The Centre for Social Justice
@csjthinktank.bsky.social
An independent think-tank, established to put social justice at the heart of British politics.
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"Loading yet more taxes onto the public like a game of buckaroo is not the same as doing the hard work to repair broken Britain."
Policy Director, Joe Shalam, responds to today's Budget.👇
Policy Director, Joe Shalam, responds to today's Budget.👇
We know the unrestricted dangers of the online world.
Our latest analysis suggests almost one million 3-5 year olds are now using social media.🤳
🗣️Watch Researcher Luke Taylor, on GBNews and read our full findings below.👇
Our latest analysis suggests almost one million 3-5 year olds are now using social media.🤳
🗣️Watch Researcher Luke Taylor, on GBNews and read our full findings below.👇
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We know the unrestricted dangers of the online world.
Our latest analysis suggests almost one million 3-5 year olds are now using social media.🤳
🗣️Watch Researcher Luke Taylor, on GBNews and read our full findings below.👇
Our latest analysis suggests almost one million 3-5 year olds are now using social media.🤳
🗣️Watch Researcher Luke Taylor, on GBNews and read our full findings below.👇
On Wednesday evening the CSJ will be hosting a LIVE recording of the hit podcast, Not Another One.🎙️
Watch the recording LIVE on Wednesday from 6:20pm on X, LinkedIn or via the link below.🎄
Watch the recording LIVE on Wednesday from 6:20pm on X, LinkedIn or via the link below.🎄
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
On Wednesday evening the CSJ will be hosting a LIVE recording of the hit podcast, Not Another One.🎙️
Watch the recording LIVE on Wednesday from 6:20pm on X, LinkedIn or via the link below.🎄
Watch the recording LIVE on Wednesday from 6:20pm on X, LinkedIn or via the link below.🎄
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I have written to the government, alongside 40 of my colleagues, calling for Housing First to be rolled out nationwide as part of the upcoming homelessness strategy.
Please find the letter below.
Thank you to @csjthinktank.bsky.social
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Please find the letter below.
Thank you to @csjthinktank.bsky.social
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December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I have written to the government, alongside 40 of my colleagues, calling for Housing First to be rolled out nationwide as part of the upcoming homelessness strategy.
Please find the letter below.
Thank you to @csjthinktank.bsky.social
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Please find the letter below.
Thank you to @csjthinktank.bsky.social
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📱Social media is driving screen addiction in young children and creating serious challenges for their mental health.
🎙️Sophie Winkleman joined the CSJ's panel on amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing in Schools Bill and pushed for stronger safeguards on #PoliticsLive.
👇Read our latest analysis.
🎙️Sophie Winkleman joined the CSJ's panel on amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing in Schools Bill and pushed for stronger safeguards on #PoliticsLive.
👇Read our latest analysis.
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
📱Social media is driving screen addiction in young children and creating serious challenges for their mental health.
🎙️Sophie Winkleman joined the CSJ's panel on amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing in Schools Bill and pushed for stronger safeguards on #PoliticsLive.
👇Read our latest analysis.
🎙️Sophie Winkleman joined the CSJ's panel on amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing in Schools Bill and pushed for stronger safeguards on #PoliticsLive.
👇Read our latest analysis.
📰 @financialtimes.com
'UK ministers are exploring tougher regulation of AI chatbots over concerns they could encourage teenagers to commit acts of self-harm.'
We welcome this @lizkendallmp.bsky.social - as we uncovered, any child can now access self-harm content on AI chatbots👇
'UK ministers are exploring tougher regulation of AI chatbots over concerns they could encourage teenagers to commit acts of self-harm.'
We welcome this @lizkendallmp.bsky.social - as we uncovered, any child can now access self-harm content on AI chatbots👇
December 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
📰 @financialtimes.com
'UK ministers are exploring tougher regulation of AI chatbots over concerns they could encourage teenagers to commit acts of self-harm.'
We welcome this @lizkendallmp.bsky.social - as we uncovered, any child can now access self-harm content on AI chatbots👇
'UK ministers are exploring tougher regulation of AI chatbots over concerns they could encourage teenagers to commit acts of self-harm.'
We welcome this @lizkendallmp.bsky.social - as we uncovered, any child can now access self-harm content on AI chatbots👇
Political momentum for Housing First is building ahead of the Homelessness Strategy. 🏠📈
Labour MPs Lee Pitcher and Patrick Hurley called for a national rollout of the models successfully piloted in Manchester and Liverpool yesterday.
Our plan to double places👇
Labour MPs Lee Pitcher and Patrick Hurley called for a national rollout of the models successfully piloted in Manchester and Liverpool yesterday.
Our plan to double places👇
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Political momentum for Housing First is building ahead of the Homelessness Strategy. 🏠📈
Labour MPs Lee Pitcher and Patrick Hurley called for a national rollout of the models successfully piloted in Manchester and Liverpool yesterday.
Our plan to double places👇
Labour MPs Lee Pitcher and Patrick Hurley called for a national rollout of the models successfully piloted in Manchester and Liverpool yesterday.
Our plan to double places👇
🚨BREAKING: Rough sleeping has hit a post-pandemic high.
9,574 people slept rough in July.
That’s 94% ⬆️ from 4 years ago.
🏠Housing First - backed by @andyburnham.bsky.social and @metromayorsteve.bsky.social - is a proven solution.
We must double places nationally⏫
@stevemorganfdn.bsky.social💚
9,574 people slept rough in July.
That’s 94% ⬆️ from 4 years ago.
🏠Housing First - backed by @andyburnham.bsky.social and @metromayorsteve.bsky.social - is a proven solution.
We must double places nationally⏫
@stevemorganfdn.bsky.social💚
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🚨BREAKING: Rough sleeping has hit a post-pandemic high.
9,574 people slept rough in July.
That’s 94% ⬆️ from 4 years ago.
🏠Housing First - backed by @andyburnham.bsky.social and @metromayorsteve.bsky.social - is a proven solution.
We must double places nationally⏫
@stevemorganfdn.bsky.social💚
9,574 people slept rough in July.
That’s 94% ⬆️ from 4 years ago.
🏠Housing First - backed by @andyburnham.bsky.social and @metromayorsteve.bsky.social - is a proven solution.
We must double places nationally⏫
@stevemorganfdn.bsky.social💚
"Loading yet more taxes onto the public like a game of buckaroo is not the same as doing the hard work to repair broken Britain."
Policy Director, Joe Shalam, responds to today's Budget.👇
Policy Director, Joe Shalam, responds to today's Budget.👇
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Loading yet more taxes onto the public like a game of buckaroo is not the same as doing the hard work to repair broken Britain."
Policy Director, Joe Shalam, responds to today's Budget.👇
Policy Director, Joe Shalam, responds to today's Budget.👇
🚨NEW CSJ REPORT🚨
One in three builders is now OVER the age of 50 and 130,000 are 65+👷
Meanwhile the number of young people in construction has collapsed by over 150,000 since 2008.
We are in the midst of a workforce crisis that threatens Britain’s ability to build.
🧵👇
One in three builders is now OVER the age of 50 and 130,000 are 65+👷
Meanwhile the number of young people in construction has collapsed by over 150,000 since 2008.
We are in the midst of a workforce crisis that threatens Britain’s ability to build.
🧵👇
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🚨NEW CSJ REPORT🚨
One in three builders is now OVER the age of 50 and 130,000 are 65+👷
Meanwhile the number of young people in construction has collapsed by over 150,000 since 2008.
We are in the midst of a workforce crisis that threatens Britain’s ability to build.
🧵👇
One in three builders is now OVER the age of 50 and 130,000 are 65+👷
Meanwhile the number of young people in construction has collapsed by over 150,000 since 2008.
We are in the midst of a workforce crisis that threatens Britain’s ability to build.
🧵👇
🗞️ “Boys look to be fathered, and when they find no one who can perform that vital role at home, they may move on to the ones we don’t want.”
Ed Davies, CSJ Research Director, on what this year’s John Lewis Christmas advert reveals about fatherhood in Britain today.
⬇️ Read the full article below.
Ed Davies, CSJ Research Director, on what this year’s John Lewis Christmas advert reveals about fatherhood in Britain today.
⬇️ Read the full article below.
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🗞️ “Boys look to be fathered, and when they find no one who can perform that vital role at home, they may move on to the ones we don’t want.”
Ed Davies, CSJ Research Director, on what this year’s John Lewis Christmas advert reveals about fatherhood in Britain today.
⬇️ Read the full article below.
