Colin Lindsay
@clindsaystrath.bsky.social
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Employment & social policy researcher… Leads ESRC PrOPEL Hub… https://propelhub.org/ Researcher ESRC InterAct Network… https://interact-hub.org/
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donmoyn.bsky.social
One accurate way of thinking about the Trump bill is that is is a massive wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest.

That wealth transfer is built on administrative burdens: the savings depend on making it harder for eligible claimants to receive benefits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
How the G.O.P. Bill Saves Money: Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork
www.nytimes.com
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katieschmuecker.bsky.social
Today bills go up.

@jrf-uk.bsky.social October cost of living tracker found 60% of low income families had gone without essentials in the previous 6 months - a figure barely changed in 2.5 years.

This increased to 88% where a family receives disability benefits.

And that’s before the cuts
Bar graph showing number low income households going without the essentials:  
May 2022 6.9 million
Oct 2022 7.2 million
May 2023 7.3 million 
Oct 2023 7.3 million 
May 2024 7 million 
Oct 2024 7 million
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haylesben.bsky.social
New article: Navigating Digital Welfare: A Multi-Level Maze? In Social Policy & Administration. I argue that greater conceptual and empirical engagement with welfare state complexity is needed in studies of digital welfare. (OPEN ACCESS) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Navigating Digital Welfare: A Multi‐Level Maze?
Greater conceptual and empirical engagement with welfare state complexity is needed in studies of digital welfare. This article explores how existing concepts such as welfare systems, subsidiarisatio...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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profsharonwright.bsky.social
Spread the word! Exciting new fully funded PhD opportunity to research disabled people's lived experiences of benefit reform and the costs of disability.
Deadline: 10 April
@uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgussp.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @sgsss.bsky.social @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social
https://www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/disabled-peoples-lived-experiences-of-benefit-reform-and-the-costs-of-disability/
ESRC-funded Supervisor-led Studentship
Disabled People's Lived Experiences of Benefit Reform and the Costs of Disability
University of Glasgow
Supervisors: Professor Sharon Wright, Professor Charlotte Pearson, Dr Clementine Hill O'Connor
Deadline 10 April, 5pm BST
References due 16 April, 5pm BST
To apply go to apply.sgsss.ac.uk
Picture of historic stone Glasgow University building with green grass, trees and sunshine.
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profsharonwright.bsky.social
My Women and Welfare Conditionality book shows how hard it already was for disabled women to manage work and welfare before the new cuts. Research shows that poverty worsens health.
Book about Women and Welfare Conditionality: lived experiences of benefit sanctions, work and welfare by Sharon Wright
clindsaystrath.bsky.social
Exactly this.👇 There’s a colossal amount of evidence that people on sickness benefits are, erm, sick… driving people into poverty is not going to change that…
neweconomics.bsky.social
"The main problem is we've got lots and lots of people suffering very real health conditions."

@pollardtom.bsky.social talking about why cuts to the benefits system aren't the answer to the problems we're facing as a society on @lbc.co.uk
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Thought I'd seen the dumbest, most ignorant take on Bluesky last year, but I was wrong. This person is living in a world that only exists in their own mind.

As far as I can tell, the author is not even on Bluesky, so they've just fantasized what must be happening here.
It might seem crazy that so many left-wing thought leaders—and even entire media brands, such as the Guardian—would walk away from huge followings on X in exchange for a relatively tiny audience of like-minded souls on Bluesky. (The site’s total user base is well under a tenth of X’s global following.) But the move made sense as an expression of the left’s growing hypersensitivity to ideas leftists find offensive. Having emerged from the intersectional hothouses of academia, many progressives today view policy disputes through a therapeutic lens: They see themselves—and the marginalized groups they claim to speak for—as victims of trauma. The solution to that trauma is not rigorous debate. Quite the opposite; they need protection. Exposure to dangerous speech could threaten their mental stability. So progressives now treat opposing ideas not as errors that need to be rebutted with facts, but as dangerous contagions that must be quarantined.
clindsaystrath.bsky.social
Lovely story here from @glasgowbell.bsky.social… 🙂👇
glasgowbell.bsky.social
Four nights a week, 60-something Michael is outside a chicken shop on Woodlands Road, teaching Glaswegians how to play chess. How did he get there?
The Chessmaster of Woodlands Road
Every week, an elderly man far from home challenges West End pedestrians to a game of chess. What’s his story?
www.glasgowbell.co.uk
clindsaystrath.bsky.social
Hugely enjoyed this excellent event with top Scottish author Lisa Ballantyne…
ifecosse.bsky.social
We had the honor of welcoming the bestselling Scottish #author @ballantyne-writer.bsky.social at @ifecosse.bsky.social for a presentation on the themes of her #novels "The Guilty One", "Good Bad Love" and "Little Liar"!

📚 Check out our upcoming conferences and literary events: bit.ly/3QBZ1pG
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theifs.bsky.social
CONFERENCE: How can policy boost productivity growth?

Tuesday 25 March | 9:30 – 16:30 | Church House, Westminster

Four panels and keynote speaker Jonathan Haskel will give expert perspectives on the UK’s productivity problems.

Join the waiting list to attend here:
How can policy boost productivity growth? | Institute for Fiscal Studies
At this policy conference, four panels of experts will give their perspectives and recommendations on four key areas of the UK’s productivity problem.
ifs.org.uk
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drrachelclarke.com
If you are reeling from Trump & Vance's disgusting performance towards Zelensky last night, might you consider donating to www.hospiceukraine.com, the tiny charity I set up with Henry Marsh to support local Ukrainian palliative care teams?

We delivered this Land Rover to a rural hospice in Dec...
Drs Rachel Clarke & Olena Parichuk standing in front of the Hospice Ukraine Land Rover
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donmoyn.bsky.social
DOGE is dismantling all aspect of civic tech in the federal government - both 18F and the US Digital Service were the hubs for skilled technologists who wanted to improve public services. They are now being pushed out of government.
rmac.bsky.social
18F, a digital services unit inside the General Services Administration, has been completely laid off, according to an email I’ve seen. The email says that 18F was deemed “non-critical” and the decision was made with the “explicit” direction of the administration and GSA leadership.
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thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
Saint Mungo on the facade of Saint Ninian's Church on Pollokshaws Road on the Southside of Glasgow. You can tell it's Saint Mungo because of the dead fish with the ring in its mouth at the base of the statue.

Cont./

#glasgow #architecture #sculpture #stmungo #pollokshields
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pastglasgow.co.uk
The old Marlborough sign is up ahead of tomorrow's reopening 😍 Every time I post something about this old haunt, it seems like half the south side got married there back in the day 😂 Will be curious to see what they've done with the place.

#Glasgow
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jdportes.bsky.social
Excellent piece by @tomcalver.bsky.social debunking the myth that migrants who come on "dependant" visas don't work/contribute (1/2)

www.thetimes.com/article/48e9...
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walktalktours.bsky.social
Probably just me but the guy on the left of row two looks helluva like Noel Gallagher … mural on gable wall of University of Strathclyde building on Nth Portland St, Glasgow