The Employment Rights Bill marks real progress, but more needs to be done to protect this vulnerable group.
Political will is essential: there needs to be a genuine desire to end poverty, restore the social safety net, and support people living in financial hardship.
Find out more in @bigissue.com
As the market for insecure work grows and people depend on it to stay afloat, it is critical that their voices are heard in policy making 📢
@demos-uk.bsky.social analysed online posts from people in financial hardship - we found more and more people discussing insecure roles in the gig economy 1/2
Where are we at with trans+ migrants rights? 🏳️⚧️
In our latest Substack blog, we reflect on what the Supreme Court ruling means for trans+ migrants, unpack interim changes to how trans+ people in #detention are treated, and how the Government is erasing gender non-conforming people🗞️ buff.ly/eLRKMrA
Image showing front cover of Government's statement on asylum and returns policy (titled 'Restoring Order and Control').
No one in the UK should experience destitution - wherever they were born – and destitution should never be an acceptable outcome of policy. But some policies announced in the Home Secretary’s asylum statement risk increasing destitution. 🧵1/7 www.gov.uk/government/p...
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This is a project about stories, data and community power led by young people in a place living with high deprivation and limited leverage 🗣️
This piece from Dr Tamanda Walker shows how stories of childhood, class and residence bring a sharper lens to patterns of poverty and place-based disadvantage
What happens when residents lead the conversation about poverty?
Online event from @placematters.bsky.social, Roots and Rigour, @justknowledge.bsky.social and JRF on how 'data democracy' can enable gov to think differently about what tackling poverty really means and how it can empower residents 👇
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...
Find out more about the origins of Sinn Féin and the party's central place in 20th century Irish politics on the #HistParl website: historyofparliament.com/2023/09/12/o... [3/3]
Find our modelling: www.jrf.org.uk/work/economi...
Read the full UK Poverty report: www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2...
4.3 million children are in poverty
UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢
Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5
Welcome to all our new followers! 🎉
We have put together a helpful starter pack where you can find all of the JRF staff that are on Bluesky who you might want to follow.
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