Becca Stacey
@beccastacey.bsky.social
Employment, health and disability @citizensadvice.bsky.social | Social security and devolution @safety-nets.bsky.social | Views my own
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The government wants to enhance contributory unemployment benefits - we’re good with that
Contribution-based benefits can help the legitimacy of the welfare state. There is a catch though…
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Contribution-based benefits can help the legitimacy of the welfare state. There is a catch though…
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
January 22, 2026 at 10:28 AM
The government wants to enhance contributory unemployment benefits - we’re good with that
Contribution-based benefits can help the legitimacy of the welfare state. There is a catch though…
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
Contribution-based benefits can help the legitimacy of the welfare state. There is a catch though…
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
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Disabled people are routinely shut out of employment. My brilliant colleagues @beccastacey.bsky.social and @victoria-anns.bsky.social draw on the experience of the people we support to chart a way forward 👇
The Equality Act should protect disabled people at work
But @citizensadvice.bsky.social supported 5,393 people with health-related job discrimination in 2025 - roughly one every 1.5 hours
Mine and @victoria-anns.bsky.social's new report digs into the barriers our disabled clients face at work /1
But @citizensadvice.bsky.social supported 5,393 people with health-related job discrimination in 2025 - roughly one every 1.5 hours
Mine and @victoria-anns.bsky.social's new report digs into the barriers our disabled clients face at work /1
January 21, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Disabled people are routinely shut out of employment. My brilliant colleagues @beccastacey.bsky.social and @victoria-anns.bsky.social draw on the experience of the people we support to chart a way forward 👇
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The government is keen for more disabled people to move into work, but what happens to those who do work? Becca and Victoria's brilliant report looks at the challenges many disabled people face when moving into and staying in work 👇
The Equality Act should protect disabled people at work
But @citizensadvice.bsky.social supported 5,393 people with health-related job discrimination in 2025 - roughly one every 1.5 hours
Mine and @victoria-anns.bsky.social's new report digs into the barriers our disabled clients face at work /1
But @citizensadvice.bsky.social supported 5,393 people with health-related job discrimination in 2025 - roughly one every 1.5 hours
Mine and @victoria-anns.bsky.social's new report digs into the barriers our disabled clients face at work /1
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
The government is keen for more disabled people to move into work, but what happens to those who do work? Becca and Victoria's brilliant report looks at the challenges many disabled people face when moving into and staying in work 👇
The Equality Act should protect disabled people at work
But @citizensadvice.bsky.social supported 5,393 people with health-related job discrimination in 2025 - roughly one every 1.5 hours
Mine and @victoria-anns.bsky.social's new report digs into the barriers our disabled clients face at work /1
But @citizensadvice.bsky.social supported 5,393 people with health-related job discrimination in 2025 - roughly one every 1.5 hours
Mine and @victoria-anns.bsky.social's new report digs into the barriers our disabled clients face at work /1
January 21, 2026 at 10:45 AM
The Equality Act should protect disabled people at work
But @citizensadvice.bsky.social supported 5,393 people with health-related job discrimination in 2025 - roughly one every 1.5 hours
Mine and @victoria-anns.bsky.social's new report digs into the barriers our disabled clients face at work /1
But @citizensadvice.bsky.social supported 5,393 people with health-related job discrimination in 2025 - roughly one every 1.5 hours
Mine and @victoria-anns.bsky.social's new report digs into the barriers our disabled clients face at work /1
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The OBR says the rise in claims was linked to the cost of living crisis
The way disabled people have been vilified over PIP, as if they were trying to play the system, was disgusting & shameful
Hacks & commentators that engaged in the grotesque demonisation of disabled people should be ashamed.
The way disabled people have been vilified over PIP, as if they were trying to play the system, was disgusting & shameful
Hacks & commentators that engaged in the grotesque demonisation of disabled people should be ashamed.
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The OBR says the rise in claims was linked to the cost of living crisis
The way disabled people have been vilified over PIP, as if they were trying to play the system, was disgusting & shameful
Hacks & commentators that engaged in the grotesque demonisation of disabled people should be ashamed.
The way disabled people have been vilified over PIP, as if they were trying to play the system, was disgusting & shameful
Hacks & commentators that engaged in the grotesque demonisation of disabled people should be ashamed.
There’s a risk that the Keep Britain Working plan will see good employers continuing to perform well and receiving more recognition for this. And that little will be done to change the behaviour of employers who are failing to support disabled workers.
wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/our-response...
wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/our-response...
