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Edan's dad. always 4pm on my tattoo watch...
Mar 25, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
**NEW**
Child Poverty statistics published for 2019-20

As always, look at the trend too
1. PAST - child poverty has risen sharply since 2012
2. FUTURE - @resfoundation projected before Budget that child poverty would rise after the pandemic

gov.uk/government/sta… 1. Child Poverty has risen to 4.3m (31% of all children)

Since 2012, that's a 19% rise in the number of children and a 14% rise in the percentage of children in poverty.
Mar 24, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Really disappointed to hear a @BBCr4today programme interviewer talk about 'illegal asylum seekers'. No such thing.

On such a big issue, how is it possible to get basic terms wrong?
@omrgriffiths #r4today was getting this wrong 20 years ago when I used to work for a refugee charity - and when we had Straw and Blunkett thinking the answer to the asylum system was tough-talking not smart-acting
Jan 11, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
SHORT THREAD

Lots yesterday and today about Keir Starmer's speech today. @POLITICOEurope helpfully provides a link for the speech expected at 1107am labour.org.uk/keir-starmer-s… It seems a big theme will be on securing family incomes. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
Dec 11, 2020 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
THREAD: Is the Govt changing its cherrypicking strategy on child poverty claims?

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

1. What PM wrongly claimed on child poverty in 2019, earning @StatsRegulation rebuke

2. What PM claimed on child poverty at PMQs on 18 Nov 20 In the first statement, the PM used 2010 as a baseline. At the time, relative poverty was rising and absolute poverty was historically weak - we could not see where the 400,000 claim had come from.

An earlier thread on the PM's past claims
Oct 14, 2020 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
THREAD

Q. For Conservatives, what's so special about Stoke on Trent Central (@jogideon) Hendon (@Offord4Hendon) & Sedgefield (@PaulHowellMP)?

A. Child poverty in CON seats - league table ↓

Stoke C: Highest percentage
Hendon: Highest numbers
Sedgefield: Biggest rise

1/5 Today, @EndChildPoverty coalition hosted by @CPAGUK & chaired by @AnnaFeuchtwang published estimates of child poverty broken down by LA, constituency and ward levels.

endchildpoverty.org.uk/child-poverty-…

It was carried out by @donaldhirsch @JulietStone77 of @CRSP_LboroUni

2/5
Sep 25, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
LETTER in the Times, in response to @jennirsl column on early intervention

Would be dangerously irresponsible to have an NHS with only A&E depts but no primary care or public health – yet this kind of short-sightedness is what we’re facing in children’s services. Column: thetimes.co.uk/article/thugs-…
Letter: thetimes.co.uk/edition/commen…
Sep 14, 2020 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
THREAD: Today, as we approach the 6 month mark of CV19 measures, @actnforchildren publishes a report on its Coronavirus Emergency Fund actionforchildren.org.uk/what-we-do/pol… THE EMERGENCY FUND

We set up our crisis fund in direct response to frontline staff telling us our services were seeing families with children struggling to pay for their living needs.

The Emergency Fund was funded through generous donations from the pubic and by firms Image
Jul 30, 2020 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
THREAD:

How can PM level up the country if he cannot level with the public about how many children are in poverty?

That's the question we should be asking ourselves after the @StatsRegulation ruled the PM incorrectly used child poverty statistics. Here's some of the coverage:
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/statisti…
May 4, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
THREAD: This morning the ONS published its Personal and Economic Wellbeing Bulletin.

This latest version looks at the impact of the coronavirus on our happiness and our worries.

Here are 4 key points - and their implications:
ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… 1. *Anxiety has doubled*: Almost half (49.6%) of people in GB reported "high" anxiety 20-30 March; this was sharply elevated compared with the end of 2019 (21%), and equates to over 25 million people (out of the population aged 16 years and over).
Apr 23, 2020 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD @DailyMirror @JosephDWilkes has a story today covering our analysis showing how vulnerable families are heading into the economic storm mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/c… 1/8 This is especially worrying because the ONS today published polling showing that already 27% of people are using savings to cover living costs ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… 2/8
Apr 8, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Chancellor's help for charities - @actnforchildren take:

At a moment when the Chancellor said we had never been more needed, charities are increasingly finding themselves in grave financial danger. (1/4) We welcome the announcement by the Chancellor and look forward to seeing the detail, but the government will need to go further the longer the pandemic lasts. (2/4)
Mar 4, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
THREAD In the years 2014-2017, there were 368 Serious Case Reviews (carried out when a child dies or is seriously harmed by abuse or neglect)

Today, Govt quietly published an independent lessons-to-be-learned review based on these Serious Case Reviews. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl… The impact of child poverty was seen as having a profound effect