Ed Davies, CSJ Research Director, on what this year’s John Lewis Christmas advert reveals about fatherhood in Britain today.
⬇️ Read the full article below.
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🏆 CSJ Awards: One Year On
🚀Finally, we head to the North East and Middlesbrough, where Richard Brice has taken Clean Slate from strength to strength since winning a CSJ Award.
🎥Watch his story below.
🚀Finally, we head to the North East and Middlesbrough, where Richard Brice has taken Clean Slate from strength to strength since winning a CSJ Award.
🎥Watch his story below.
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🏆 CSJ Awards: One Year On
🚀Finally, we head to the North East and Middlesbrough, where Richard Brice has taken Clean Slate from strength to strength since winning a CSJ Award.
🎥Watch his story below.
🚀Finally, we head to the North East and Middlesbrough, where Richard Brice has taken Clean Slate from strength to strength since winning a CSJ Award.
🎥Watch his story below.
🗣️"The data show the social contract, our expectations of each other, our basic shared morality, has shifted and created dramatic new realities."
📰In his latest article, Ed Davies discusses the moral dynamics shaping British politics.
👇Read the full article below.
📰In his latest article, Ed Davies discusses the moral dynamics shaping British politics.
👇Read the full article below.
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🗣️"The data show the social contract, our expectations of each other, our basic shared morality, has shifted and created dramatic new realities."
📰In his latest article, Ed Davies discusses the moral dynamics shaping British politics.
👇Read the full article below.
📰In his latest article, Ed Davies discusses the moral dynamics shaping British politics.
👇Read the full article below.
🙏David Gandy, the world’s most famous male model, is backing the CSJ’s Lost Boys campaign.
🏛️He joined us at the Speaker’s House to discuss how culture shapes perceptions of young men.
🗞️Read his interview in @thetimes.com today and stay tuned for our Men in Culture report.
🏛️He joined us at the Speaker’s House to discuss how culture shapes perceptions of young men.
🗞️Read his interview in @thetimes.com today and stay tuned for our Men in Culture report.
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🙏David Gandy, the world’s most famous male model, is backing the CSJ’s Lost Boys campaign.
🏛️He joined us at the Speaker’s House to discuss how culture shapes perceptions of young men.
🗞️Read his interview in @thetimes.com today and stay tuned for our Men in Culture report.
🏛️He joined us at the Speaker’s House to discuss how culture shapes perceptions of young men.
🗞️Read his interview in @thetimes.com today and stay tuned for our Men in Culture report.
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🎉 The countdown to the CSJ Awards begins.
Who better to hear from than former Award Winner, and now our Chief Executive, Andy Cook.
Every year, we celebrate small charities tackling the toughest issues in Britain.
⬇️ Watch Andy share what makes these Awards so special.
Who better to hear from than former Award Winner, and now our Chief Executive, Andy Cook.
Every year, we celebrate small charities tackling the toughest issues in Britain.
⬇️ Watch Andy share what makes these Awards so special.
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🎉 The countdown to the CSJ Awards begins.
Who better to hear from than former Award Winner, and now our Chief Executive, Andy Cook.
Every year, we celebrate small charities tackling the toughest issues in Britain.
⬇️ Watch Andy share what makes these Awards so special.
Who better to hear from than former Award Winner, and now our Chief Executive, Andy Cook.
Every year, we celebrate small charities tackling the toughest issues in Britain.
⬇️ Watch Andy share what makes these Awards so special.
🚨NEW🚨
Children in long-term workless households hits a nine-year high.
CSJ analysis shows 1.2 million children are now growing up in homes where no parent has worked for over a year - the fastest rise on record.
🧵👇
Children in long-term workless households hits a nine-year high.
CSJ analysis shows 1.2 million children are now growing up in homes where no parent has worked for over a year - the fastest rise on record.
🧵👇
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🚨NEW🚨
Children in long-term workless households hits a nine-year high.
CSJ analysis shows 1.2 million children are now growing up in homes where no parent has worked for over a year - the fastest rise on record.
🧵👇
Children in long-term workless households hits a nine-year high.
CSJ analysis shows 1.2 million children are now growing up in homes where no parent has worked for over a year - the fastest rise on record.
