Jo Bibby
@jobibby.bsky.social
Director of Health, Health Foundation
Leading work to improve health and reduce inequalities.
Trustee Centre for Homelessness Impact
Honorary member @adphuk.bsky.social
Independent Chair Calderdale Cares Partnership Board
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Leading work to improve health and reduce inequalities.
Trustee Centre for Homelessness Impact
Honorary member @adphuk.bsky.social
Independent Chair Calderdale Cares Partnership Board
Views my own
📍Hebden Bridge
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The government is following through on its pledge to rebalance funding to the places that need it most, writes @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social. Though, with limited funding, it has required the government to make tough decisions about who loses
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/delivering-r...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/delivering-r...
The government is delivering a radical rebalancing of funding towards more deprived councils | Institute for Government
The Local Government Funding Settlement shows the government is making a major change to how funding is allocated to local authorities
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The government is following through on its pledge to rebalance funding to the places that need it most, writes @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social. Though, with limited funding, it has required the government to make tough decisions about who loses
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/delivering-r...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/delivering-r...
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🏠 Rents rose 4.4% in the year to November 2025 🏠
That's a welcome drop from a 2024 peak of 9%. This slowdown looks set to continue given the growth rate among *new* tenancies sits at 2.2% (although the uptick in recent months remains worth watching).
That's a welcome drop from a 2024 peak of 9%. This slowdown looks set to continue given the growth rate among *new* tenancies sits at 2.2% (although the uptick in recent months remains worth watching).
December 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🏠 Rents rose 4.4% in the year to November 2025 🏠
That's a welcome drop from a 2024 peak of 9%. This slowdown looks set to continue given the growth rate among *new* tenancies sits at 2.2% (although the uptick in recent months remains worth watching).
That's a welcome drop from a 2024 peak of 9%. This slowdown looks set to continue given the growth rate among *new* tenancies sits at 2.2% (although the uptick in recent months remains worth watching).
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Street scene with snow, band playing for carol singers, 1971, painting by Edith le Breton (1912-92). Born in Salford, lived and worked in Altrincham.
December 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Street scene with snow, band playing for carol singers, 1971, painting by Edith le Breton (1912-92). Born in Salford, lived and worked in Altrincham.
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Loving the cover page of this old MOH for Keighley. So many fonts!
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Loving the cover page of this old MOH for Keighley. So many fonts!
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Most households currently subject to the two-child limit already have at least one adult in work.
Of the minority non-working households, more than nine-in-ten have a child under three or a disabled family member with additional care needs, making any return to the labour market challenging.
Of the minority non-working households, more than nine-in-ten have a child under three or a disabled family member with additional care needs, making any return to the labour market challenging.
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Most households currently subject to the two-child limit already have at least one adult in work.
Of the minority non-working households, more than nine-in-ten have a child under three or a disabled family member with additional care needs, making any return to the labour market challenging.
Of the minority non-working households, more than nine-in-ten have a child under three or a disabled family member with additional care needs, making any return to the labour market challenging.
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Mis and dis information. Notes for PH professionals
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Mis and dis information. Notes for PH professionals
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
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Good piece by @chrisgiles.ft.com on the continued theme of the unreliability of key UK economic statistics & why this really matters. Here's a nugget on debt.
www.ft.com/content/5aff...
www.ft.com/content/5aff...
December 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Good piece by @chrisgiles.ft.com on the continued theme of the unreliability of key UK economic statistics & why this really matters. Here's a nugget on debt.
www.ft.com/content/5aff...
www.ft.com/content/5aff...
