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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This is a brief reminder that the Call for Streams for the 24th ESPAnet Annual Conference is now open.
The deadline for submissions is the 16th of January 2026.
More information at: iseg.ulisboa.pt/event/24th-e…
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…
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.
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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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Just 5 days ago, Keir Starmer welcomed Isaac Herzog into 10 Downing Street.
Today, a UN Commission has found that:
“Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, have incited the commission of genocide.”
Genocide.
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In explaining Mandelson’s departure as ambassador govt says when it appointed him it didn’t know the extent of his relationship with Epstein. But we reported on it back in 2019 (see below). Only cursory due diligence was required…The decision to appoint him was a matter of political judgement.
At the time we aired this we got an enormous amount of legal pushback…Now we see the full extent of Epstein’s friendship with the man he called “Petey” @TomPorterC4
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🚨BREAKING -- We asked Israeli president Isaac Herzog if he is a war criminal as he walked along Downing Street for a meeting with UK prime minister Keir Starmer.
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.
