Scot Hunter
@scothunter.bsky.social
Analyst at Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Sociology PhD Univ. Stirling (2019-2024). Interested in ethnic penalties, labour market impacts, refugee integration, social stratification, and lgbtqia+ research.
The new Welsh IMD shows persistent disadvantage across Wales. While there has been some minor adjustments to the methodology, the overall picture is similar to that of the 2019 release.
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The new Welsh IMD shows persistent disadvantage across Wales. While there has been some minor adjustments to the methodology, the overall picture is similar to that of the 2019 release.
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> Home purchased for £4k in 1970, now worth £4m
> That's £3.945m more than if it had just increased with inflation
> Her house has effectively gained £72k in value every year in today's prices
> Her house earned around double what the average UK earner did each year
> That's £3.945m more than if it had just increased with inflation
> Her house has effectively gained £72k in value every year in today's prices
> Her house earned around double what the average UK earner did each year
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
> Home purchased for £4k in 1970, now worth £4m
> That's £3.945m more than if it had just increased with inflation
> Her house has effectively gained £72k in value every year in today's prices
> Her house earned around double what the average UK earner did each year
> That's £3.945m more than if it had just increased with inflation
> Her house has effectively gained £72k in value every year in today's prices
> Her house earned around double what the average UK earner did each year
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Every child, no matter their background, deserves to have a good start in life. Ethnic minority children were disproportionately impacted by the two child limit which widens ethnic disparities in child poverty rates.
Scrapping this cruel policy to lift 450000 children out of poverty is a huge win!
Scrapping this cruel policy to lift 450000 children out of poverty is a huge win!
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Every child, no matter their background, deserves to have a good start in life. Ethnic minority children were disproportionately impacted by the two child limit which widens ethnic disparities in child poverty rates.
Scrapping this cruel policy to lift 450000 children out of poverty is a huge win!
Scrapping this cruel policy to lift 450000 children out of poverty is a huge win!
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A child poverty strategy with the 2-child limit in place would *not* be a credible child poverty strategy. *All* of the growth in child poverty since the 2011/12 low point is for children in scope of this policy.
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A child poverty strategy with the 2-child limit in place would *not* be a credible child poverty strategy. *All* of the growth in child poverty since the 2011/12 low point is for children in scope of this policy.
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No one in the UK should experience destitution - wherever they were born – and destitution should never be an acceptable outcome of policy. But some policies announced in the Home Secretary’s asylum statement risk increasing destitution. 🧵1/7 www.gov.uk/government/p...
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
No one in the UK should experience destitution - wherever they were born – and destitution should never be an acceptable outcome of policy. But some policies announced in the Home Secretary’s asylum statement risk increasing destitution. 🧵1/7 www.gov.uk/government/p...
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🚨New deprivation data reveals continual deep regional divides across many areas in England.
High levels of deprivation are concentrated in many ex-industrial northern and midlands towns and coastal areas, where manufacturing and tourism industries have been lost.
High levels of deprivation are concentrated in many ex-industrial northern and midlands towns and coastal areas, where manufacturing and tourism industries have been lost.
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🚨New deprivation data reveals continual deep regional divides across many areas in England.
High levels of deprivation are concentrated in many ex-industrial northern and midlands towns and coastal areas, where manufacturing and tourism industries have been lost.
High levels of deprivation are concentrated in many ex-industrial northern and midlands towns and coastal areas, where manufacturing and tourism industries have been lost.
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Spoke to the BBC about the drivers of deprivation and the impact on families. There's a clear link between living in hardship & feeling socially/politically disconnected.
To make meaningful progress, communities must be involved in decisions affecting their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
To make meaningful progress, communities must be involved in decisions affecting their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What is life really like in one of England's most deprived towns?
Hastings in East Sussex is one of the most deprived local authorities in England, data shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Spoke to the BBC about the drivers of deprivation and the impact on families. There's a clear link between living in hardship & feeling socially/politically disconnected.
To make meaningful progress, communities must be involved in decisions affecting their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
To make meaningful progress, communities must be involved in decisions affecting their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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ONS have published new private rented affordability analysis for 2024.
Ratios of rents to incomes dipped in 2022/23 as incomes climbed faster than rents.
Rents have been catching up so affordability has worsened again and seems likely it will continue to worsen through 2025...
Ratios of rents to incomes dipped in 2022/23 as incomes climbed faster than rents.
Rents have been catching up so affordability has worsened again and seems likely it will continue to worsen through 2025...
August 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
ONS have published new private rented affordability analysis for 2024.
Ratios of rents to incomes dipped in 2022/23 as incomes climbed faster than rents.
Rents have been catching up so affordability has worsened again and seems likely it will continue to worsen through 2025...
Ratios of rents to incomes dipped in 2022/23 as incomes climbed faster than rents.
Rents have been catching up so affordability has worsened again and seems likely it will continue to worsen through 2025...
