On the contrary, as Sir Michael Marmot and I outlined in Prospect

“Britain is objectively sicker than it was a decade ago: people are dying earlier…more babies are dying in their first year of life than three years ago”

prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/polic…

NEW: Sure Start, England’s first large programme to provide holistic support to families with children under five, greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results.

Read Nick Ridpath Sarah Cattan Pedro Carneiro’s report, funded by Nuffield Foundation: ifs.org.uk/publications/s…

Maria Sobolewska 🇺🇦 & me on political polling failing ethnic minorities:
Polling industry & academic surveys struggle to produce affordable good-quality minority samples due to little investment in data collection infrastructure needed for surveying minorities
inews.co.uk/opinion/politi…

Proper goddam bike race. #rvv24

Congratulations Dr Dr Laura Serra ! So good to see another excellent woman winning the McDougall Trust prize in the field of elections, electoral systems and representation - welcome to the club! Dr Lotte Hargrave Anna Sanders Katerina Tertytchnaya Jessica C. Smith Dr Ceri Fowler and others!

New publication in Politics & Gender with Maria Sobolewska 🇺🇦 on experiences of ethnic minority women in UK local government

'Ticking two boxes', ethnic minority women meet both gender & ethnic quota imperatives at once but fight two battles due to intersections of racism & sexism 1/

Wow.

Hard-right Reform party has gone ahead of the Conservatives among men in the latest polling from YouGov

3/ Last year, a number of fantastic women colleagues including Dr Lotte Hargrave, Dr Ceri Fowler, Sophie Moxon, Prof Meryl Kenny, Dr Amanda Hall, Busra Nisa Sarac, Rachael Chapman and Kimberley Hutchings were awarded PSA Academic Prizes. Find out more about their work: psa.ac.uk/psa/news/psa-c…

Hi 👋👋

We are a new network for UK & Europe scholars in Elections, Parties and Public Opinion (EPOP) who research gender and intersections with gender in EPOP as well as women in the subfield.

Sign up here: forms.gle/oKkQFbi2FUru7q…

Very excited to set up this network with Dr Ceri Fowler and Rosalind Shorrocks

The idea came out of a brilliant workshop in Manchester last year funded by PSA Women & Politics and EPOP

These seminars are drawing a great audience. Come Friday or watch online. Something a bit different, all set up for understanding the election.

In Scotland, there’s now a tight race for the poll lead. How much does independence still matter? Find out from Rob Johns

Academics: 'I have an amazing idea for a new article'

The two-year old article that needs one afternoon of edits to be ready to submit:

Are *YOU* a second year undergraduate with an interest in political research and public opinion? Or do *YOU* know of such a student? If so, we've got a super exciting opportunity for a one-year placement here in the YouGov political team!

linkedin.com/jobs/view/3781…

Just an average day supporting Everton

The typical pay of an early 30s graduate is a staggering 16 per cent less today than in 2007 resolutionfoundation.org/publications/a…

And another article with more real people affected by the cruel change to spousal visa earnings thresholds, which went against MAC advice and hence probably won’t hold up on court. All for what?

ft.com/content/cfdcc5…