@j-maynard.bsky.social
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Big story from @lydiach.bsky.social - buried in Treasury documents, the government confirms it intends to allocate disadvantage funding to schools based on income data, not free school meals eligibility.
It follows criticism that FSM is a poor proxy for poverty
It follows criticism that FSM is a poor proxy for poverty
Exclusive: Family income data will replace free school meals eligibility as the trigger for pupil premium and other deprivation funding for schools, the government has said
schoolsweek.co.uk/pupil-premiu...
schoolsweek.co.uk/pupil-premiu...
Income to replace FSM as trigger for disadvantage funding
Government 'will design new model' for allocating the pupil premium and other disadvantage cash
schoolsweek.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Big story from @lydiach.bsky.social - buried in Treasury documents, the government confirms it intends to allocate disadvantage funding to schools based on income data, not free school meals eligibility.
It follows criticism that FSM is a poor proxy for poverty
It follows criticism that FSM is a poor proxy for poverty
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📢 WE'RE POSTING our 'Inequality Graph of the Week' series from 'The Spirit Level at 15 dataset', one graph a day (give or take...), up until Christmas. Please share widely and help us spread the word that more equal societies are fairer, greener, and healthier for everyone. No.15 🔽
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
📢 #INEQUALITY GRAPH OF THE WEEK (No.15)
✅ More #equal countries have much higher levels of child
wellbeing across a broad range of indicators.
❌ UK and US perform poorly.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️.
For full details ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
✅ More #equal countries have much higher levels of child
wellbeing across a broad range of indicators.
❌ UK and US perform poorly.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️.
For full details ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
📢 WE'RE POSTING our 'Inequality Graph of the Week' series from 'The Spirit Level at 15 dataset', one graph a day (give or take...), up until Christmas. Please share widely and help us spread the word that more equal societies are fairer, greener, and healthier for everyone. No.15 🔽
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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All kids deserve the best start in life. No matter how many brothers and sisters they have, or what jobs their parents have, or if someone in their household has a disability. They all deserve a good childhood – not just because it will set them up for a stronger future, but because they’re kids.
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
All kids deserve the best start in life. No matter how many brothers and sisters they have, or what jobs their parents have, or if someone in their household has a disability. They all deserve a good childhood – not just because it will set them up for a stronger future, but because they’re kids.
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NEW: @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have published pt1 of Public Services Performance Tracker 2025 covering local government finances and overall performance, adult social care, children's social care and homelessness
Incredible work by @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social & @amberdellar.bsky.social
Incredible work by @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social & @amberdellar.bsky.social
Public Services Performance Tracker 2025 | Institute for Government
Labour’s public service plans are less than the sum of their parts.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
NEW: @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have published pt1 of Public Services Performance Tracker 2025 covering local government finances and overall performance, adult social care, children's social care and homelessness
Incredible work by @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social & @amberdellar.bsky.social
Incredible work by @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social & @amberdellar.bsky.social
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Some of London’s poorest areas could see their funding for children’s services halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government grants
Haringey, Lewisham and Brent are among areas facing significant cuts under plans described as "incomprehensible", reports @cjayanetti.bsky.social
Haringey, Lewisham and Brent are among areas facing significant cuts under plans described as "incomprehensible", reports @cjayanetti.bsky.social
London Councils Face Losing Half Of Their Children's Services Funding
Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of funding for children’s services halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government gran...
www.politicshome.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Some of London’s poorest areas could see their funding for children’s services halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government grants
Haringey, Lewisham and Brent are among areas facing significant cuts under plans described as "incomprehensible", reports @cjayanetti.bsky.social
Haringey, Lewisham and Brent are among areas facing significant cuts under plans described as "incomprehensible", reports @cjayanetti.bsky.social
‘A family justice system that removes the fourth, fifth or sixth child from families without doing anything about the reasons for removal is a failing system.’
