Graham Scambler
@grahamscambler.bsky.social
Sociologist with interests in philosophy, theory, politics, health and sport. #sociology #health
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UCL
Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences, UK
Latest book: ‘Healthy Societies’ (Policy Press, 2024)
www.grahamscambler.com
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UCL
Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences, UK
Latest book: ‘Healthy Societies’ (Policy Press, 2024)
www.grahamscambler.com
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The large drop in immigration seen in today's ONS data will likely have huge consequences for social care.
The sector has been entirely reliant on care workers from overseas to meet growing demand.
Read our statement from Researcher @cglobont.bsky.social 👇
The sector has been entirely reliant on care workers from overseas to meet growing demand.
Read our statement from Researcher @cglobont.bsky.social 👇
Falling immigration presents problems for social care sector
Cyril Lobont responds to new immigration data from the Office for National Statistics.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The large drop in immigration seen in today's ONS data will likely have huge consequences for social care.
The sector has been entirely reliant on care workers from overseas to meet growing demand.
Read our statement from Researcher @cglobont.bsky.social 👇
The sector has been entirely reliant on care workers from overseas to meet growing demand.
Read our statement from Researcher @cglobont.bsky.social 👇
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A local coffee shop started closing during the daytime because they couldn't make money off the people who come with a laptop, order 1 coffee, and sit for 3 hours. I say this kind of activity is foundational for our civilisation and if the coffee shops can't afford it the govt should subsidise it.
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A local coffee shop started closing during the daytime because they couldn't make money off the people who come with a laptop, order 1 coffee, and sit for 3 hours. I say this kind of activity is foundational for our civilisation and if the coffee shops can't afford it the govt should subsidise it.
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So we are already back to the levels of migration of the early 2010s and declining faster... let's hope all those new restrictions, based on previous higher numbers, don't make Britain massively unattractive to those migrants the government DOES wish to attract.
Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
UK net migration fell to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
Net migration, the difference between those entering and leaving the country, was 345,000 in 2024 according to revised figures.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
So we are already back to the levels of migration of the early 2010s and declining faster... let's hope all those new restrictions, based on previous higher numbers, don't make Britain massively unattractive to those migrants the government DOES wish to attract.
The gov can’t fix juries, but it can fix judges.
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The gov can’t fix juries, but it can fix judges.
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Cheering the two child limit ending isn’t patting Starmer’s Labour on the back or ignoring his record. It’s acknowledging 8 years of hard campaigning and ridding the country of a cruel, toxic policy. Half a million children won’t be hungry anymore. Celebrate today. Tomorrow, pick the next fight.
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Cheering the two child limit ending isn’t patting Starmer’s Labour on the back or ignoring his record. It’s acknowledging 8 years of hard campaigning and ridding the country of a cruel, toxic policy. Half a million children won’t be hungry anymore. Celebrate today. Tomorrow, pick the next fight.
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For public responses to the budget @channel4news.bsky.social goes to Bath, not Middlesbrough. Hmm.
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
For public responses to the budget @channel4news.bsky.social goes to Bath, not Middlesbrough. Hmm.
With Ray Fitzpatrick and Mary Boulton back in the day. Ray sadly no longer with us.
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
With Ray Fitzpatrick and Mary Boulton back in the day. Ray sadly no longer with us.
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Best understood, Labour's attack on juries, as a further lurch towards authoritarianism. Who, now, will stand in the way of a State that wants to imprison its opponents?
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Best understood, Labour's attack on juries, as a further lurch towards authoritarianism. Who, now, will stand in the way of a State that wants to imprison its opponents?
Judge substituted at the last minute in legal appeal against proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. Looks very much like a gov stitch-up, but we await further details.
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Judge substituted at the last minute in legal appeal against proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. Looks very much like a gov stitch-up, but we await further details.
Who needs juries when we can absolutely trust white, male, privately educated judges?
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Who needs juries when we can absolutely trust white, male, privately educated judges?
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Inevitably, there are already arguments that the Chancellor should cut welfare spending instead of raising taxes tomorrow. But is welfare spending really 'out of control'?
