Daniel Wigglesworth
@dwigglesworth.bsky.social
Head of Digital Products @jrf-uk.bsky.social
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The Chancellor made a bold claim today that this parliament will see the biggest reduction in child poverty since records began.
If the Budget doc projection of child poverty falling by 400,000 is right, so is the claim. Removing the two child limit is pivotal to this reduction.
If the Budget doc projection of child poverty falling by 400,000 is right, so is the claim. Removing the two child limit is pivotal to this reduction.
Chancellor said lifting 2-child limit means "Biggest reduction in child poverty over a Parliament since records began." Estimated 400k reduction would be, but modelling is always uncertain. What is certain is that removing the 2 Child Limit is pivotal to the fall.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The Chancellor made a bold claim today that this parliament will see the biggest reduction in child poverty since records began.
If the Budget doc projection of child poverty falling by 400,000 is right, so is the claim. Removing the two child limit is pivotal to this reduction.
If the Budget doc projection of child poverty falling by 400,000 is right, so is the claim. Removing the two child limit is pivotal to this reduction.
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For screen readers to recognize headings, heading text can't just be body text or normal text that's been made to look bigger and bolder. It must be formatted as a heading. In Microsoft Word and Google Docs, this can be done in the styles box. In HTML, use the tags h1 through h6.
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
For screen readers to recognize headings, heading text can't just be body text or normal text that's been made to look bigger and bolder. It must be formatted as a heading. In Microsoft Word and Google Docs, this can be done in the styles box. In HTML, use the tags h1 through h6.
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Our new film argues that community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline.
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Our new film argues that community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline.
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
Highlights from this week #SkeetNotes 🧵👇
October 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Highlights from this week #SkeetNotes 🧵👇
A note on digital-first publishing (HTML) and why it's important for us dwigglesworth.medium.com/publishing-f...
Publishing for reach
How and why we publish digital-first at Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).
dwigglesworth.medium.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A note on digital-first publishing (HTML) and why it's important for us dwigglesworth.medium.com/publishing-f...
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[Terrific piece] The limits of AI in social change - lessons from microfinance idronline.org/article/tech...
The limits of AI in social change
More and more nonprofits are using AI. However, the excitement around scale and efficiency often overshadows a critical question: What does it mean to bring machine-generated abstraction into systems ...
idronline.org
September 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
[Terrific piece] The limits of AI in social change - lessons from microfinance idronline.org/article/tech...
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Who owns Britain www.common-wealth.org/interactive/...
Data Dashboard | Who Owns Britain
An interactive Data Dashboard exploring who owns and profits from Britain’s essential services.
www.common-wealth.org
September 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Who owns Britain www.common-wealth.org/interactive/...
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🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
September 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
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New report: Taxing landlords more is good, actually.
Since 2016, tax reforms helped slash the growth of the private rented sector and boosted first-time buyers—without hurting existing tenants.
A big housing story hiding in plain sight? ⬇️
Since 2016, tax reforms helped slash the growth of the private rented sector and boosted first-time buyers—without hurting existing tenants.
A big housing story hiding in plain sight? ⬇️
September 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
New report: Taxing landlords more is good, actually.
Since 2016, tax reforms helped slash the growth of the private rented sector and boosted first-time buyers—without hurting existing tenants.
A big housing story hiding in plain sight? ⬇️
Since 2016, tax reforms helped slash the growth of the private rented sector and boosted first-time buyers—without hurting existing tenants.
A big housing story hiding in plain sight? ⬇️
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Today, Ofgem announced the energy price cap will rise by 2% from October.
Energy bills are already unaffordable in the UK, so what does this mean for families who are struggling now?
Thread 🧵 (1/4)
Energy bills are already unaffordable in the UK, so what does this mean for families who are struggling now?
Thread 🧵 (1/4)
August 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Today, Ofgem announced the energy price cap will rise by 2% from October.
Energy bills are already unaffordable in the UK, so what does this mean for families who are struggling now?
Thread 🧵 (1/4)
Energy bills are already unaffordable in the UK, so what does this mean for families who are struggling now?
Thread 🧵 (1/4)
Last week I went up to Grizedale Forest to visit Taking a Wall for a Walk. Possibly the most famous sculpture in the forest. Quite overgrown (in a good way) since I first visited, heck that photo was on 35mm
August 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Last week I went up to Grizedale Forest to visit Taking a Wall for a Walk. Possibly the most famous sculpture in the forest. Quite overgrown (in a good way) since I first visited, heck that photo was on 35mm
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Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.
medium.com/nightingale/...
medium.com/nightingale/...
Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization
How do you write text that conveys the whole meaning of a visualization? You probably can’t. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try
medium.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.
medium.com/nightingale/...
medium.com/nightingale/...
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My first proper commission - I actually got paid to write something 🤯 I wrote a little piece for @beelitmag.bsky.social about why I can't wear tracksuit anymore. Class has a uniform - prove me wrong.
"Class has a uniform," writes Matt Taylor. "Whenever I slip back into a tracksuit, Tesco staff follow me around the store, and the cashiers ask for ID. If I go for a run, police stop me and ask why I’m running."
He writes for us about clothing and class today:
thebeemagazine.com/tracksuits-a...
He writes for us about clothing and class today:
thebeemagazine.com/tracksuits-a...
