New 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

Every 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!

I'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...

Chancellor 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.

Every 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!

🎉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

Scrapping 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

'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...

Breaking 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...

This @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-...

🚨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.

Spoke 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...

Several 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

🚨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.

About 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.

Hadn’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:

Spoke 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-...

Spoke 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-...

Our 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

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

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Some 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 👋

The 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)

This 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...

Suspect 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...

imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off

On 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...

Good 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...

On 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...

Today’s newsletter: on the Tory party’s lurching language:

The Chancellor's rhetoric on pride in place, community assets and high streets was correct - these things are important, particularly at the moment when face to face is more important than ever so we can see ourselves in one another. There are announcements in that vein, but little detail so far...

Good to see the first multi-year settlement for local crisis support in Spending Review, with govt's new Crisis and Resilience Fund supported by £1bn a year (replacing the Household Support Fund). Long-term funding will allow councils to target preventative support to the most vulnerable households.

NEW: Sure Start generated widespread, long-lasting benefits for children in education, health, absences, and SEND. Every £1 of up-front spending on Sure Start could generate around £2 in total benefits over the long run. THREAD on our new ‪@nuffieldfoundation.org‬-funded report: [1/11]

As we develop JRF's communities + place policy work, this from @cormacrussell.bsky.social is v inspiring - especially the call to seek a 'good enough alignment' between govt institutions + community-based associations, as the perfect relationship does not exist. www.newlocal.org.uk/publications...

The government says its cuts to disability benefits are part of a “moral mission” to get more people working. But analysis shows fewer than 100,00 are expected to start work by the end of the parliament. Meanwhile around 3m will have disability & health related benefits cut. 1/4

Some thoughts sparked by a great event in Leeds yesterday on neighbourhood health and the UK government's Test, Learn and Grow intiative. How do we make neighbourhoods engines of change? medium.com/@jamestplunk...

Under threat from Reform, coastal MPs are demanding a new strategy from Keir Starmer. 🖊️ @georgeeaton.bsky.social: Will Labour’s “Sea Wall” be swept away?

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Some families with a disabled adult stand to lose over £12,000 per year by 2029/30 as a result of the Government's disability benefit cuts. Hardship being deepened by rebuilding the nations finances on the backs of disabled people And polling suggests the public know it.

What mental illnesses are being ‘over diagnosed’ and who by? And what effect is that supposedly having on claims for PIP which uses a functional not diagnostic test? It’s so important that public & political debates about mental health, illness and social security are informed by robust evidence

"A government that came to office pledging to end the moral scar of food bank use clearly should not be taking steps that could leave disabled people at greater risk of needing to use one." www.jrf.org.uk/news/governm...

This is good from Andy Burnham - calling not for benefits cuts that will drive more people into poverty, but instead for integrated place-based services that recognise the complexities of people's lives and provide whole-person support. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

This is good from Andy Burnham - calling not for benefits cuts that will drive more people into poverty, but instead for integrated place-based services that recognise the complexities of people's lives and provide whole-person support. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

This, from a DWP press release yesterday (gov.uk/government/n...), is outrageous In two short paragraphs it peddles multiple falsehoods about the current system that will be used to justify upcoming cuts & changes Here's what MPs & journalists should be challenging... 🧵

Yesterday, a Government press release claimed the number of people “considered too sick to work” had "quadrupled" since the pandemic (a "383% rise"). This is incorrect. In fact, it’s not even close. It's more like 40%. This thread explains why 🧵1/7

There’s a lot of fantastic expertise on here and on Substack: @benbgeiger.bsky.social is on both. Really terrific piece.

🚨 Today, we publish new research that lays bare the scale of child poverty in migrant families. 46% of children in families with non-UK born parents live in poverty - almost double the rate for other children. The govt cannot tackle child poverty without tackling issues in our migration system. 🧵⬇️

The New Plan for Neighbourhoods. Six thoughts 🧵. 1️⃣ It’s seeking to learn from the New Deal for Communities (great!) but the ££ involved isn’t anywhere at the same scale. www.gov.uk/government/n...