Professor of Social Policy @CardiffUni | Dubliner | poverty, housing, social security, work
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Now available Open Access:
The Cost-of-Living Crisis in the UK and Ireland: on Inflation, Indexation, and One-Off Policy Responses, with @MLGCollins
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Thoughts from me on yesterday's budget statement from Rachel Reeves.
A day to celebrate in terms of tackling child poverty, but how credible is increasing taxation in each year of this decade and beyond?
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Some reflections from me on today's Autumn Budget statement open.substack.com/pub/rodhic…
Remember when the plan was for politics to tread a little lighter in people's lives?
Maybe that was just another idea that was floated and set aside.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025…
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Reeves is goosed if she announces this (and much else, I guess).
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves will use the Budget to impose a £2k-a-year limit on how much salary can go into a pension before paying National Insurance
The move will raise £2bn and hit salary sacrifice schemes
[@thetimes]
An unexpected haul from a secondhand bookshop in Vigo, Spain. The owner said there were about 100 books in the collection that had been donated, most not yet on display. What a find.
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A few enjoyable days in Northern Spain, amongst other things hunting down bar recommendations from @dublin_damo
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Reported here and elsewhere that the UK has concluded Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza. This isn't what the letter says. It says the UK gov has not concluded that Israel is committing genocide. It's just sitting on its hands.
Absolutely insane. The only circumstance in which Keir Starmer, or members of his govt, should be meeting the President of Israel in the UK at this moment is if in his entourage he brings Netanyahu and Gallant so that they may be handed to the ICC.
BREAKING: Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit the UK next week.
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Hard to believe we've had hours of this ludicrous death rumour just because trump hadn't shown up at a golf course yet.
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Finally one of these 'best city' lists that doesn't include Copenhagen and remembers there's a world out there.
World's best cities to live in.
1. 🇬🇧 London
2. 🇯🇵 Tokyo
3. 🇨🇳 Shanghai
4. 🇸🇬 Singapore
5. 🇦🇺 Melbourne
6. 🇦🇺 Sydney
7. 🇫🇷 Paris
8. 🇨🇳 Beijing
9. 🇺🇸 New York
10. 🇳🇱 Amsterdam
(Global Finance Magazine)
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Congrats, Ire! We look forward to you joining us!
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It's much too late, but at least @Keir_Starmer is finally directing attention at the extremist Israeli government and demanding some action. He's right: the situation is desperate and if there's no response in 24hrs he must escalate matters further.
Israel must allow aid in over land to end the starvation unfolding in Gaza. The situation is desperate.
We are working with Jordan to get aid into Gaza.
We are urgently accelerating efforts to evacuate children who need critical medical assistance to the UK for treatment.
I am determined to find a pathway to peace.
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The UK should recognise the State of Palestine next week. It's long past time. We also need much bolder action from @Keir_Starmer in opposing the manufacture of a famine in Gaza.
221 MPs, from 9 parties, have sent a joint letter to the Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary urging them to recognise Palestine as a state now
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Useless. It's long past time for action. Stop flights from RAF Akrotiri, suspend military cooperation, impose sanctions, expel the Israeli ambassador.
The suffering and starvation unfolding in Gaza is unspeakable and indefensible.
ALT Keir Starmer's statement on Gaza. Read the full text on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-statement-on-gaza-24-july-2025
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