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👉OUT NOW!👈
"A Handbook of Integration with Refugees: Global Learnings from Scotland"
Edited with @alisonphipps.bsky.social and @esaldegheri.bsky.social
The book is FREE to download from www.multilingual-matters.com
"A Handbook of Integration with Refugees: Global Learnings from Scotland"
Edited with @alisonphipps.bsky.social and @esaldegheri.bsky.social
The book is FREE to download from www.multilingual-matters.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
👉OUT NOW!👈
"A Handbook of Integration with Refugees: Global Learnings from Scotland"
Edited with @alisonphipps.bsky.social and @esaldegheri.bsky.social
The book is FREE to download from www.multilingual-matters.com
"A Handbook of Integration with Refugees: Global Learnings from Scotland"
Edited with @alisonphipps.bsky.social and @esaldegheri.bsky.social
The book is FREE to download from www.multilingual-matters.com
The latest figures released yesterday on premature mortality in England and Wales reveal another stark and persistent inequality: From March 2021 to December 2023, people living in the most deprived areas were 64% more likely to die prematurely than those in the least deprived places.
July 9, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The latest figures released yesterday on premature mortality in England and Wales reveal another stark and persistent inequality: From March 2021 to December 2023, people living in the most deprived areas were 64% more likely to die prematurely than those in the least deprived places.
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Congratulations to our students who graduated @stir.ac.uk 👏💐🎓🎉
Hooray for Dr Beth Cairns, Dr @scothunter.bsky.social, & Dr Jade Hooper getting PhDs!
📸 Academics:
@niallhsmith.bsky.social @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social @dianamiranda.bsky.social @drashleyrogers.bsky.social @drhannahgraham.bsky.social
Hooray for Dr Beth Cairns, Dr @scothunter.bsky.social, & Dr Jade Hooper getting PhDs!
📸 Academics:
@niallhsmith.bsky.social @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social @dianamiranda.bsky.social @drashleyrogers.bsky.social @drhannahgraham.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Congratulations to our students who graduated @stir.ac.uk 👏💐🎓🎉
Hooray for Dr Beth Cairns, Dr @scothunter.bsky.social, & Dr Jade Hooper getting PhDs!
📸 Academics:
@niallhsmith.bsky.social @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social @dianamiranda.bsky.social @drashleyrogers.bsky.social @drhannahgraham.bsky.social
Hooray for Dr Beth Cairns, Dr @scothunter.bsky.social, & Dr Jade Hooper getting PhDs!
📸 Academics:
@niallhsmith.bsky.social @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social @dianamiranda.bsky.social @drashleyrogers.bsky.social @drhannahgraham.bsky.social
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1 in 6 children in Wales has been in poverty in 3 out of the last 4 years.
🚨 Urgent, radical action from the Welsh and UK governments is needed to avoid lasting consequences.
Our report out today with the Bevan Foundation lays bare the state of poverty in Wales in 2025.
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🚨 Urgent, radical action from the Welsh and UK governments is needed to avoid lasting consequences.
Our report out today with the Bevan Foundation lays bare the state of poverty in Wales in 2025.
1/6
June 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
1 in 6 children in Wales has been in poverty in 3 out of the last 4 years.
🚨 Urgent, radical action from the Welsh and UK governments is needed to avoid lasting consequences.
Our report out today with the Bevan Foundation lays bare the state of poverty in Wales in 2025.
1/6
🚨 Urgent, radical action from the Welsh and UK governments is needed to avoid lasting consequences.
Our report out today with the Bevan Foundation lays bare the state of poverty in Wales in 2025.
1/6
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Where will the cuts to sickness & disability benefits hit hardest?
New @jrf-uk.bsky.social constituency analysis shows the % of working age people receiving these benefits in England & Wales.
Some MP inboxes are likely to be brimming, as concern about these plans is widespread
New @jrf-uk.bsky.social constituency analysis shows the % of working age people receiving these benefits in England & Wales.
Some MP inboxes are likely to be brimming, as concern about these plans is widespread
April 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Where will the cuts to sickness & disability benefits hit hardest?
New @jrf-uk.bsky.social constituency analysis shows the % of working age people receiving these benefits in England & Wales.
Some MP inboxes are likely to be brimming, as concern about these plans is widespread
New @jrf-uk.bsky.social constituency analysis shows the % of working age people receiving these benefits in England & Wales.
Some MP inboxes are likely to be brimming, as concern about these plans is widespread
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You would kind of hope that the Jobcentre might know where to find workers to fill its own vacancies really wouldn't you?
DWP 'work coach shortage' could undermine Labour's bid to help disabled people into work
DWP work coach shortage means reduced support for claimants
More than half of Jobcentres reduced support for claimants despite work push
buff.ly
March 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM
You would kind of hope that the Jobcentre might know where to find workers to fill its own vacancies really wouldn't you?
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Today’s poverty statistics show that the Scottish Government has failed to meet the interim child poverty reduction targets.
240,000 children is Scotland remain in poverty (AHC). To have met the targets a further 40,000 children would need to have been lifted out of poverty.