Here's the facts:
www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/is-w...
Here's the facts:
www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/is-w...
Is welfare spending ‘out of control’? • Resolution Foundation
The run up to this Budget has seen more than its fair share of rumours, leaks, briefings and counter-briefings. But if there’s one thing we know for sure, it is that tax rises are coming. The public f...
www.resolutionfoundation.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Inevitably, there are already arguments that the Chancellor should cut welfare spending instead of raising taxes tomorrow. But is welfare spending really 'out of control'?
Here's the facts:
www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/is-w...
Here's the facts:
www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/is-w...
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The further education sector is on the frontline of preparing learners for a rapidly shifting labour market. Our Director of Education shares his thoughts on what the findings from The Skills Imperative 2035 by @thenfer.bsky.social mean for FE, in @fenews.bsky.social
Read here: ow.ly/ktPp50Xxrz4
Read here: ow.ly/ktPp50Xxrz4
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The further education sector is on the frontline of preparing learners for a rapidly shifting labour market. Our Director of Education shares his thoughts on what the findings from The Skills Imperative 2035 by @thenfer.bsky.social mean for FE, in @fenews.bsky.social
Read here: ow.ly/ktPp50Xxrz4
Read here: ow.ly/ktPp50Xxrz4
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More than 9,500 Palestinians remain missing as search efforts continue amid the widespread destruction caused by Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, according to estimates by Gaza's Government Media Office.
#Infograph
#Infograph
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
More than 9,500 Palestinians remain missing as search efforts continue amid the widespread destruction caused by Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, according to estimates by Gaza's Government Media Office.
#Infograph
#Infograph
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How old were you when you got your first job?
The data shows that the age at which people are entering the labour market is going up, and up.
Read 'False starts' now to learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/kIei4lG
The data shows that the age at which people are entering the labour market is going up, and up.
Read 'False starts' now to learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/kIei4lG
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
How old were you when you got your first job?
The data shows that the age at which people are entering the labour market is going up, and up.
Read 'False starts' now to learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/kIei4lG
The data shows that the age at which people are entering the labour market is going up, and up.
Read 'False starts' now to learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/kIei4lG
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📣Our latest QHRN seminar is now open for registration!
💬From Paperwork to Paper Trails: Ethnographic Document Analysis as a Method for Qualitative Health Research
🗓️ 4 December 2025
🕑 11am-12pm GMT
🗣️Dr @catherinetrundle.bsky.social & Dr Tarryn Phillips
More info & to register: tinyurl.com/3s4r7yv9
💬From Paperwork to Paper Trails: Ethnographic Document Analysis as a Method for Qualitative Health Research
🗓️ 4 December 2025
🕑 11am-12pm GMT
🗣️Dr @catherinetrundle.bsky.social & Dr Tarryn Phillips
More info & to register: tinyurl.com/3s4r7yv9
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
📣Our latest QHRN seminar is now open for registration!
💬From Paperwork to Paper Trails: Ethnographic Document Analysis as a Method for Qualitative Health Research
🗓️ 4 December 2025
🕑 11am-12pm GMT
🗣️Dr @catherinetrundle.bsky.social & Dr Tarryn Phillips
More info & to register: tinyurl.com/3s4r7yv9
💬From Paperwork to Paper Trails: Ethnographic Document Analysis as a Method for Qualitative Health Research
🗓️ 4 December 2025
🕑 11am-12pm GMT
🗣️Dr @catherinetrundle.bsky.social & Dr Tarryn Phillips
More info & to register: tinyurl.com/3s4r7yv9
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Really looking forward to this lecture with @academicdiary.bsky.social. Register now before all the tickets are gone!
Annual Lecture: The Paradox of Home by Les Back (11.12.25)
Home is a knife-edge word. Competing forces balance on its edge that either control or open the terms of belonging. It is why home is paradoxical tinyurl.com/3493r8e6
Home is a knife-edge word. Competing forces balance on its edge that either control or open the terms of belonging. It is why home is paradoxical tinyurl.com/3493r8e6
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Really looking forward to this lecture with @academicdiary.bsky.social. Register now before all the tickets are gone!