Kez Dugdale
@kezdugdale.bsky.social
Associate Director, @uofgpolicy.bsky.social. Prof University of Glasgow. Trustee of Shelter and Oversight Board Member of The Promise. Writes for The Courier, Talks for Times Radio.
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Kez Dugdale
@kezdugdale.bsky.social
· May 16
🚨New episode of #UofGSpotlight🎙️
We dive into the UK Gov’s Immigration White Paper with Professors @nasarmeer.bsky.social & @sergipardos.bsky.social.
Challenging some assumptions made in immigration policy and discussing the politics behind the rhetoric.
🎧 Listen now: uofgspotlight.com
We dive into the UK Gov’s Immigration White Paper with Professors @nasarmeer.bsky.social & @sergipardos.bsky.social.
Challenging some assumptions made in immigration policy and discussing the politics behind the rhetoric.
🎧 Listen now: uofgspotlight.com
Brilliant and compelling analysis on this week's white paper from two leading experts - an essential listen 👇
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Welfare spending is currently 1.2% of GDP *lower* than in 2012-13.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Welfare spending is currently 1.2% of GDP *lower* than in 2012-13.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
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Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
Why does Legal Aid matter, is it there for you when you need it and what will it take to make it better? All covered in this stellar podcast 🎙️👇
New #UofGSpotlight podcast episode
This week we're talking access to justice and Legal Aid Reform in Scotland.
We speak to @jena.ng and Fiona McPhail, @uofglaw.bsky.social. Alongside @satwatr.bsky.social, @opfs.org.uk and @mscottetal.bsky.social, Scottish Women's Aid.
Tune in: 🎧 uofgspotlight.com
This week we're talking access to justice and Legal Aid Reform in Scotland.
We speak to @jena.ng and Fiona McPhail, @uofglaw.bsky.social. Alongside @satwatr.bsky.social, @opfs.org.uk and @mscottetal.bsky.social, Scottish Women's Aid.
Tune in: 🎧 uofgspotlight.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Why does Legal Aid matter, is it there for you when you need it and what will it take to make it better? All covered in this stellar podcast 🎙️👇
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Reports yesterday that the Government is considering scrapping the two-child limit on benefits in full.
This would be a welcome step - fully repealing the two-child limit is by far the best way to ensure fewer children are growing up in poverty.
This would be a welcome step - fully repealing the two-child limit is by far the best way to ensure fewer children are growing up in poverty.
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Reports yesterday that the Government is considering scrapping the two-child limit on benefits in full.
This would be a welcome step - fully repealing the two-child limit is by far the best way to ensure fewer children are growing up in poverty.
This would be a welcome step - fully repealing the two-child limit is by far the best way to ensure fewer children are growing up in poverty.
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If they don't implement significant policy changes, this Government will preside over the sharpest increase in child poverty by any Labour Government in the last 60 years ⤵️
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/04eBps0
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/04eBps0
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If they don't implement significant policy changes, this Government will preside over the sharpest increase in child poverty by any Labour Government in the last 60 years ⤵️
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/04eBps0
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/04eBps0
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Great to have everyone join us this morning for our second #ESRCFestival event, with Pregnant Then Screwed, Working 9-5: How does childcare fit? 💬
📸 Our @drcmacrae.bsky.social and Carole Erskine from Pregnant Then Screwed kicking us off with insights from recent research.
📸 Our @drcmacrae.bsky.social and Carole Erskine from Pregnant Then Screwed kicking us off with insights from recent research.
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Great to have everyone join us this morning for our second #ESRCFestival event, with Pregnant Then Screwed, Working 9-5: How does childcare fit? 💬
📸 Our @drcmacrae.bsky.social and Carole Erskine from Pregnant Then Screwed kicking us off with insights from recent research.
📸 Our @drcmacrae.bsky.social and Carole Erskine from Pregnant Then Screwed kicking us off with insights from recent research.
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Join us for a public event with #PregnantThenScrewed on challenges and opportunities in early learning and childcare provision 🗓️
💡Working 9-5: How does childcare fit?
Friday 7 October, 10.30am
In person at @uofgarc.bsky.social
Book your place 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-9-...
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💡Working 9-5: How does childcare fit?
Friday 7 October, 10.30am
In person at @uofgarc.bsky.social
Book your place 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-9-...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Join us for a public event with #PregnantThenScrewed on challenges and opportunities in early learning and childcare provision 🗓️
💡Working 9-5: How does childcare fit?
