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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 2d

Well worth reading this thoughtful interview on race, identity and much else with the optimistic realist @sundersays.bsky.social

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

"We haven’t come all this way, Katwala says, “just for Elon Musk, a man born into an apartheid state, who’s polarised America, to come and start a civil war here by breaking the law"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Sunder Katwala on race, patriotism and flag-waving: ‘The far right is vocal and angry because it is shrinking’

The director of British Future has spent his career trying to find common ground when it comes to race and immigration. He describes his own experience of racism – and why he’s still hopeful for the U...

www.theguardian.com

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

"We haven’t come all this way, Katwala says, “just for Elon Musk, a man born into an apartheid state, who’s polarised America, to come and start a civil war here by breaking the law"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Sunder Katwala on race, patriotism and flag-waving: ‘The far right is vocal and angry because it is shrinking’

The director of British Future has spent his career trying to find common ground when it comes to race and immigration. He describes his own experience of racism – and why he’s still hopeful for the U...

www.theguardian.com

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 2d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 3d

I expect we'll be seeing a lot more of this.

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 4d

Loved that book when I read as a post-grad. Curious to know what you make of it today....

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 4d

Some of the most thoughtful social commentary atm is coming via @manchestermill.bsky.social

manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...

Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story

‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’

manchestermill.co.uk

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 5d

When should (& shouldn’t) political differences be bridged?

A rich and timely conversation between Ta-Nehisi Coates & @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/4jQE...

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines

open.spotify.com

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 6d

Thoughtful provocation from the always interesting Geoff Mulgan on the urgent need for future-facing exploratory social science.

geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/an-aria-fo...

An ARIA for social issues?

The case for exploratory social science

geoffmulgan.substack.com

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 6d

Pleased that @nuffieldfoundation.org support @fullfact.org & their important work.

Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely astonished @hignfy.bsky.social just stated that Multiverse will be running the government's digital ID scheme

An incredibly basic failure of fact-checking

fullfact.org/technology/d...

Has Euan Blair’s company Multiverse been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme? – Full Fact

Multiverse is an “upskilling company”, not a software developer, and both it and the government say there’s no truth to viral claims linking it to the scheme.

fullfact.org

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Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely astonished @hignfy.bsky.social just stated that Multiverse will be running the government's digital ID scheme

An incredibly basic failure of fact-checking

fullfact.org/technology/d...

Has Euan Blair’s company Multiverse been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme? – Full Fact

Multiverse is an “upskilling company”, not a software developer, and both it and the government say there’s no truth to viral claims linking it to the scheme.

fullfact.org

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Bishopsgate Institute @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social · 6d

Somewhere free, quiet, and right next to Liverpool Street? 👀

Whether you’ve got a deadline looming, are polishing off a chapter on your lunch break, or hunting for a calm spot to do some work, our new Reading Room is open to you.

👋 https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/activity/reading-room/

Reading Room | Bishopsgate Institute

The Reading Room is separate to the Researchers’ Service, so if you’d like to look at our special collections and archives, you’ll need this instead https:

www.bishopsgate.org.uk

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 10d

For instance, c. 1 in 3 young people who are NEET are not on UC and are largely invisible to the state. Vital that an ambitious ‘guarantee’ finds a way of tracking them & providing them with new opportunities.

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 11d

Good to see the commitment to a job guarantee for young people long-term excluded from work or learning. Vital step. Lots of other elements needed to get this right. My recent thoughts.

on.ft.com/3ILpb8T Let’s not forget the young people without GCSEs

Let’s not forget the young people without GCSEs

We should realise that training alongside decent work is a better next step for some 16-year-olds

on.ft.com

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Nuffield Foundation @nuffieldfoundation.org · 13d

It’s time to think about the connection between the social & economic, not as unilateral, but as a two-way relationship.

This was the theme of our recent event, where we asked a room of experts, ’How can the strength of our social foundations make, or break, our economic fortunes?’

Link below👇

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Jo Bibby @jobibby.bsky.social · 15d

Listening to @gavin-kelly.bsky.social talking about @nuffieldfoundation.org new strategy - using the power of evidence to change lives.

