Rob Holdsworth

Doncaster vs Wimbledon stats-based preview thread...

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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...

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...

🗓️ Event this Thursday! 🗓️

Register now to hear from @ruthcurtice.bsky.social, @elerianm.bsky.social, Katharine Neiss and @jamessmithrf.bsky.social.

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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!

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/

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 ...

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...

What’s wrong with Britain’s economy? With Sam Bowman Is the UK failing to build for its future?

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...