🧵👇
The homebuilding sector is 161,000 builders short of the workforce needed to meet Government housing targets🏠
👷Our upcoming report will outline how we can strengthen the domestic construction workforce AND help the government build the 1.5 million homes promised.
👷Our upcoming report will outline how we can strengthen the domestic construction workforce AND help the government build the 1.5 million homes promised.
October 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The homebuilding sector is 161,000 builders short of the workforce needed to meet Government housing targets🏠
👷Our upcoming report will outline how we can strengthen the domestic construction workforce AND help the government build the 1.5 million homes promised.
👷Our upcoming report will outline how we can strengthen the domestic construction workforce AND help the government build the 1.5 million homes promised.
🏛️Earlier this month, we took Lost Boys to the Senedd.
🏉Politicians, rugby legend Ken Owens, and charity leaders discussed how Wales can turn the tide for boys.
🏴With elections on the horizon, it’s time to put boys and young men at the heart of Welsh policymaking.
🏉Politicians, rugby legend Ken Owens, and charity leaders discussed how Wales can turn the tide for boys.
🏴With elections on the horizon, it’s time to put boys and young men at the heart of Welsh policymaking.
October 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🏛️Earlier this month, we took Lost Boys to the Senedd.
🏉Politicians, rugby legend Ken Owens, and charity leaders discussed how Wales can turn the tide for boys.
🏴With elections on the horizon, it’s time to put boys and young men at the heart of Welsh policymaking.
🏉Politicians, rugby legend Ken Owens, and charity leaders discussed how Wales can turn the tide for boys.
🏴With elections on the horizon, it’s time to put boys and young men at the heart of Welsh policymaking.
🎓Attitudes to school attendance are in free-fall, despite persistently absent pupils being £10k worse off by age 28.
🎙️Policy Director, Joe Shalam, joins @lbc.co.uk to discuss why “carrot and stick” is needed to turn the tide on the absence crisis.
Listen here👇
🎙️Policy Director, Joe Shalam, joins @lbc.co.uk to discuss why “carrot and stick” is needed to turn the tide on the absence crisis.
Listen here👇
October 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🎓Attitudes to school attendance are in free-fall, despite persistently absent pupils being £10k worse off by age 28.
🎙️Policy Director, Joe Shalam, joins @lbc.co.uk to discuss why “carrot and stick” is needed to turn the tide on the absence crisis.
Listen here👇
🎙️Policy Director, Joe Shalam, joins @lbc.co.uk to discuss why “carrot and stick” is needed to turn the tide on the absence crisis.
Listen here👇
🚨WATCH: Latest absence data out today.
📢Senior Researcher Emily Wells lays out what it reveals and how government can act.
Our recommendations offers the roadmap to get parents and children re-engaged with school.
⬇️Explore our latest Absence Tracker below.
📢Senior Researcher Emily Wells lays out what it reveals and how government can act.
Our recommendations offers the roadmap to get parents and children re-engaged with school.
⬇️Explore our latest Absence Tracker below.
October 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🚨WATCH: Latest absence data out today.
📢Senior Researcher Emily Wells lays out what it reveals and how government can act.
Our recommendations offers the roadmap to get parents and children re-engaged with school.
⬇️Explore our latest Absence Tracker below.
📢Senior Researcher Emily Wells lays out what it reveals and how government can act.
Our recommendations offers the roadmap to get parents and children re-engaged with school.
⬇️Explore our latest Absence Tracker below.
🚨NEW: Record numbers of pupils missed half of lessons this Spring.
🤝CSJ Alliance charity Grace Foundation show that
rebuilding trust with families helps prevent school absence.
📘Absent Ambition calls for DfE to evaluate their Family Support Worker model for a national rollout👇
🤝CSJ Alliance charity Grace Foundation show that
rebuilding trust with families helps prevent school absence.
📘Absent Ambition calls for DfE to evaluate their Family Support Worker model for a national rollout👇
October 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🚨NEW: Record numbers of pupils missed half of lessons this Spring.
🤝CSJ Alliance charity Grace Foundation show that
rebuilding trust with families helps prevent school absence.
📘Absent Ambition calls for DfE to evaluate their Family Support Worker model for a national rollout👇
🤝CSJ Alliance charity Grace Foundation show that
rebuilding trust with families helps prevent school absence.
