Official account of the Social Metrics Commission, run by the Secretariat.
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🚨 We’ve published the transcript of this week’s evidence session on children in poverty.
📖➡️ Read it here: committees.parliament.uk/ora…
🗣️ We heard evidence from @SocMetricsComm, @TheIFS, @resfoundation, @StatsRegulation, @annelongfield and @CYPCS
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Delighted to have won @prospect_uk's Innovation Award for our @SocMetricsComm work
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"The UK Government has committed to developing Experimental Statistics based on the measurement framework"
@SocMetricsComm have developed new poverty indicators as the UK had no official ones.
A #DataImpactDecember blog post revisit.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/new…
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"There is currently no effective way to track the progress of efforts to tackle the causes of poverty, reduce poverty, or improve the lives of those experiencing poverty."
@SocMetricsComm have developed a new impactful UK poverty measure
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/new…
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1. Identifying those least able to make ends meet.
2. Providing a better understanding of the nature of poverty
3. Providing an assessment of Lived Experience Indicators
@SocMetricsComm has developed a new #poverty #measure, already having #impact.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/new…
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"There is currently no effective way to track the progress of efforts to tackle the causes of poverty, reduce poverty, or improve the lives of those experiencing poverty."
@SocMetricsComm have developed a new impactful UK poverty measure
beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/imp…
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The latest @SocMetricsComm report shows more people think the #covid pandemic has brought society together (41%) than think it has divided it (23%). 19% of people say they feel more positive about others now, compared to just 12% who feel more negative.
socialmetricscommission.org.…
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As a society we have all experienced the shock of #COVID19 but a new report released from @SocMetricsComm today confirms the economic impact will hit people living in poverty the hardest. [THREAD] socialmetricscommission.org.…
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Vital research from @SocMetricsComm on poverty in the UK 👇
My @guardian story: Nearly half of black UK households living in poverty - and UKs very poorest families hit hardest by economic fallout from Covid-19, the latest @SocMetricsComm report finds theguardian.com/society/2020…
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Essential reading from @SocMetricsComm shows scale of the challenge in creating better solutions to UK #poverty post #COVIDー19 #NewPovertyMeasure
1/2 Our latest report shows how those employed prior to the #COVID19 crisis have fared since then in terms of their #employment and earnings.
Find out more: socialmetricscommission.org.…
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'More than a third of those in deep poverty have had their hours or pay reduced as a result of the current crisis, compared to less than a quarter of those living more than 20% above the poverty line.'
Just one of the findings in a new report published by @SocMetricsComm 👇
The Social Metrics Commission’s latest report on #poverty in the UK is published today.
Find out more: socialmetricscommission.org.… #SMC #NewPovertyMeasure
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With the economic & social impacts of the coronavirus likely to last long after the health crisis is over, the recent results from the @SocMetricsComm show how far we have to go to improve the lives of the most disadvantaged in society. #NewPovertyMeasure ow.ly/rEJ150AmFHD
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Measuring Poverty, @SocMetricsComm’s report out today shows that poverty remains a significant issue in the UK
It correlates w/ findings from our #LondonsPovertyProfile that poverty rates continue to be higher in #London than any other region. Read here: bit.ly/31z5iKc
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"As the UK emerges from the restrictions that have caused the economy to contract, the understanding that the Commission’s approach provides will be vital to the responses that follow."
Timely and important report on measuring #poverty in the UK from @SocMetricsComm 👇
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My @guardian story: Nearly half of black UK households living in poverty - and UKs very poorest families hit hardest by economic fallout from Covid-19, the latest @SocMetricsComm report finds theguardian.com/society/2020…
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In this data impact blog Emily Harris and Matthew Oakley from the Social Metrics Commission’s Secretariat introduce the release of the code underlying the Commission’s new poverty measure. Via @UKDSImpact
bit.ly/3azfDaz
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"Measuring poverty is essential if we are to take decisive action to tackle it. However, there has been much disagreement over how poverty should be measured."
Emily Harris & Matthew Oakley introduce the code behind the
@SocMetricsComm
poverty measure
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/soc…
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"Significantly, in May 2019 @GOVUK announced it would be developing experimental measures of poverty based on the Commission’s approach."
Emily Harris & Matthew Oakley introduce the code behind the @SocMetricsComm poverty measure
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/soc…
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"Since launching its new poverty metric, the Commission has received widespread support from commentators and politicians from across the political spectrum.."
Emily Harris & Matthew Oakley introduce the code behind the @SocMetricsComm poverty measure
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/soc…
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Join us this weds 27th for our next CASE Social Exclusion seminar where Mathew Oakley from @SocMetricsComm will present A new measure of poverty for the UK: The Social Metrics Commision's approach and results bit.ly/2pq5WsW followed by a wine reception, all welcome