Next week (16 April, 1pm) - an informative session with a strong lineup of speakers

“Child Poverty on the Island of Ireland” - read more and sign up - www.eventbrite.com/e/child-pove...

Struggling families like mine don’t talk about the cost of living any more – now it’s the cost of survival | Ella Michalski Trying to make ends meet is an impossible effort, and things are rapidly getting worse. It’s time the government listened to people like us, says Ella Michalski of Changing Realities, a project workin...

Will the government listen & learn? This is now a cost of survival crisis for millions, w/ support urgently needed. Support must include reforms to UC & help for families w. children @resolutionfoundation.org @cpaguk.bsky.social

Ella Michalski @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Struggling families like mine don’t talk about the cost of living any more – now it’s the cost of survival | Ella Michalski Trying to make ends meet is an impossible effort, and things are rapidly getting worse. It’s time the government listened to people like us, says Ella Michalski of Changing Realities, a project workin...

"families like mine don’t talk about the cost of living any more – now it’s the cost of survival"

important and compelling piece by Ella from @changingrealities.bsky.social today - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Building Knowledges of Solidarity for Critical Social Policy Join us for the launch of our new website - criticalsocialpolicy.com

Looking forward to @csp-journal.bsky.social online launch on 8th May! Event details here: www.eventbrite.com/e/building-k...

Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: Call for Evidence This Call for Evidence is being administered by DWP on behalf of the Timms Review steering group and seeks to gather feedback and insight relating to the areas outlined in the Terms of Reference of th...

#TimmsReview
#PIP

Minister Stephen Timms has called for written evidence as part of the PIP Review - use the email to send in your thoughts

timmsreview.callforevidence@dwp.gov.uk
You have to 28.05.26 11.59pm to do so

Link here:

www.gov.uk/government/c...

Over 300,000 children already living in the UK could face 5–10 extra years before they can settle permanently.

Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation

Great to see one of our @changingrealities.bsky.social articles is one of the most downloaded articles published in the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice in 2025! It shares parents' everyday struggles & recommendations for change/ read it here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

🧵 NEW: Our report 'Listen and learn' sets out how the Government should improve Universal Credit (UC) for the 15 million people who rely on it.

13 years after its roll-out began, it’s time to get UC right.

We've co-produced recommendations with @changingrealities.bsky.social participants 👇

Exclusive | Great Ormond Street Hospital cleaners win landmark racial discrimination ruling Tribunal finds Black cleaners were kept on worse pay and conditions than other NHS staff

'Not one, not two, but 80 cleaners at Great Ormond Street Hospital have won a landmark legal case after the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled they were subjected to indirect racial discrimination over pay and working conditions.'

www.blackcurrentnews.co.uk/p/exclusive-...

Our piece with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social in response to last week's Scottish Budget @scotnational.bsky.social While ⬆️ Scottish Child Payment for 🚼 from next year is very welcome ✅ we think all children in Scotland living in poverty need more support & here's why: www.thenational.scot/politics/257...

Two new Working Papers from our mixed-methods study Family Finances out now📣 📰 Our first paper looks at the emerging qual & quant findings showing that Scottish Child Payment is making a significant difference to household resources & children's wellbeing 🧵

It was a lot. I didn’t realise I’d be placed all over social media. I thought it would be just a couple of pictures for something, but it is what it is now. I have thought about it a lot this morning and I had to put my thoughts down on paper.

Stacey from @changingrealities.bsky.social has written such an honest blog about why, even with awful trolling, she won’t stop speaking up for people living in poverty

www.changingrealities.org/blog/why-i-w...

Please note the cut off for submitting articles for consideration at the January editorial collective meeting is this Friday 5th December.

It is really remarkable that this was just 12 months ago today. And that we woke up this morning to a country which will finally get rid of the two-child limit. The parents and carers we work with have been instrumental along with others especially @cpaguk.bsky.social in making this change happen.

Brilliant that the poverty-producing 2 child limit is going. So glad of the difference this will make to families across the UK, including the parents who took part in the Benefit Changes and Larger Families project & generously shared their experiences with us. The benefit cap needs to go next.

The two-child limit is abolished at last. Watch out for the narrative that will follow | Frances Ryan The right is already in a frenzy about the migrant groups it thinks will benefit – and the budget contained other trade-offs, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Great @francesryan.bsky.social piece today. Especially this, given many of today’s headlines:

“Expect much more of this worker v shirker propaganda in the coming days, despite the fact nearly three in five families affected by the cap were already in work”

A year ago today I joined some of the incredible @changingrealities.bsky.social parents at Downing Street who shared what changes are needed to end child poverty - incl why the two-child limit must be scrapped. It’s brilliant to see yesterday’s announcement after so much hard work from so many.

My quick-fire take for @prospectmagazine.co.uk on why we should celebrate the scrapping of the two-child limit

Draws on research for @nuffieldfoundation.org & ongoing work with the amazing @changingrealities.bsky.social

"The removal of the two-child limit brings my family a deep sense of relief. Without the cap hanging over me, I finally feel less weighed down by constant financial worry and more able to make choices that genuinely reflect what each of my boys’ need." (Kim, CR parent) #2CL #Budget 🧵1/3

All-island Social Security Network Webinar Join us for a virtual webinar where we will discuss the recent welfare reform proposals in the UK and RoI.

📣 Sure to have engaging discussions - lunchtime webinar exploring recent welfare reform proposals in the UK & RoI

Sign up here ⬇️

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1714123783...

Parents from @changingrealities.bsky.social - led by our very own @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social - met with @johnswinney.bsky.social & @sa4dunfermline.bsky.social to discuss the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 👏

Their voices are key to ending child poverty in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

More www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Using my first Bluesky post to share that Marsha Wood & I have a new article out! 🎉

We take a gendered street-level look at how Universal Credit policies shape parents’ everyday realities of navigating work, care & welfare.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Government’s immigration policies are increasing child poverty - British Politics and Policy at LSE The government has committed to tackling poverty among all children, including those subject to the UK’s asylum and immigration system. But recent reforms and proposals to immigration policy mean that...

New blog from @ilonapin.bsky.social shares how government proposals and reforms to immigration policy mean we’re likely to see a growth, in poverty for children in immigrant families

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

The whole article is worth reading!

Help please: we're trying to recruit some more parent research participants in Scotland for our #FamilyFinances project. Specifically: parents who are receiving #UniversalCredit and #ScottishChildPayment and who have at least one baby (0-12months) in the household. Can you help spread the word?

Looking forward to reading this!

World at One - Trouble for the UK Economy - BBC Sounds A report says Rachel Reeves must raise taxes to cover £41bn gap.

📻 Changing Realities participant, Aurora, was interviewed by World at One (R4) today to talk about worsening living standards in the UK. She discusses rising costs as a ‘hand to mouth situation’ that doesn’t look to be improving.👂 Listen to Aurora: 10.50 to 14mins. 🎧🎤
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Illuminating & important blog from the amazing @milliemaglet.bsky.social on welfare cuts

“The idea that after April 2026, you somehow become of less value to ‘society’ than you are today, less ‘deserving’ of support to get you through the dark days fills me with repulsion and rage.”

Check it out 👇

Sending solidarity to all the disabled people who have been challenging these cruel cuts & hoping that a large number of MPs will vote against what remain ill-conceived and indefensible cuts to vital support for disabled people. What a way to mark 12 months of Labour government

@singleparentrights.bsky.social wants to hear about your experiences

📋 They are running a survey to better understand how single parents are treated in the private rental sector. All data will be anonymised and used to lobby policy makers for change: