Rachel Casey
@rachelcasey.bsky.social
Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
@jrf-uk.bsky.social
Posting about poverty, inequality, communities and places.
From the Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent, views my own.
@jrf-uk.bsky.social
Posting about poverty, inequality, communities and places.
From the Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent, views my own.
Analysis in our latest #UKPoverty2026 report finds that very deep poverty - meaning annual household incomes fail to cover the cost of food, energy bills and clothing - is deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years.
Poverty is deepening.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
January 27, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Analysis in our latest #UKPoverty2026 report finds that very deep poverty - meaning annual household incomes fail to cover the cost of food, energy bills and clothing - is deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years.
The same old tired framing of those deserving/undeserving. Brushing off anxiety and depression as “normal” is a cheap shot. Bevan also said: “the capacity for emotional concern for individual life is the most significant quality of a civilised human being.” www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Anxious young Britons ‘risk becoming lost generation on benefits’
Alan Milburn, Starmer’s work tsar, says successive governments have made the ‘wrong choice’ by investing in older generations
www.thetimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The same old tired framing of those deserving/undeserving. Brushing off anxiety and depression as “normal” is a cheap shot. Bevan also said: “the capacity for emotional concern for individual life is the most significant quality of a civilised human being.” www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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A good read on plans to cut UC health entitlement and increase conditionality for ill and disabled young people on low incomes.
Personally, I think this will create additional barriers for many disabled young people. The harm done by deeper poverty can't be offset by a supportive work coach.
Personally, I think this will create additional barriers for many disabled young people. The harm done by deeper poverty can't be offset by a supportive work coach.
The Pathways to Work proposals will impact young people already facing high levels of hardship - undermining the Youth Guarantee.
💭 @rachelcasey.bsky.social examines the two competing government visions for young people furthest from the labour market.
Read more: www.jrf.org.uk/work/young-p...
💭 @rachelcasey.bsky.social examines the two competing government visions for young people furthest from the labour market.
Read more: www.jrf.org.uk/work/young-p...
Young people caught in crosshairs of health and disability reforms
The Pathways to Work green paper proposals will impact young people already experiencing high levels of hardship, undermining the policy intent that underpins the Youth Guarantee.
www.jrf.org.uk
May 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
A good read on plans to cut UC health entitlement and increase conditionality for ill and disabled young people on low incomes.
Personally, I think this will create additional barriers for many disabled young people. The harm done by deeper poverty can't be offset by a supportive work coach.
Personally, I think this will create additional barriers for many disabled young people. The harm done by deeper poverty can't be offset by a supportive work coach.
The Government’s Get Britain Working white paper and Pathways to Work green paper present competing visions for supporting young people furthest from the labour market into employment.
Read more (1/3)⬇️
Read more (1/3)⬇️
The Pathways to Work proposals will impact young people already facing high levels of hardship - undermining the Youth Guarantee.
💭 @rachelcasey.bsky.social examines the two competing government visions for young people furthest from the labour market.
Read more: www.jrf.org.uk/work/young-p...
💭 @rachelcasey.bsky.social examines the two competing government visions for young people furthest from the labour market.
Read more: www.jrf.org.uk/work/young-p...
Young people caught in crosshairs of health and disability reforms
The Pathways to Work green paper proposals will impact young people already experiencing high levels of hardship, undermining the policy intent that underpins the Youth Guarantee.
www.jrf.org.uk
May 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Government’s Get Britain Working white paper and Pathways to Work green paper present competing visions for supporting young people furthest from the labour market into employment.
Read more (1/3)⬇️
Read more (1/3)⬇️
Yesterday, the Government’s launched the #PathwaystoWork green paper. It plans to create a “clearer youth phase” by changing benefit rules for young people to support its new Youth Guarantee.
Key takeaways 🧵1/7
Key takeaways 🧵1/7
March 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Yesterday, the Government’s launched the #PathwaystoWork green paper. It plans to create a “clearer youth phase” by changing benefit rules for young people to support its new Youth Guarantee.
Key takeaways 🧵1/7
Key takeaways 🧵1/7