Rob Holdsworth
@robholdsworth.bsky.social
Director of Communications at the Resolution Foundation. Politics, economics, football, cricket and other sport.
You HAVE to watch the Scotland highlights! Unbelievable! Has there been a better international match? I can't think of one! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Scotland 4-2 Denmark highlights: World Cup qualification clinched after epic
Watch the best of the action as Scotland beat Denmark 4-2 to reach the men's World Cup finals for the first time since 1998.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
You HAVE to watch the Scotland highlights! Unbelievable! Has there been a better international match? I can't think of one! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Well deserved award for Adam, Hannah and the RF labour market team for helping to provide clarity on the state of the UK labour market in the absense of decent official data. Public service think-tanking at its best!
I'm proud to have received the innovation prize at last night's @smartthinking.bsky.social awards – for my and my colleagues' work producing an alternative to Labour Force Survey stats www.resolutionfoundation.org/our-work/est...
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Well deserved award for Adam, Hannah and the RF labour market team for helping to provide clarity on the state of the UK labour market in the absense of decent official data. Public service think-tanking at its best!
a great read, and a stonking waste of money!
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
a great read, and a stonking waste of money!
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April 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Correctly setting out why the standard allowance in Universal Credit needs to raise in a Green Paper...and then cutting it a week later doesn't scream well thought through, long-term thinking. We've been here before on welfare reform in recent years...
So @hmtreasury is forcing @DWPgovuk to find more savings, in part by cutting the Universal Credit Standard Allowance (after raising it a bit). Here's what the Green Paper said about the current position & why UC needs to rise: it's been cut so low it's driving destitution.
March 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Correctly setting out why the standard allowance in Universal Credit needs to raise in a Green Paper...and then cutting it a week later doesn't scream well thought through, long-term thinking. We've been here before on welfare reform in recent years...
Big (4.99%) council tax rises are coming next month. This is particularly galling as its a terribly designed tax, and a regressive one too that hit poorer households the hardest. And yet the politcal appetite for reform is 0...
Council Tax bills are going up for many of us this year.
But the tax has become increasingly regressive: the poorest fifth of households spend over three times as much of their income on Council Tax as the richest.
@tom-clark.bsky.social & @lalithatry.bsky.social explain
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But the tax has become increasingly regressive: the poorest fifth of households spend over three times as much of their income on Council Tax as the richest.
@tom-clark.bsky.social & @lalithatry.bsky.social explain
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February 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Big (4.99%) council tax rises are coming next month. This is particularly galling as its a terribly designed tax, and a regressive one too that hit poorer households the hardest. And yet the politcal appetite for reform is 0...
If you want a sense check on the strength of the UK labour market, definitely check out our RTI-based employment rate, which we update monthly.
Bonus comms tip - if you to counter criticisms that your organisation is in crisis, probably best to avoid comparing yourself to Man City...
Bonus comms tip - if you to counter criticisms that your organisation is in crisis, probably best to avoid comparing yourself to Man City...
Oof ! 😀
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Our most recent RTI-based employment rate estimate is here if you're curious. bsky.app/profile/nyec...
www.ft.com/content/c3ef...
Our most recent RTI-based employment rate estimate is here if you're curious. bsky.app/profile/nyec...
February 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
If you want a sense check on the strength of the UK labour market, definitely check out our RTI-based employment rate, which we update monthly.
Bonus comms tip - if you to counter criticisms that your organisation is in crisis, probably best to avoid comparing yourself to Man City...
Bonus comms tip - if you to counter criticisms that your organisation is in crisis, probably best to avoid comparing yourself to Man City...
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🗓️ Event this Thursday! 🗓️
Register now to hear from @ruthcurtice.bsky.social, @elerianm.bsky.social, Katharine Neiss and @jamessmithrf.bsky.social.
Tickets here 👉 https://buff.ly/42szqGD
Register now to hear from @ruthcurtice.bsky.social, @elerianm.bsky.social, Katharine Neiss and @jamessmithrf.bsky.social.
Tickets here 👉 https://buff.ly/42szqGD
January 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🗓️ Event this Thursday! 🗓️
Register now to hear from @ruthcurtice.bsky.social, @elerianm.bsky.social, Katharine Neiss and @jamessmithrf.bsky.social.
Tickets here 👉 https://buff.ly/42szqGD
Register now to hear from @ruthcurtice.bsky.social, @elerianm.bsky.social, Katharine Neiss and @jamessmithrf.bsky.social.
Tickets here 👉 https://buff.ly/42szqGD
Massive weekend of football viewing - four kids matches and @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social .vs Tranmere. Hoping for a massive aggregate win! First game start at 9am!
January 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Massive weekend of football viewing - four kids matches and @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social .vs Tranmere. Hoping for a massive aggregate win! First game start at 9am!
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New @resfoundation.bsky.social research out today finds that more than 1 million children are pushed into poverty by high housing costs. Tackling this should be a central element of the Government’s upcoming Child Poverty Strategy. Thread/
December 7, 2024 at 9:20 AM
New @resfoundation.bsky.social research out today finds that more than 1 million children are pushed into poverty by high housing costs. Tackling this should be a central element of the Government’s upcoming Child Poverty Strategy. Thread/
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Big news that the Scottish Government has decided to abolish the two-child limit on benefit support from 2026 onwards. As RF has shown many times, this is the biggest lever policymakers could pull to reduce child poverty with immediate effect. www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Catastrophic caps • Resolution Foundation
In the benefit system, entitlement and need are intertwined: the greater the need, the more benefit income a family is usually entitled to receive. But in the 2010s, two policies were introduced that ...
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December 4, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Big news that the Scottish Government has decided to abolish the two-child limit on benefit support from 2026 onwards. As RF has shown many times, this is the biggest lever policymakers could pull to reduce child poverty with immediate effect. www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Old man tip - to better understand what sounds like a seismic moment in Parliament today with the assisted dying bill, buy a broadsheet newspaper tomorrow. The coverage will be well written and well curated to save time on wasteful scrolling! Then you can listen to a million podcasts on it...
November 29, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Old man tip - to better understand what sounds like a seismic moment in Parliament today with the assisted dying bill, buy a broadsheet newspaper tomorrow. The coverage will be well written and well curated to save time on wasteful scrolling! Then you can listen to a million podcasts on it...
A constant theme of Top of the Charts is that as soon as it's sent, a companion piece turns up! If you enjoyed the read on 'upzoning' (any excuse to big up Croydon) www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/look... check out @soumayakeynes.bsky.social interviewing @sambowman.co www.ft.com/content/10f2...
What’s wrong with Britain’s economy? With Sam Bowman
Is the UK failing to build for its future?
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November 29, 2024 at 3:16 PM
A constant theme of Top of the Charts is that as soon as it's sent, a companion piece turns up! If you enjoyed the read on 'upzoning' (any excuse to big up Croydon) www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/look... check out @soumayakeynes.bsky.social interviewing @sambowman.co www.ft.com/content/10f2...