📘Absent Ambition calls for DfE to evaluate their Family Support Worker model for a national rollout👇
🚨NEW🚨
The no. of pupils missing at least one school day per fortnight was ⬇️ 7.2% in Spring - good news for govt in slowing persistent absence👍
But severe absence - kids missing over half of school - hit another termly record.📈
We cannot ignore Britain's Ghost Children🧵
The no. of pupils missing at least one school day per fortnight was ⬇️ 7.2% in Spring - good news for govt in slowing persistent absence👍
But severe absence - kids missing over half of school - hit another termly record.📈
We cannot ignore Britain's Ghost Children🧵
October 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🚨NEW🚨
The no. of pupils missing at least one school day per fortnight was ⬇️ 7.2% in Spring - good news for govt in slowing persistent absence👍
But severe absence - kids missing over half of school - hit another termly record.📈
We cannot ignore Britain's Ghost Children🧵
The no. of pupils missing at least one school day per fortnight was ⬇️ 7.2% in Spring - good news for govt in slowing persistent absence👍
But severe absence - kids missing over half of school - hit another termly record.📈
We cannot ignore Britain's Ghost Children🧵
🏠For every £1 invested in Housing First, £2 is saved in public spending.
💬@Paulabarkermp.bsky.social Co-Chair of the APPG for Ending Homelessness, spotlighted CSJ’s findings.
💡Rolling out Housing First could save millions AND help thousands of people rebuild their lives off the streets.
💬@Paulabarkermp.bsky.social Co-Chair of the APPG for Ending Homelessness, spotlighted CSJ’s findings.
💡Rolling out Housing First could save millions AND help thousands of people rebuild their lives off the streets.
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🏠For every £1 invested in Housing First, £2 is saved in public spending.
💬@Paulabarkermp.bsky.social Co-Chair of the APPG for Ending Homelessness, spotlighted CSJ’s findings.
💡Rolling out Housing First could save millions AND help thousands of people rebuild their lives off the streets.
💬@Paulabarkermp.bsky.social Co-Chair of the APPG for Ending Homelessness, spotlighted CSJ’s findings.
💡Rolling out Housing First could save millions AND help thousands of people rebuild their lives off the streets.
NEW: The Govt's new anti-drugs campaign is welcome as drug poisonings hits its highest record💉
In December, we found that 3/4 of police officers deemed current drug possession policies ineffective❌
We need police to direct drug users into treatment, not decriminalisation👇
In December, we found that 3/4 of police officers deemed current drug possession policies ineffective❌
We need police to direct drug users into treatment, not decriminalisation👇
October 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW: The Govt's new anti-drugs campaign is welcome as drug poisonings hits its highest record💉
In December, we found that 3/4 of police officers deemed current drug possession policies ineffective❌
We need police to direct drug users into treatment, not decriminalisation👇
In December, we found that 3/4 of police officers deemed current drug possession policies ineffective❌
We need police to direct drug users into treatment, not decriminalisation👇
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@csjthinktank.bsky.social is hosting an event to draw attention to the mental health and wellbeing of young men.
There are now so many gaps in provision for young people, especially boys and young men, to positively engage with others, feel valued and enjoy life.
There are now so many gaps in provision for young people, especially boys and young men, to positively engage with others, feel valued and enjoy life.
October 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
@csjthinktank.bsky.social is hosting an event to draw attention to the mental health and wellbeing of young men.
There are now so many gaps in provision for young people, especially boys and young men, to positively engage with others, feel valued and enjoy life.
There are now so many gaps in provision for young people, especially boys and young men, to positively engage with others, feel valued and enjoy life.
⭐️It’s that time of year again….The #CSJAwards are officially one month today🥳
We cannot wait to celebrate the best small charities in the UK👏
👀Stay tuned as charities, celebrities and politicians tell us the stories of these local heroes fighting poverty this month.
We cannot wait to celebrate the best small charities in the UK👏
👀Stay tuned as charities, celebrities and politicians tell us the stories of these local heroes fighting poverty this month.
October 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
⭐️It’s that time of year again….The #CSJAwards are officially one month today🥳
We cannot wait to celebrate the best small charities in the UK👏
👀Stay tuned as charities, celebrities and politicians tell us the stories of these local heroes fighting poverty this month.
We cannot wait to celebrate the best small charities in the UK👏
👀Stay tuned as charities, celebrities and politicians tell us the stories of these local heroes fighting poverty this month.