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Aggregate Result of the 185 Council By-Elections (for 188 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
RFM: 65 (+56)
LDM: 55 (+20)
CON: 20 (-23)
LAB: 14 (-43)
GRN: 14 (+2)
Ind: 9 (-6)
Local: 5 (-5)
SNP: 3 (-1)
PLC: 3 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
RFM: 65 (+56)
LDM: 55 (+20)
CON: 20 (-23)
LAB: 14 (-43)
GRN: 14 (+2)
Ind: 9 (-6)
Local: 5 (-5)
SNP: 3 (-1)
PLC: 3 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
December 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Aggregate Result of the 185 Council By-Elections (for 188 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
RFM: 65 (+56)
LDM: 55 (+20)
CON: 20 (-23)
LAB: 14 (-43)
GRN: 14 (+2)
Ind: 9 (-6)
Local: 5 (-5)
SNP: 3 (-1)
PLC: 3 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
RFM: 65 (+56)
LDM: 55 (+20)
CON: 20 (-23)
LAB: 14 (-43)
GRN: 14 (+2)
Ind: 9 (-6)
Local: 5 (-5)
SNP: 3 (-1)
PLC: 3 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
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📑 Explore our report 'The Youth Guarantee and the benefits system' to find out more about the young people who risk missing out on support: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...
The Youth Guarantee and the benefits system - Learning and Work Institute
learningandwork.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
📑 Explore our report 'The Youth Guarantee and the benefits system' to find out more about the young people who risk missing out on support: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...
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The old Medical Officer of Health reports are becoming a bit of a weird obsession. Here's some things from Bradford in 1918: wellcomecollection.org/works/f2nczp...
For a long time, Bradford's birth rate was lower than the England average, where it's now higher (also, look at this lovely old graph)
For a long time, Bradford's birth rate was lower than the England average, where it's now higher (also, look at this lovely old graph)
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The old Medical Officer of Health reports are becoming a bit of a weird obsession. Here's some things from Bradford in 1918: wellcomecollection.org/works/f2nczp...
For a long time, Bradford's birth rate was lower than the England average, where it's now higher (also, look at this lovely old graph)
For a long time, Bradford's birth rate was lower than the England average, where it's now higher (also, look at this lovely old graph)
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Keir Starmer to make Iceland boss Richard Walker a Labour peer
Keir Starmer to make Iceland boss Richard Walker a Labour peer
Appointment marks a rapid political transformation for a former Tory donor and potential candidate for MP
The formerly Conservative-supporting boss of the supermarket Iceland is to be made a Labour peer when the party appoints another 25 representatives to parliament’s upper house later this month.
Keir Starmer will appoint Richard Walker to the House of Lords, the Guardian understands, the culmination of an unusual and rapid political transformation for someone named as a prospective Tory MP candidate a little over three years ago. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Keir Starmer to make Iceland boss Richard Walker a Labour peer
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Health, early years, net zero, growth - what have been 2025’s boldest policy ideas, and why do they matter?
Come together with Nesta & BIT to reflect on the policies that defined the year - and hear sharp analysis on how they’ll shape 2026.
🗓️ 9 Dec, London.
Register 👉 https://bit.ly/4nWcXZI
Come together with Nesta & BIT to reflect on the policies that defined the year - and hear sharp analysis on how they’ll shape 2026.
🗓️ 9 Dec, London.
Register 👉 https://bit.ly/4nWcXZI
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Health, early years, net zero, growth - what have been 2025’s boldest policy ideas, and why do they matter?
Come together with Nesta & BIT to reflect on the policies that defined the year - and hear sharp analysis on how they’ll shape 2026.
🗓️ 9 Dec, London.
Register 👉 https://bit.ly/4nWcXZI
Come together with Nesta & BIT to reflect on the policies that defined the year - and hear sharp analysis on how they’ll shape 2026.
🗓️ 9 Dec, London.
Register 👉 https://bit.ly/4nWcXZI
Lots on the news today about Australia’s restrictions on social media use for under 16s.
Hear more about the debate in this podcast from last year with @jeantwenge.bsky.social exploring evidence on the impact on #mentalhealth
www.health.org.uk/features-and...
Hear more about the debate in this podcast from last year with @jeantwenge.bsky.social exploring evidence on the impact on #mentalhealth
www.health.org.uk/features-and...
www.health.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Lots on the news today about Australia’s restrictions on social media use for under 16s.
