launching a sincere & thoughtful campaign, but it's kind of wild that Sure Start was an evidence-based solution to the problems she's raising, was evaluated and found to be wonderfully successful, and we're sort of pretending it wasn't cut.

1 million council houses need to be built immediately & the halt of right to buy. There is no other solution every other trick has failed. House prices are in freefall – and so is Britain’s national faith in property ownership | Housing | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Lots to smile MCHP about on #WorldOralHealthDay Research by The Polar Bear Study Dalil Saud | دليّل بنت سعود Dr Joanna Goldthorpe Sarah Peters finding ways to help dental providers support families with oral health behaviours National Institute for Health and Care Research

Millions of council houses were built after the war to help protect people from slum landlords They used to be home to around a third of the UK population Tonight on Panorama we look at What’s Gone Wrong with Our Housing? On BBC One and iPlayer at 8pm bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Margaret Thatcher’s flagship right-to-buy policy boosted home ownership, but the council house sell-off is causing problems 40 years on What’s Gone Wrong with Our Housing? On BBC One and iPlayer at 8pm bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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Had a few requests recently for our COM-B q'aire - it's in the paper (open access) as supp file c (rb.gy/7x0v2 - sorry - somewhat buried in the text). Free to use, no licence needed - also available here with examples of how it can be adapted: osf.io/9e57u/

I grew up in a commuter town, I thought about moving back to buy. The season ticket is £7716/yr, or £740/month. Basically any savings on housing are wiped out by commuting, and I lose an extra c.2hrs a day to be sat/stood on a crowded train.

Britain’s shorter children reveal a grim story about austerity, but its scars run far deeper | Michael Marmot theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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It’s so good to see support coming in already for our #WoodStreetXmas Appeal. Even a simple share of our posts can make a big difference. Thanks everyone #Manchester #Salford #Poverty woodstreetmission.org.uk/our-projects/c…

Professor Heather Brown from Division of Health Research, Lancaster University ARC North West Coast was interviewed for The Economist for an article entitled “Can run-down Blackpool turn itself around?” economist.com/britain/2024/0…

So another day, another article about the lack of working class folk in the arts. Another call for outreach and mentorship Well I say FUCK THAT There is no aspiration gap There is no need to show WC people what’s ‘possible’ There is simply a practicality gap A money gap