Friday 7 October, 10.30am
In person at @uofgarc.bsky.social
Book your place 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-9-...
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💡Working 9-5: How does childcare fit?
Friday 7 October, 10.30am
In person at @uofgarc.bsky.social
Book your place 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-9-...
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You know that Trump doesn't care about climate change. But did you know that his tariffs may also prevent *other* countries from taking climate action?
New by me for @uofgpolicy.bsky.social on the Trumpian shadow over COP30: tinyurl.com/mpf7thee
New by me for @uofgpolicy.bsky.social on the Trumpian shadow over COP30: tinyurl.com/mpf7thee
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You know that Trump doesn't care about climate change. But did you know that his tariffs may also prevent *other* countries from taking climate action?
New by me for @uofgpolicy.bsky.social on the Trumpian shadow over COP30: tinyurl.com/mpf7thee
New by me for @uofgpolicy.bsky.social on the Trumpian shadow over COP30: tinyurl.com/mpf7thee
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Calling students! 📣 Don’t miss the first @uofgcareers.bsky.social Cabinet Office Conversations event of the year.
With Vincent Devine, UK Government’s Chief Security Officer, in conversation with our Prof @kezdugdale.bsky.social
🗓️ Tues 11 Nov, 1pm
More info and book: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
With Vincent Devine, UK Government’s Chief Security Officer, in conversation with our Prof @kezdugdale.bsky.social
🗓️ Tues 11 Nov, 1pm
More info and book: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Calling students! 📣 Don’t miss the first @uofgcareers.bsky.social Cabinet Office Conversations event of the year.
With Vincent Devine, UK Government’s Chief Security Officer, in conversation with our Prof @kezdugdale.bsky.social
🗓️ Tues 11 Nov, 1pm
More info and book: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
With Vincent Devine, UK Government’s Chief Security Officer, in conversation with our Prof @kezdugdale.bsky.social
🗓️ Tues 11 Nov, 1pm
More info and book: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
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Excellent piece by @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social on government discussions about binning the two child limit, which is driving more families into poverty.
Ruth leads @changingrealities.bsky.social - a collaboration between over UK parents and carers on a low-income.
samf.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
Ruth leads @changingrealities.bsky.social - a collaboration between over UK parents and carers on a low-income.
samf.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
"The worst social policy ever"
We have a couple of bonus guest posts over the next week.
samf.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Excellent piece by @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social on government discussions about binning the two child limit, which is driving more families into poverty.
Ruth leads @changingrealities.bsky.social - a collaboration between over UK parents and carers on a low-income.
samf.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
Ruth leads @changingrealities.bsky.social - a collaboration between over UK parents and carers on a low-income.
samf.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
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If they don't implement significant policy changes, this Government will preside over the sharpest increase in child poverty by any Labour Government in the last 60 years ⤵️
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/qVc9CWs
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/qVc9CWs
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
If they don't implement significant policy changes, this Government will preside over the sharpest increase in child poverty by any Labour Government in the last 60 years ⤵️
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/qVc9CWs
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/qVc9CWs
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Some professional news!
I'll be joining the University of Glasgow's Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social in December as a Research Associate for the Holyrood election campaign, producing research on long-term political attitude trends in Scotland and how they have shaped our politics.
I'll be joining the University of Glasgow's Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social in December as a Research Associate for the Holyrood election campaign, producing research on long-term political attitude trends in Scotland and how they have shaped our politics.
October 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Some professional news!
I'll be joining the University of Glasgow's Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social in December as a Research Associate for the Holyrood election campaign, producing research on long-term political attitude trends in Scotland and how they have shaped our politics.
I'll be joining the University of Glasgow's Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social in December as a Research Associate for the Holyrood election campaign, producing research on long-term political attitude trends in Scotland and how they have shaped our politics.
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NEW blog from @jsijstermans.bsky.social 🚨
📝 Beyond the protests: Tracing Scotland’s far right activism
Dr Judith Sijstermans looks at the evolving picture of far right activism in Scotland and the locally-rooted activity and networks that underpin it.
🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
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📝 Beyond the protests: Tracing Scotland’s far right activism
Dr Judith Sijstermans looks at the evolving picture of far right activism in Scotland and the locally-rooted activity and networks that underpin it.
🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
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September 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NEW blog from @jsijstermans.bsky.social 🚨
📝 Beyond the protests: Tracing Scotland’s far right activism
Dr Judith Sijstermans looks at the evolving picture of far right activism in Scotland and the locally-rooted activity and networks that underpin it.
🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
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📝 Beyond the protests: Tracing Scotland’s far right activism
Dr Judith Sijstermans looks at the evolving picture of far right activism in Scotland and the locally-rooted activity and networks that underpin it.
🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
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A busy morning at the Centre for Public Policy today as our Early Career Researchers' Network hosts their event on housing and energy policy, with @uofgenergy.bsky.social 🏠💡
Looking forward to the important conversations ahead with experts from across academia, engineering, and the third sector 💬
Looking forward to the important conversations ahead with experts from across academia, engineering, and the third sector 💬
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A busy morning at the Centre for Public Policy today as our Early Career Researchers' Network hosts their event on housing and energy policy, with @uofgenergy.bsky.social 🏠💡
Looking forward to the important conversations ahead with experts from across academia, engineering, and the third sector 💬
Looking forward to the important conversations ahead with experts from across academia, engineering, and the third sector 💬
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My husband and I just celebrated 22 years together, which is longer than both of Nigel Farage's mixed-sex marriages combined.
Nigel Farage:
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
September 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My husband and I just celebrated 22 years together, which is longer than both of Nigel Farage's mixed-sex marriages combined.
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Today @beyondsrebrenica.bsky.social hosts an event with the Scottish Government to mark the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide.
We were honoured to have Sabina Kadić-Mackenzie share her story and the charity's mission to ensure remembrance.
🎧 Learn more: open.spotify.com/episode/5TED...
We were honoured to have Sabina Kadić-Mackenzie share her story and the charity's mission to ensure remembrance.
🎧 Learn more: open.spotify.com/episode/5TED...
Beyond Srebrenica and Responsibility to Protect
UofG Spotlight · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Today @beyondsrebrenica.bsky.social hosts an event with the Scottish Government to mark the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide.
We were honoured to have Sabina Kadić-Mackenzie share her story and the charity's mission to ensure remembrance.
🎧 Learn more: open.spotify.com/episode/5TED...
We were honoured to have Sabina Kadić-Mackenzie share her story and the charity's mission to ensure remembrance.
🎧 Learn more: open.spotify.com/episode/5TED...
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As it's in the news again - this is the post I wrote a few months ago on why the disability benefits bill has been going up.
Essentially, you can't remove need by removing support - it just pops up as a cost somewhere else.
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
Essentially, you can't remove need by removing support - it just pops up as a cost somewhere else.
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
The definition of madness
Governments need to stop making the same incredibly expensive mistake over and over again
open.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
As it's in the news again - this is the post I wrote a few months ago on why the disability benefits bill has been going up.
Essentially, you can't remove need by removing support - it just pops up as a cost somewhere else.
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
Essentially, you can't remove need by removing support - it just pops up as a cost somewhere else.
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
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🗞️ In a new blog, Dr David Bell explains how changes to the UK Treasury’s Green Book could shift investment away from the South-East by focusing more on regional needs. This could impact how projects are funded across the UK, including in Scotland.
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
June 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🗞️ In a new blog, Dr David Bell explains how changes to the UK Treasury’s Green Book could shift investment away from the South-East by focusing more on regional needs. This could impact how projects are funded across the UK, including in Scotland.
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
Bit of a special one this, to end our current season of Spotlight. Super proud of how this podcast has grown in popularity in recent times. Are you one of the thousands who tune in each episode? 🕵🏻♂️
🎙️NEW: Beyond Srebrenica and Responsibility to Protect
30 years after the genocide Sabina Kadeech-Mackenzie, @beyondsrebrenica.bsky.social, reflects on memory, justice & international responsibility.
@rji95.bsky.social unpacks the promises & limits of Responsibility to Protect.
🎧 uofgspotlight.com
30 years after the genocide Sabina Kadeech-Mackenzie, @beyondsrebrenica.bsky.social, reflects on memory, justice & international responsibility.
@rji95.bsky.social unpacks the promises & limits of Responsibility to Protect.