This new report updates the 2021 edition and gives five key areas for reflection. We also examine effective ways of working.
Read more from the report on our website now: www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/rec...
Read more from the report on our website now: www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/rec...
Recurrent care proceedings: five key areas for reflection from the research (update) - Nuffield Family Justice Observatory
Updated briefing note bringing together key areas for reflection from research into recurrent care proceedings.
www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk
May 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
‘A family justice system that removes the fourth, fifth or sixth child from families without doing anything about the reasons for removal is a failing system.’
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Two fewer No Ball Games signs in Oxford this lunchtime 👍
March 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Two fewer No Ball Games signs in Oxford this lunchtime 👍
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New vlog👇Shocking new @TrussellUK stats show:
😮3/4 people on Universal Credit & disability benefits are going without essentials.
😮4/10 skipping meals.
😮1/5 forced to the door of a food bank in the last month.
How much worse can this get if government slashes benefits?
😮3/4 people on Universal Credit & disability benefits are going without essentials.
😮4/10 skipping meals.
😮1/5 forced to the door of a food bank in the last month.
How much worse can this get if government slashes benefits?
March 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
New vlog👇Shocking new @TrussellUK stats show:
😮3/4 people on Universal Credit & disability benefits are going without essentials.
😮4/10 skipping meals.
😮1/5 forced to the door of a food bank in the last month.
How much worse can this get if government slashes benefits?
😮3/4 people on Universal Credit & disability benefits are going without essentials.
😮4/10 skipping meals.
😮1/5 forced to the door of a food bank in the last month.
How much worse can this get if government slashes benefits?
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More than half a million families with children will have shortfalls against their rent after new local housing allowance freeze, says new report from @ippr.bsky.social
www.ippr.org/media-office...
www.ippr.org/media-office...
Revealed: Almost one million children in private housing face rent shortfall by 2026 | IPPR
Freezing Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates would leave almost one million children in families facing gap between their rent and housing benefits
Housin
www.ippr.org
February 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
More than half a million families with children will have shortfalls against their rent after new local housing allowance freeze, says new report from @ippr.bsky.social
www.ippr.org/media-office...
www.ippr.org/media-office...
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I set out to study which jobs should be done by AI – and found a very human answer -
Allison Pugh
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Allison Pugh
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I set out to study which jobs should be done by AI – and found a very human answer | Allison Pugh
Much of the power of work such as counselling lies in a relationship where we properly see each other. And tech just can’t do that, says sociology professor Allison Pugh
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I set out to study which jobs should be done by AI – and found a very human answer -
Allison Pugh
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Allison Pugh
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“A newborn baby is three times more likely to be subjected to care proceedings in the North East than in London, which is a huge injustice to the baby, parents and family”
Our Chief Exec @cathyashley.bsky.social spoke to @scarlethannington.bsky.social about deep inequalities in support for families
Our Chief Exec @cathyashley.bsky.social spoke to @scarlethannington.bsky.social about deep inequalities in support for families
Young mothers face repeated child removals, a lack of support, and impossible odds to keep their families together
I wrote about how vulnerable women are being failed for
@theleaduk.bsky.social
national.thelead.uk/p/taken-and-...
I wrote about how vulnerable women are being failed for
@theleaduk.bsky.social
national.thelead.uk/p/taken-and-...
Taken and forgotten: how vulnerable mothers are failed by the UK justice system
Young women face repeated child removals, a lack of support, and impossible odds to keep their families together, reports Scarlet Hannington. CW: Contains reference to domestic abuse and self-harm.
national.thelead.uk
December 6, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“A newborn baby is three times more likely to be subjected to care proceedings in the North East than in London, which is a huge injustice to the baby, parents and family”
Our Chief Exec @cathyashley.bsky.social spoke to @scarlethannington.bsky.social about deep inequalities in support for families
Our Chief Exec @cathyashley.bsky.social spoke to @scarlethannington.bsky.social about deep inequalities in support for families