Our response to the Keep Britain Working report
This week, the Keep Britain Working Review published their final report. This review has sparked an important discussion about how…
wearecitizensadvice.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
There’s a risk that the Keep Britain Working plan will see good employers continuing to perform well and receiving more recognition for this. And that little will be done to change the behaviour of employers who are failing to support disabled workers.
wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/our-response...
wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/our-response...
Initial thoughts on the Keep Britain Working Review
(More reflections to follow in an upcoming blog)
(More reflections to follow in an upcoming blog)
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Initial thoughts on the Keep Britain Working Review
(More reflections to follow in an upcoming blog)
(More reflections to follow in an upcoming blog)
Great report showing what we see all too often at Citizens Advice: work being used against people at PIP assessments
Being able to engage in paid or voluntary work doesn’t cancel out someone’s care or mobility needs - this mindset just pushes disabled people further from the labour market
Being able to engage in paid or voluntary work doesn’t cancel out someone’s care or mobility needs - this mindset just pushes disabled people further from the labour market
Making the benefits system meaner has backfired.
The punitive PIP system is leaving disabled people too afraid to try work. It’s time to overhaul the broken assessment process.
Read our new report here: https://z2k.org/pip-report/
The punitive PIP system is leaving disabled people too afraid to try work. It’s time to overhaul the broken assessment process.
Read our new report here: https://z2k.org/pip-report/
Ending the Culture of Fear - Z2K
Ending the Culture of Fear: Reforming the PIP assessment system to get decisions right first time Much of the political and media debate about Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has focused on the idea that it’s too easy to qualify. A new report from Z2K – Ending the Culture of Fear: Reforming the PIP assessment system
z2k.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Great report showing what we see all too often at Citizens Advice: work being used against people at PIP assessments
Being able to engage in paid or voluntary work doesn’t cancel out someone’s care or mobility needs - this mindset just pushes disabled people further from the labour market
Being able to engage in paid or voluntary work doesn’t cancel out someone’s care or mobility needs - this mindset just pushes disabled people further from the labour market
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Great to see coverage of the 5 week wait in @the-independent.com, highlighting new Citizens Advice analysis of the huge scale of this issue
⚠️800,000 households repaying loans to DWP only needed because of 5 week wait for 1st UC payment
⚠️0.5M+ children growing up in households repaying these loans
⚠️800,000 households repaying loans to DWP only needed because of 5 week wait for 1st UC payment
⚠️0.5M+ children growing up in households repaying these loans
“No family should have to borrow money just to eat while waiting for support they’re entitled to.”
We're calling on the government to take action on one of Universal Credit's longest-standing problems: the 5 week wait.
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4odsGnL
We're calling on the government to take action on one of Universal Credit's longest-standing problems: the 5 week wait.
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4odsGnL
UK poverty crisis as 500,000 children in homes trapped in benefit debt cycle
Exclusive: Tens of thousands of families are forced to take out loans to cover the five-week wait until their first universal credit payment – but many struggle to pay it back
www.independent.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Great to see coverage of the 5 week wait in @the-independent.com, highlighting new Citizens Advice analysis of the huge scale of this issue
⚠️800,000 households repaying loans to DWP only needed because of 5 week wait for 1st UC payment
⚠️0.5M+ children growing up in households repaying these loans
⚠️800,000 households repaying loans to DWP only needed because of 5 week wait for 1st UC payment
⚠️0.5M+ children growing up in households repaying these loans
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DWP plans to introduce a ‘support conversation’ for disabled claimants who don’t currently meet a work coach. My new paper explores how this conversation can be done effectively and avoid causing harm 🧵
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
A fresh start: transforming engagement with disabled benefits claimants through a case worker model
www.citizensadvice.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
DWP plans to introduce a ‘support conversation’ for disabled claimants who don’t currently meet a work coach. My new paper explores how this conversation can be done effectively and avoid causing harm 🧵
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
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Very encouraging to read that the Government is preparing to lift the two-child limit as part of its child poverty strategy, but it is disheartening that options short of scrapping it entirely are still being considered. Thread on why this would be the wrong choice for an ambitious strategy:
Rachel Reeves to lift two-child benefit cap in November budget
Exclusive: Officials exploring options to change rule that affected 1.7 million children in Great Britain last year
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Very encouraging to read that the Government is preparing to lift the two-child limit as part of its child poverty strategy, but it is disheartening that options short of scrapping it entirely are still being considered. Thread on why this would be the wrong choice for an ambitious strategy:
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📢 Benefit cuts don’t have widespread support
September 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
📢 Benefit cuts don’t have widespread support
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Some fantastic insights and policy ideas in @beccastacey.bsky.social's new report. We can't simply will more disabled people into work, there needs to be greater support - and the benefits system might be going in the wrong direction 👇
The govt wants to get more disabled people into work, but isn't making full use of the tools at its disposal
In my new report for @citizensadvice.bsky.social I've looked at how our social security system could do more to make sure that when disabled people want to work, work really does pay /1
In my new report for @citizensadvice.bsky.social I've looked at how our social security system could do more to make sure that when disabled people want to work, work really does pay /1
September 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Some fantastic insights and policy ideas in @beccastacey.bsky.social's new report. We can't simply will more disabled people into work, there needs to be greater support - and the benefits system might be going in the wrong direction 👇
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Great to see @beccastacey.bsky.social's research covered here by @cjayanetti.bsky.social in the @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/news/employm...