Hear more about the debate in this podcast from last year with @jeantwenge.bsky.social exploring evidence on the impact on #mentalhealth
www.health.org.uk/features-and...
Hear more about the debate in this podcast from last year with @jeantwenge.bsky.social exploring evidence on the impact on #mentalhealth
www.health.org.uk/features-and...
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Even after the mansion tax is applied, the owner of a £5m home in Westminster will pay proportionately less in property tax than the owner of a £210k Band B property in Sunderland.
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Even after the mansion tax is applied, the owner of a £5m home in Westminster will pay proportionately less in property tax than the owner of a £210k Band B property in Sunderland.
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Recent research showed that a huge proportion (87%) of Brits rely on hanging wet clothes inside their homes – and they’re unknowingly causing serious issues.
A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
The mould truth: Expert warns Brits of one common habit that brings damp into their homes
As winter returns, and households dry laundry indoors, new research suggests this is contributing to dangerous mould problems in the home
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Recent research showed that a huge proportion (87%) of Brits rely on hanging wet clothes inside their homes – and they’re unknowingly causing serious issues.
A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
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By 2024-25, pensioners received on average an extra £900 a year compared to 2010-11, while those under 65 receiving benefits have lost an average of £1,500 a year.
The key drivers of this? Increasing the state pension via the Triple Lock, while freezing and capping support for working-age families.
The key drivers of this? Increasing the state pension via the Triple Lock, while freezing and capping support for working-age families.
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
By 2024-25, pensioners received on average an extra £900 a year compared to 2010-11, while those under 65 receiving benefits have lost an average of £1,500 a year.
The key drivers of this? Increasing the state pension via the Triple Lock, while freezing and capping support for working-age families.
The key drivers of this? Increasing the state pension via the Triple Lock, while freezing and capping support for working-age families.
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Where has increased welfare spending increased?
Two areas stand-out: pensioners and disability & health-related benefits.
But as the Government found earlier this year, reducing welfare spending on these groups is tough politically and in policy terms.
Two areas stand-out: pensioners and disability & health-related benefits.
But as the Government found earlier this year, reducing welfare spending on these groups is tough politically and in policy terms.
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Where has increased welfare spending increased?
Two areas stand-out: pensioners and disability & health-related benefits.
But as the Government found earlier this year, reducing welfare spending on these groups is tough politically and in policy terms.
Two areas stand-out: pensioners and disability & health-related benefits.
But as the Government found earlier this year, reducing welfare spending on these groups is tough politically and in policy terms.
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How much do we spend on welfare?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP – just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than 2007-08.
Since 2012-13, total welfare spending has actually fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP.
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP – just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than 2007-08.
Since 2012-13, total welfare spending has actually fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP.
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
How much do we spend on welfare?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP – just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than 2007-08.
Since 2012-13, total welfare spending has actually fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP.
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP – just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than 2007-08.
Since 2012-13, total welfare spending has actually fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP.
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Tax rises are coming in the Budget.
But many people are asking “Shouldn’t welfare be cut instead?”
Let’s examine the feasibility of doing this….🧵
But many people are asking “Shouldn’t welfare be cut instead?”
Let’s examine the feasibility of doing this….🧵
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Tax rises are coming in the Budget.
But many people are asking “Shouldn’t welfare be cut instead?”
Let’s examine the feasibility of doing this….🧵
But many people are asking “Shouldn’t welfare be cut instead?”
Let’s examine the feasibility of doing this….🧵
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RF are pro MW, but we agree it's 2nd order to benefits in tackling poverty. Big fight with Osborne over that re tax credit cuts in 2015.
One example: a 2-earner 3-kid family on MW wld have been *worse* off in 2024 than 2014 despite real earnings up 27% www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
One example: a 2-earner 3-kid family on MW wld have been *worse* off in 2024 than 2014 despite real earnings up 27% www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
RF are pro MW, but we agree it's 2nd order to benefits in tackling poverty. Big fight with Osborne over that re tax credit cuts in 2015.
