Abby Jitendra
@abbyabhaya.bsky.social
Leading care, work and family policy at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Previously Citizens Advice & Trussell Trust. Views always my own.
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October 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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The impact of motherhood on monthly employee earnings and employment status, England - Office for National Statistics
The change in employee earnings and employment after having a first, second and third child, for people with children.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Doesn't mean we bin means testing - some people will always need more. But austerity forced services (social care is a good example of this) to serve a smaller number, eroding trust in government's ability to deliver.
If everyone is getting out, they'll be much more likely to want to pay in.
If everyone is getting out, they'll be much more likely to want to pay in.
September 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Doesn't mean we bin means testing - some people will always need more. But austerity forced services (social care is a good example of this) to serve a smaller number, eroding trust in government's ability to deliver.
If everyone is getting out, they'll be much more likely to want to pay in.
If everyone is getting out, they'll be much more likely to want to pay in.
The next decade will see more of us needing care or losing our jobs as the labour market transforms with AI. These are expensive problems to solve.
We won't get the funding we need without more taxation, and it's unlikely that we can do that without more trust in our state and public services.
We won't get the funding we need without more taxation, and it's unlikely that we can do that without more trust in our state and public services.
September 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The next decade will see more of us needing care or losing our jobs as the labour market transforms with AI. These are expensive problems to solve.
We won't get the funding we need without more taxation, and it's unlikely that we can do that without more trust in our state and public services.
We won't get the funding we need without more taxation, and it's unlikely that we can do that without more trust in our state and public services.
Thanks to the care experts who reflected on the report & @parth0.bsky.social and Prof Jane Gingrich for their wisdom.
Read more below:
www.ippr.org/articles/who....
Read more below:
www.ippr.org/articles/who....
Who will care?: How can we meet the scale of the care challenge? | IPPR
This paper traces the history around care transformation over the last century, and explores the ways in which the work of caring is undervalued and theref
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September 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Thanks to the care experts who reflected on the report & @parth0.bsky.social and Prof Jane Gingrich for their wisdom.
Read more below:
www.ippr.org/articles/who....
Read more below:
www.ippr.org/articles/who....
Ignoring the care challenge is increasingly impossible. We are getting older and anxiety about living costs, squeezed by care demands, continues.
Care costs are also the key driver of many local councils cutting other services, weakening public trust in government.
The moment is now. (5/
Care costs are also the key driver of many local councils cutting other services, weakening public trust in government.
The moment is now. (5/
September 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Ignoring the care challenge is increasingly impossible. We are getting older and anxiety about living costs, squeezed by care demands, continues.
Care costs are also the key driver of many local councils cutting other services, weakening public trust in government.
The moment is now. (5/
Care costs are also the key driver of many local councils cutting other services, weakening public trust in government.
The moment is now. (5/