🎧 uofgspotlight.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Bit of a special one this, to end our current season of Spotlight. Super proud of how this podcast has grown in popularity in recent times. Are you one of the thousands who tune in each episode? 🕵🏻♂️
Here’s @uofgvc.bsky.social reflecting on some of Chancellor’s recent choices…
NEW: The 2025 Spending Review Big Picture: A Difficult Macroeconomic Balancing Act
Prof. Sir Anton Muscatelli @uofgvc.bsky.social unpacks the review - not a return to austerity but tough choices ahead. Political, economic, and global pressures shape UK’s fiscal future
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
Prof. Sir Anton Muscatelli @uofgvc.bsky.social unpacks the review - not a return to austerity but tough choices ahead. Political, economic, and global pressures shape UK’s fiscal future
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
June 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Here’s @uofgvc.bsky.social reflecting on some of Chancellor’s recent choices…
Reposted by Kez Dugdale
NEW: The 2025 Spending Review Big Picture: A Difficult Macroeconomic Balancing Act
Prof. Sir Anton Muscatelli @uofgvc.bsky.social unpacks the review - not a return to austerity but tough choices ahead. Political, economic, and global pressures shape UK’s fiscal future
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
Prof. Sir Anton Muscatelli @uofgvc.bsky.social unpacks the review - not a return to austerity but tough choices ahead. Political, economic, and global pressures shape UK’s fiscal future
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
June 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
NEW: The 2025 Spending Review Big Picture: A Difficult Macroeconomic Balancing Act
Prof. Sir Anton Muscatelli @uofgvc.bsky.social unpacks the review - not a return to austerity but tough choices ahead. Political, economic, and global pressures shape UK’s fiscal future
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
Prof. Sir Anton Muscatelli @uofgvc.bsky.social unpacks the review - not a return to austerity but tough choices ahead. Political, economic, and global pressures shape UK’s fiscal future
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
The debacle of the winter fuel payment is a fascinating case study of devolution. In making this promise today, the FM will need to spend more than he’s got for this devolved benefit and therefore have to take from elsewhere to meet the commitment…
June 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The debacle of the winter fuel payment is a fascinating case study of devolution. In making this promise today, the FM will need to spend more than he’s got for this devolved benefit and therefore have to take from elsewhere to meet the commitment…
Reposted by Kez Dugdale
Our Director, Professor Nicola McEwen, joins the panel on BBC Debate Night this evening.
📺 Watch from 9pm on BBC Scotland, 10:40pm on BBC One Scotland, or catch up on BBC iPlayer.
📺 Watch from 9pm on BBC Scotland, 10:40pm on BBC One Scotland, or catch up on BBC iPlayer.
June 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Our Director, Professor Nicola McEwen, joins the panel on BBC Debate Night this evening.
📺 Watch from 9pm on BBC Scotland, 10:40pm on BBC One Scotland, or catch up on BBC iPlayer.
📺 Watch from 9pm on BBC Scotland, 10:40pm on BBC One Scotland, or catch up on BBC iPlayer.
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A warm welcome to those joining us for the Rethinking Health Inequalities conference, with co-hosts @uofgmvls.bsky.social and Glasgow Changing Futures.
We look forward to a full day of keynotes, expert panels, and innovative workshops exploring ways to #RethinkHealthInequality in Scotland. 🤩
We look forward to a full day of keynotes, expert panels, and innovative workshops exploring ways to #RethinkHealthInequality in Scotland. 🤩
June 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A warm welcome to those joining us for the Rethinking Health Inequalities conference, with co-hosts @uofgmvls.bsky.social and Glasgow Changing Futures.
We look forward to a full day of keynotes, expert panels, and innovative workshops exploring ways to #RethinkHealthInequality in Scotland. 🤩
We look forward to a full day of keynotes, expert panels, and innovative workshops exploring ways to #RethinkHealthInequality in Scotland. 🤩
Great read if you want to understand the link between flamingos and democratic health!
…Consistently raised by @patrickharvie.bsky.social and @ross-greer.bsky.social
…Consistently raised by @patrickharvie.bsky.social and @ross-greer.bsky.social
NEW: A central topic in today's FMQs - we're examining the Flamingo Land decision on the Centre blog 🚨🗣️
Professor Mark Stephens reflects on his role in a previous similar campaign in New Lanark, the democracy of planning decisions and whether planning is political.
🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
Professor Mark Stephens reflects on his role in a previous similar campaign in New Lanark, the democracy of planning decisions and whether planning is political.
🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
May 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Great read if you want to understand the link between flamingos and democratic health!
…Consistently raised by @patrickharvie.bsky.social and @ross-greer.bsky.social
…Consistently raised by @patrickharvie.bsky.social and @ross-greer.bsky.social