www.bigissue.com/news/employm...
DWP plans will see more than 50,000 disabled people lose job support
DWP plans mean large numbers of disabled people will no longer qualify for a work allowance to support people looking for employment.
www.bigissue.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Great to see @beccastacey.bsky.social's research covered here by @cjayanetti.bsky.social in the @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/news/employm...
www.bigissue.com/news/employm...
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At least 50,000 disabled people could lose access to financial employment support if the government goes ahead with plans to scrap the WCA benefit assessment, according to a new report from Citizens Advice
The true figure is likely to be higher
By me, for Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/employm...
The true figure is likely to be higher
By me, for Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/employm...
DWP plans will see more than 50,000 disabled people lose job support
DWP plans mean large numbers of disabled people will no longer qualify for a work allowance to support people looking for employment.
www.bigissue.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
At least 50,000 disabled people could lose access to financial employment support if the government goes ahead with plans to scrap the WCA benefit assessment, according to a new report from Citizens Advice
The true figure is likely to be higher
By me, for Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/employm...
The true figure is likely to be higher
By me, for Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/employm...
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Important and thoughtful new report from @beccastacey.bsky.social on how the benefits system could be better at making work pay for disabled people
+ great to see this coverage in @bigissue.com from @cjayanetti.bsky.social 👇👇👇
+ great to see this coverage in @bigissue.com from @cjayanetti.bsky.social 👇👇👇
September 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Important and thoughtful new report from @beccastacey.bsky.social on how the benefits system could be better at making work pay for disabled people
+ great to see this coverage in @bigissue.com from @cjayanetti.bsky.social 👇👇👇
+ great to see this coverage in @bigissue.com from @cjayanetti.bsky.social 👇👇👇
The govt wants to get more disabled people into work, but isn't making full use of the tools at its disposal
In my new report for @citizensadvice.bsky.social I've looked at how our social security system could do more to make sure that when disabled people want to work, work really does pay /1
In my new report for @citizensadvice.bsky.social I've looked at how our social security system could do more to make sure that when disabled people want to work, work really does pay /1
September 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The govt wants to get more disabled people into work, but isn't making full use of the tools at its disposal
In my new report for @citizensadvice.bsky.social I've looked at how our social security system could do more to make sure that when disabled people want to work, work really does pay /1
In my new report for @citizensadvice.bsky.social I've looked at how our social security system could do more to make sure that when disabled people want to work, work really does pay /1
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Cuts to disability benefits weren’t totally averted!
🚨New report out today explaining why the Universal Credit Bill will harm disabled people and exploring who will be impacted by the cuts.
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
🚨New report out today explaining why the Universal Credit Bill will harm disabled people and exploring who will be impacted by the cuts.
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
Not so Universal: the two-tiered health element. How the Universal Credit Bill will create a two-tiered system for disabled people.
Briefing by Victoria Anns on how the Universal Credit Bill will create a two-tiered system for disabled people.
www.citizensadvice.org.uk
September 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Cuts to disability benefits weren’t totally averted!
🚨New report out today explaining why the Universal Credit Bill will harm disabled people and exploring who will be impacted by the cuts.
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
🚨New report out today explaining why the Universal Credit Bill will harm disabled people and exploring who will be impacted by the cuts.
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
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New @citizensadvice.bsky.social briefing published with @julia-rt.bsky.social on how Universal Credit can adapt to promote income stability for working households. We set out policy options for the UC review to consider to reflect the reality of low paid employment.
August 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
New @citizensadvice.bsky.social briefing published with @julia-rt.bsky.social on how Universal Credit can adapt to promote income stability for working households. We set out policy options for the UC review to consider to reflect the reality of low paid employment.
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The narrative around Universal Credit has long centred around work incentives.