One example: a 2-earner 3-kid family on MW wld have been *worse* off in 2024 than 2014 despite real earnings up 27% www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
One example: a 2-earner 3-kid family on MW wld have been *worse* off in 2024 than 2014 despite real earnings up 27% www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
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EVENT | Are public inquiries a good way for government to learn lessons?
Join us to discuss the lessons from the second Covid Inquiry report and what it means for how future governments approach crisis management.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/govern...
Join us to discuss the lessons from the second Covid Inquiry report and what it means for how future governments approach crisis management.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/govern...
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
EVENT | Are public inquiries a good way for government to learn lessons?
Join us to discuss the lessons from the second Covid Inquiry report and what it means for how future governments approach crisis management.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/govern...
Join us to discuss the lessons from the second Covid Inquiry report and what it means for how future governments approach crisis management.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/govern...
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The secretariat for the APPG on Wellbeing Economics is provided by the World Wellbeing Movement.
You can find out more here: wellbeingeconomics.co.uk
You can find out more here: wellbeingeconomics.co.uk
wellbeingeconomics.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The secretariat for the APPG on Wellbeing Economics is provided by the World Wellbeing Movement.
You can find out more here: wellbeingeconomics.co.uk
You can find out more here: wellbeingeconomics.co.uk
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'If the government is serious about economic growth, it must get serious about improving wellbeing.'
Ahead of the Budget, this is the message from @delivering4crawley.bsky.social and Lord Gus O'Donnell, Chair and Co-Chair of the APPG on Wellbeing Economics.
Via @thehousemag.bsky.social
Ahead of the Budget, this is the message from @delivering4crawley.bsky.social and Lord Gus O'Donnell, Chair and Co-Chair of the APPG on Wellbeing Economics.
Via @thehousemag.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
'If the government is serious about economic growth, it must get serious about improving wellbeing.'
Ahead of the Budget, this is the message from @delivering4crawley.bsky.social and Lord Gus O'Donnell, Chair and Co-Chair of the APPG on Wellbeing Economics.
Via @thehousemag.bsky.social
Ahead of the Budget, this is the message from @delivering4crawley.bsky.social and Lord Gus O'Donnell, Chair and Co-Chair of the APPG on Wellbeing Economics.
Via @thehousemag.bsky.social
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The further education sector is on the frontline of preparing learners for a rapidly shifting labour market. Our Director of Education shares his thoughts on what the findings from The Skills Imperative 2035 by @thenfer.bsky.social mean for FE, in @fenews.bsky.social
Read here: ow.ly/ktPp50Xxrz4
Read here: ow.ly/ktPp50Xxrz4
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The further education sector is on the frontline of preparing learners for a rapidly shifting labour market. Our Director of Education shares his thoughts on what the findings from The Skills Imperative 2035 by @thenfer.bsky.social mean for FE, in @fenews.bsky.social
Read here: ow.ly/ktPp50Xxrz4
Read here: ow.ly/ktPp50Xxrz4
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A huge welcome to all new organisations who have joined our Age-friendly Employer Pledge in the month of August!
Interested in signing up too? Find out more: ageing-better.org.uk/age-friendly...
#ThankYou #PositiveAgeing #OlderPeople #OlderWorkers #Ageing
Interested in signing up too? Find out more: ageing-better.org.uk/age-friendly...
#ThankYou #PositiveAgeing #OlderPeople #OlderWorkers #Ageing
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A huge welcome to all new organisations who have joined our Age-friendly Employer Pledge in the month of August!
Interested in signing up too? Find out more: ageing-better.org.uk/age-friendly...
#ThankYou #PositiveAgeing #OlderPeople #OlderWorkers #Ageing
Interested in signing up too? Find out more: ageing-better.org.uk/age-friendly...
#ThankYou #PositiveAgeing #OlderPeople #OlderWorkers #Ageing