The Centre for Social Justice
@csjthinktank.bsky.social
An independent think-tank, established to put social justice at the heart of British politics.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Child Poverty: Putting work and family first
Child poverty (using the official definition of families with income below 60 per cent of median income) within the UK has risen to 30 per cent of children with 4.3 million children affected despite…
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October 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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🗣️ Senior Researcher, Daniel Lilley: “The problem of worklessness is resurfacing and last year's record rise marks a worrying turn for the worse.”
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🗣️ Senior Researcher, Daniel Lilley: “The problem of worklessness is resurfacing and last year's record rise marks a worrying turn for the worse.”
💡The CSJ is calling for action at the Autumn Budget:
👉Boost early years support
👉Put family at the heart of the tax system
👉Reform mental health benefits
👉Build a new Work & Health Service
We must tackle the root causes of poverty.
👉Boost early years support
👉Put family at the heart of the tax system
👉Reform mental health benefits
👉Build a new Work & Health Service
We must tackle the root causes of poverty.
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
💡The CSJ is calling for action at the Autumn Budget:
👉Boost early years support
👉Put family at the heart of the tax system
👉Reform mental health benefits
👉Build a new Work & Health Service
We must tackle the root causes of poverty.
👉Boost early years support
👉Put family at the heart of the tax system
👉Reform mental health benefits
👉Build a new Work & Health Service
We must tackle the root causes of poverty.
👧Children in long-term workless homes are:
📚Twice as likely to fall behind at school
⚠️Over twice as likely to be in relative poverty
💷Four times more likely to go without essentials
🚩10% more likely to end up workless themselves
📚Twice as likely to fall behind at school
⚠️Over twice as likely to be in relative poverty
💷Four times more likely to go without essentials
🚩10% more likely to end up workless themselves
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
👧Children in long-term workless homes are:
📚Twice as likely to fall behind at school
⚠️Over twice as likely to be in relative poverty
💷Four times more likely to go without essentials
🚩10% more likely to end up workless themselves
📚Twice as likely to fall behind at school
⚠️Over twice as likely to be in relative poverty
💷Four times more likely to go without essentials
🚩10% more likely to end up workless themselves
📈The share of children in long-term workless households rose from 8.2% to 9.4% in just one year - a jump of 160,000 children.
That’s the biggest increase since records began.
Across the UK, nearly 1.5 million children now live in homes where no one works.
That’s the biggest increase since records began.
Across the UK, nearly 1.5 million children now live in homes where no one works.
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
📈The share of children in long-term workless households rose from 8.2% to 9.4% in just one year - a jump of 160,000 children.
That’s the biggest increase since records began.
Across the UK, nearly 1.5 million children now live in homes where no one works.
That’s the biggest increase since records began.
Across the UK, nearly 1.5 million children now live in homes where no one works.
October 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
⬇️Take a look at the latest school absence data out today:
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Record numbers absent for over half of school in Spring term, new data reveals
Pupils missing more than half of classes hit a termly record high in Spring 2025, according to new figures from the Department for Education. An analysis published today by the Centre for Social…
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October 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
⬇️Take a look at the latest school absence data out today:
www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/rec...
www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/rec...
More on today's DfE data release: www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/rec...
Record numbers absent for over half of school in Spring term, new data reveals
Pupils missing more than half of classes hit a termly record high in Spring 2025, according to new figures from the Department for Education. An analysis published today by the Centre for Social…
www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
More on today's DfE data release: www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/rec...
Senior Researcher Emily Wells🗣️
"School attendance changes lives and so teachers, parents and ministers all deserve credit for pushing persistent absence down👏
But the data also tells a darker story, which is that a new record in severe absence has been smashed."
"School attendance changes lives and so teachers, parents and ministers all deserve credit for pushing persistent absence down👏
But the data also tells a darker story, which is that a new record in severe absence has been smashed."
October 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Senior Researcher Emily Wells🗣️
"School attendance changes lives and so teachers, parents and ministers all deserve credit for pushing persistent absence down👏
But the data also tells a darker story, which is that a new record in severe absence has been smashed."
"School attendance changes lives and so teachers, parents and ministers all deserve credit for pushing persistent absence down👏
But the data also tells a darker story, which is that a new record in severe absence has been smashed."
🙌We must also restore the promise of education for pupils.
🔴A Right to Sport – two hours per week of physical activity⚽️
🔴A new drive to expand work experience opportunities for young people, helping pupils realise the link between classrooms and work⚒️
🔴A Right to Sport – two hours per week of physical activity⚽️
🔴A new drive to expand work experience opportunities for young people, helping pupils realise the link between classrooms and work⚒️
October 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🙌We must also restore the promise of education for pupils.
🔴A Right to Sport – two hours per week of physical activity⚽️
🔴A new drive to expand work experience opportunities for young people, helping pupils realise the link between classrooms and work⚒️
🔴A Right to Sport – two hours per week of physical activity⚽️
🔴A new drive to expand work experience opportunities for young people, helping pupils realise the link between classrooms and work⚒️