This new briefing examines how effective UC is at encouraging employment – and how that focus may have overshadowed the deeper complexities of getting into work. 🧵
🔗 www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
This new briefing examines how effective UC is at encouraging employment – and how that focus may have overshadowed the deeper complexities of getting into work. 🧵
🔗 www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
Work incentives aren't working: is the Universal Credit review asking the right questions?
www.citizensadvice.org.uk
July 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The narrative around Universal Credit has long centred around work incentives.
This new briefing examines how effective UC is at encouraging employment – and how that focus may have overshadowed the deeper complexities of getting into work. 🧵
🔗 www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
This new briefing examines how effective UC is at encouraging employment – and how that focus may have overshadowed the deeper complexities of getting into work. 🧵
🔗 www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
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🚨 New report alert 🚨
We’ve launched our first local deep dive research into health inequalities - starting in Chapeltown, Leeds.
What does geography have to do with health & work? Quite a lot, it turns out. 🧵
We’ve launched our first local deep dive research into health inequalities - starting in Chapeltown, Leeds.
What does geography have to do with health & work? Quite a lot, it turns out. 🧵
July 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🚨 New report alert 🚨
We’ve launched our first local deep dive research into health inequalities - starting in Chapeltown, Leeds.
What does geography have to do with health & work? Quite a lot, it turns out. 🧵
We’ve launched our first local deep dive research into health inequalities - starting in Chapeltown, Leeds.
What does geography have to do with health & work? Quite a lot, it turns out. 🧵
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1) New report alert 📚! Written [email protected] and myself, it looks at the relationship between health and work. It is the first report from our wider project on health inequalities, funded by @healthfoundation.bsky.social. 🔗 www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
July 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
1) New report alert 📚! Written [email protected] and myself, it looks at the relationship between health and work. It is the first report from our wider project on health inequalities, funded by @healthfoundation.bsky.social. 🔗 www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
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Everything about this awful policy is wrong. How it was conjured up, how the people affected were silenced, how it was justified, how the impact assessment was manipulated, how the Bill was rushed through Parliament, and how it was completely forgotten after the news cycle moved on after last week
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
The Government's Universal Credit Bill has passed, rushing it through in one day, without a committee stage where Disabled people's voices could have been heard.
It's clear: the government views Disabled lives as nothing more than a cost-cutting exercise
The Government's Universal Credit Bill has passed, rushing it through in one day, without a committee stage where Disabled people's voices could have been heard.
It's clear: the government views Disabled lives as nothing more than a cost-cutting exercise
July 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Everything about this awful policy is wrong. How it was conjured up, how the people affected were silenced, how it was justified, how the impact assessment was manipulated, how the Bill was rushed through Parliament, and how it was completely forgotten after the news cycle moved on after last week
Great blog from @victoria-anns.bsky.social on why the government’s benefits cuts are not only deeply harmful, but also contradict the government’s own agenda
One area where this is really stark, is the Work Allowance ⬇️/1
One area where this is really stark, is the Work Allowance ⬇️/1
We're still asking MPs to vote against the disability cuts bill tomorrow.
New blog explaining why is out now:
wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/3-reasons-wh...
New blog explaining why is out now:
wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/3-reasons-wh...
July 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Great blog from @victoria-anns.bsky.social on why the government’s benefits cuts are not only deeply harmful, but also contradict the government’s own agenda
One area where this is really stark, is the Work Allowance ⬇️/1
One area where this is really stark, is the Work Allowance ⬇️/1
More important evidence on why the PIP cuts are so misguided
- Many would need to reduce or give up work if they lost PIP
- Losing PIP would worsen people's health, pushing them further from work
- Not everyone can work due to the severity of their conditions - cutting PIP doesn't change this
- Many would need to reduce or give up work if they lost PIP
- Losing PIP would worsen people's health, pushing them further from work
- Not everyone can work due to the severity of their conditions - cutting PIP doesn't change this
📣 The government should ditch its proposals to reform PIP eligibility – which will cause misery and hardship for many people with mental health problems.
Our latest research sets out why 👇
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/publciations/lead-shoes-instead-of-a-life-ring
Our latest research sets out why 👇
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/publciations/lead-shoes-instead-of-a-life-ring
June 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
More important evidence on why the PIP cuts are so misguided
- Many would need to reduce or give up work if they lost PIP
- Losing PIP would worsen people's health, pushing them further from work
- Not everyone can work due to the severity of their conditions - cutting PIP doesn't change this
- Many would need to reduce or give up work if they lost PIP
- Losing PIP would worsen people's health, pushing them further from work
- Not everyone can work due to the severity of their conditions - cutting PIP doesn't change this