Pleased to hear the two challenges of:
- young people not earning or learning and
- working age ill health

are both squarely in his sights. ☺️

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 21d

Big congratulations to Kim Darroch on his appointment as new Chair of
@orwellprize.bsky.social.

Kim takes over from Ken Macdonald who has been a superb Chair over the last decade.

www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...

The Orwell Foundation appoints a new Chair of the Board of Trustees | The Orwell Foundation

Lord Darroch, former British Ambassador to the United States, joins The Orwell Foundation as Chair of the Board of Trustees. The Orwell Foundation is delighted to welcome Kim Darroch, as the charity e...

www.orwellfoundation.com

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 22d

‘My name is Lewis Capaldi and I’m back’.

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 23d

Really pleased to see this - congratulations to the excellent @louisemarston.bsky.social

Louise Marston @louisemarston.bsky.social · 24d

I'm delighted to announce the first close of the #WorkerTech Fund, the UK's first impact investment fund dedicated to improving low-paid work from Resolution Ventures. This builds on great work @resolutionfoundation over the last 5 years. Find out more: www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/laun...

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Louise Marston @louisemarston.bsky.social · 24d

I'm delighted to announce the first close of the #WorkerTech Fund, the UK's first impact investment fund dedicated to improving low-paid work from Resolution Ventures. This builds on great work @resolutionfoundation over the last 5 years. Find out more: www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/laun...

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Lindsey Macmillan @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social · 27d

I regularly come back to this graph when talking to people about how we’re in a really different world now.

And important to note that these are for EHCP only. There will be many more young people with SEND for these conditions, but no EHCP

Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 27d

Essential @nuffieldfoundation.org funded note by @theifs.bsky.social on England's SEND system - highly topical this autumn. Here's the growth in the number of EHCPs over the last decade+.

ifs.org.uk/articles/eng...

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 27d

The underlying financial position.

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 27d

Essential @nuffieldfoundation.org funded note by @theifs.bsky.social on England's SEND system - highly topical this autumn. Here's the growth in the number of EHCPs over the last decade+.

ifs.org.uk/articles/eng...

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 28d

Care of highly vulnerable children in England:

‘The lack of suitable residential care places meant four out of five councils placed children with complex needs in illegal care facilities, the NAO said.’

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Cost of place in children’s care homes in England hits almost £320,000 a year

Private firms’ profits soar, watchdog says, as prices nearly double in five years

www.theguardian.com

Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 29d

Chart via this new useful report:
www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/...

www.resolutionfoundation.org

Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 29d

6 out of 10 households in the bottom half of Britain's (working age) income distribution have savings worth less than 3 months' income.

c. 1 in 2 have under £1k of savings.

Combined with a weak safety net, it makes for a huge amount of social insecurity.

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · Sep 9

I think @chrisdillow.bsky.social may have just managed this issue?

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · Sep 9

Great to see a really positive development in the UK’s social science data infrastructure.

UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · Sep 9

Announcing Generation New Era: the first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years.

It will study 30,000 children born in 2026 across the four nations of the UK.

Watch out for upcoming opportunities for researchers and other stakeholders to engage with the study team via @clscohorts.bsky.social

UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years

A ground-breaking UK-wide scientific study will help improve the lives of future generations by studying 30,000 children born in 2026.

www.ukri.org

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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · Sep 9

Announcing Generation New Era: the first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years.

It will study 30,000 children born in 2026 across the four nations of the UK.

Watch out for upcoming opportunities for researchers and other stakeholders to engage with the study team via @clscohorts.bsky.social

UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years

A ground-breaking UK-wide scientific study will help improve the lives of future generations by studying 30,000 children born in 2026.

www.ukri.org

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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds"

Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...

Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds

Researchers say low- and no-calorie sweeteners appear to affect thinking and memory in middle age

www.theguardian.com

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · Sep 3

The impressive rise of the age 90+ population.

33% rise in number of 90+ men over the last decade.

And a 21.7% rise in the overall number of centenarians over last decade.

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