Tracksuits and me
I still love them, but in Tesco they can bring no end of trouble.
thebeemagazine.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
My first proper commission - I actually got paid to write something 🤯 I wrote a little piece for @beelitmag.bsky.social about why I can't wear tracksuit anymore. Class has a uniform - prove me wrong.
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🚨STOP THE BUS🚨
We have a new vacancy in JRF's Scotland Team.
We're looking for a Senior Policy Adviser to join our brilliant team here.
Passionately believe we can deliver a better Scotland free from poverty? Then it could be 🫵
Details 👇🕑 10/8.
www.jrf.org.uk/careers
We have a new vacancy in JRF's Scotland Team.
We're looking for a Senior Policy Adviser to join our brilliant team here.
Passionately believe we can deliver a better Scotland free from poverty? Then it could be 🫵
Details 👇🕑 10/8.
www.jrf.org.uk/careers
Careers
Do you want to help build a fairer future, free from poverty? Join us and use your skills to make a real difference.
www.jrf.org.uk
July 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🚨STOP THE BUS🚨
We have a new vacancy in JRF's Scotland Team.
We're looking for a Senior Policy Adviser to join our brilliant team here.
Passionately believe we can deliver a better Scotland free from poverty? Then it could be 🫵
Details 👇🕑 10/8.
www.jrf.org.uk/careers
We have a new vacancy in JRF's Scotland Team.
We're looking for a Senior Policy Adviser to join our brilliant team here.
Passionately believe we can deliver a better Scotland free from poverty? Then it could be 🫵
Details 👇🕑 10/8.
www.jrf.org.uk/careers
At JRF we've come a long way on PDF. At some point I should probably write a blog on how we publish and why, some commissioned writers aren't aware there are alternative options
Can somebody also please commission a five year, 1,000 page review into why we’re still publishing public documents as PDF in 2025?
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Independent Water Commission: review of the water sector
The Independent Water Commission’s final report sets out recommendations for reform to improve the water sector regulatory system in England and Wales.
www.gov.uk
July 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
At JRF we've come a long way on PDF. At some point I should probably write a blog on how we publish and why, some commissioned writers aren't aware there are alternative options
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Government is seeking people to join a Responsible AI Advisory Panel to advise the Government Digital Service.
Given we have such bodies come and go in the past (remember the CDEI?) and this is only a one year term you will want to weigh up how influential it will be
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Given we have such bodies come and go in the past (remember the CDEI?) and this is only a one year term you will want to weigh up how influential it will be
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Role specification for external panel members of the GDS Responsible AI Advisory Panel
The Government Digital Service (GDS) Responsible AI Advisory Panel is seeking applicants for external panel members.
www.gov.uk
July 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Government is seeking people to join a Responsible AI Advisory Panel to advise the Government Digital Service.
Given we have such bodies come and go in the past (remember the CDEI?) and this is only a one year term you will want to weigh up how influential it will be
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Given we have such bodies come and go in the past (remember the CDEI?) and this is only a one year term you will want to weigh up how influential it will be
www.gov.uk/government/n...
On a trip out at a @jrf-uk.bsky.social away day having a mini history tour
July 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
On a trip out at a @jrf-uk.bsky.social away day having a mini history tour
I don't get the timing of Tour de France Unchained Season 3. Like we watched two episodes, and now we are bypassing it engrossed in the drama of this years' tour
July 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I don't get the timing of Tour de France Unchained Season 3. Like we watched two episodes, and now we are bypassing it engrossed in the drama of this years' tour
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Today Govt confirmed changes it will make to planned cuts to disability benefits. But Govt will still ask MPs to vote for large, arbitrary cuts to disabled people’s incomes that will increase poverty. The Bill should be opposed. Here’s why. 1/7
June 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Today Govt confirmed changes it will make to planned cuts to disability benefits. But Govt will still ask MPs to vote for large, arbitrary cuts to disabled people’s incomes that will increase poverty. The Bill should be opposed. Here’s why. 1/7
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⏰⏰You may have already seen this but we're looking for a partner to work with us to consider our approach to movement building and grassroots organising in Scotland.
More info in the link below - closing date for applications 16 July.
www.jrf.org.uk/funding
More info in the link below - closing date for applications 16 July.
www.jrf.org.uk/funding
Funding
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation funds and works in partnership with other organisations to unlock the UK from poverty
www.jrf.org.uk
June 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
⏰⏰You may have already seen this but we're looking for a partner to work with us to consider our approach to movement building and grassroots organising in Scotland.
More info in the link below - closing date for applications 16 July.
www.jrf.org.uk/funding
More info in the link below - closing date for applications 16 July.
www.jrf.org.uk/funding
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Much of the Government's intention for cutting PIP and UC is to motivate people to find a job
But cutting social security can't 'incentivise' people into jobs that don't exist
New @jrf-uk.bsky.social analysis shows there are simply too few jobs for the Government's argument to hold
But cutting social security can't 'incentivise' people into jobs that don't exist
New @jrf-uk.bsky.social analysis shows there are simply too few jobs for the Government's argument to hold
June 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Much of the Government's intention for cutting PIP and UC is to motivate people to find a job
But cutting social security can't 'incentivise' people into jobs that don't exist
New @jrf-uk.bsky.social analysis shows there are simply too few jobs for the Government's argument to hold
But cutting social security can't 'incentivise' people into jobs that don't exist
New @jrf-uk.bsky.social analysis shows there are simply too few jobs for the Government's argument to hold