240,000 children is Scotland remain in poverty (AHC). To have met the targets a further 40,000 children would need to have been lifted out of poverty.
March 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today’s poverty statistics show that the Scottish Government has failed to meet the interim child poverty reduction targets.
240,000 children is Scotland remain in poverty (AHC). To have met the targets a further 40,000 children would need to have been lifted out of poverty.
240,000 children is Scotland remain in poverty (AHC). To have met the targets a further 40,000 children would need to have been lifted out of poverty.
All ethnic minority groups in the UK continue to face persistent poverty with no signs of improvement from last year.
📊 New DWP figures show people in Bangladeshi households are still 3x more likely to be in poverty compared to white households, and Pakistani households are 2.5x more likely.
📊 New DWP figures show people in Bangladeshi households are still 3x more likely to be in poverty compared to white households, and Pakistani households are 2.5x more likely.
March 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
All ethnic minority groups in the UK continue to face persistent poverty with no signs of improvement from last year.
📊 New DWP figures show people in Bangladeshi households are still 3x more likely to be in poverty compared to white households, and Pakistani households are 2.5x more likely.
📊 New DWP figures show people in Bangladeshi households are still 3x more likely to be in poverty compared to white households, and Pakistani households are 2.5x more likely.
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New poverty rate figures show the West Midlands, London and the North West had the highest child poverty rates with over a third of children in poverty.
In Scotland (where things are being done differently) the child poverty rate is joint lowest for the UK at 23%.
In Scotland (where things are being done differently) the child poverty rate is joint lowest for the UK at 23%.
March 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New poverty rate figures show the West Midlands, London and the North West had the highest child poverty rates with over a third of children in poverty.
In Scotland (where things are being done differently) the child poverty rate is joint lowest for the UK at 23%.
In Scotland (where things are being done differently) the child poverty rate is joint lowest for the UK at 23%.
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Around 4.5 million children are living in relative poverty after housing costs. 200,000 more since before the pandemic.
These are record numbers of children living in poverty.
Latest DWP figures on Households Below Average Income has found 🔽 1/3
These are record numbers of children living in poverty.
Latest DWP figures on Households Below Average Income has found 🔽 1/3
March 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Around 4.5 million children are living in relative poverty after housing costs. 200,000 more since before the pandemic.
These are record numbers of children living in poverty.
Latest DWP figures on Households Below Average Income has found 🔽 1/3
These are record numbers of children living in poverty.
Latest DWP figures on Households Below Average Income has found 🔽 1/3
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Seeing as we are barrelling towards A Major Fiscal Event I'm reposting some polling I recently did for @danneidle.bsky.social on the profound lack of understanding the public have about tax and spending.
taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/10/26/t...
taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/10/26/t...
The public’s surprising choice of tax increase, and why we should ignore it
Gabriel Milland of Portland Communications has published polling conducted by the Portland research team in early October. Gabriel takes some interesting political conclusions from the polling (and I’...
taxpolicy.org.uk
March 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Seeing as we are barrelling towards A Major Fiscal Event I'm reposting some polling I recently did for @danneidle.bsky.social on the profound lack of understanding the public have about tax and spending.
taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/10/26/t...
taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/10/26/t...
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The Chancellor said today that she would not do anything to put household finances in danger
Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢
Their assessment also found... 1/3
Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢
Their assessment also found... 1/3
March 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Chancellor said today that she would not do anything to put household finances in danger
Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢
Their assessment also found... 1/3
Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢
Their assessment also found... 1/3
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Yesterday, the Government’s launched the #PathwaystoWork green paper. It plans to create a “clearer youth phase” by changing benefit rules for young people to support its new Youth Guarantee.
Key takeaways 🧵1/7
Key takeaways 🧵1/7
March 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Yesterday, the Government’s launched the #PathwaystoWork green paper. It plans to create a “clearer youth phase” by changing benefit rules for young people to support its new Youth Guarantee.
Key takeaways 🧵1/7
Key takeaways 🧵1/7
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@jrf-uk.bsky.social has analysed caseload data and can see much of the forecast growth in PIP spending is directed at people with significant difficulties across a range of areas. Over half of the growth in spending is from people in receipt of the higher rate in both PIP elements.
March 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
@jrf-uk.bsky.social has analysed caseload data and can see much of the forecast growth in PIP spending is directed at people with significant difficulties across a range of areas. Over half of the growth in spending is from people in receipt of the higher rate in both PIP elements.
Very pleased to have a part in this
So pleased to see this new evaluation report by @drashleyrogers.bsky.social @scothunter.bsky.social Dr Paul Rigby (University of Stirling), with Dr McDonnell, on @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social service supporting asylum-seeking parents and children in 🏴.
scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/lifeline-ser...
scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/lifeline-ser...
New report finds our service is a lifeline for asylum-seeking families - Scottish Refugee Council
Our Family Rights Service provides a vital lifeline for asylum-seeking parents and children in Scotland, according to a new report.
scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk
March 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Very pleased to have a part in this