Yasmin Ibison
@yasminibison.bsky.social
Senior Policy Advisor at JRF (@jrf-uk.bsky.social) focusing on communities and place
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New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
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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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I'm reading through the white paper or whatever it is. RESTORING ORDER AND CONTROL: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy www.gov.uk/government/p...
Asylum and returns policy statement
This policy statement sets out significant reforms to the UK’s asylum and returns policy.
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm reading through the white paper or whatever it is. RESTORING ORDER AND CONTROL: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Chancellor said lifting 2-child limit means "Biggest reduction in child poverty over a Parliament since records began." Estimated 400k reduction would be, but modelling is always uncertain. What is certain is that removing the 2 Child Limit is pivotal to the fall.
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Chancellor said lifting 2-child limit means "Biggest reduction in child poverty over a Parliament since records began." Estimated 400k reduction would be, but modelling is always uncertain. What is certain is that removing the 2 Child Limit is pivotal to the fall.
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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🎉Child poverty is at a record high, so the decision to end the two child limit is crucial
Poverty holds children back, with consequences for all of us. Every child should have a good start in life
This measure alone lifts 450,000 out of poverty & lessens severity for many more
Poverty holds children back, with consequences for all of us. Every child should have a good start in life
This measure alone lifts 450,000 out of poverty & lessens severity for many more
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🎉Child poverty is at a record high, so the decision to end the two child limit is crucial
Poverty holds children back, with consequences for all of us. Every child should have a good start in life
This measure alone lifts 450,000 out of poverty & lessens severity for many more
Poverty holds children back, with consequences for all of us. Every child should have a good start in life
This measure alone lifts 450,000 out of poverty & lessens severity for many more
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Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
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'Economic insecurity is draining Labour’s support across the spectrum, to both left and right, and to ‘undecided’.'
Read the full report from @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @profjanegreen.bsky.social on our website here:
www.jrf.org.uk/public-attit...
Read the full report from @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @profjanegreen.bsky.social on our website here:
www.jrf.org.uk/public-attit...
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
'Economic insecurity is draining Labour’s support across the spectrum, to both left and right, and to ‘undecided’.'
Read the full report from @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @profjanegreen.bsky.social on our website here:
www.jrf.org.uk/public-attit...
Read the full report from @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @profjanegreen.bsky.social on our website here:
www.jrf.org.uk/public-attit...
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Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
If Labour want a fairer society, they must argue for it
Labour must make the political argument: taxes are the critical downpayment we all pay to live in a fairer society.
It now seems all but certain that direct taxes will rise in the forthcoming Budget...
renewal.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
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This @skynewsrss.bsky.social analysis confirms that X's algorithm is blatantly boosting far-right content
If you are still posting or engaging there, you are volunteering your time and effort towards actively assisting a racist, white supremacist project
STOP ALREADY
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
If you are still posting or engaging there, you are volunteering your time and effort towards actively assisting a racist, white supremacist project
STOP ALREADY
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This @skynewsrss.bsky.social analysis confirms that X's algorithm is blatantly boosting far-right content
If you are still posting or engaging there, you are volunteering your time and effort towards actively assisting a racist, white supremacist project
STOP ALREADY
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
If you are still posting or engaging there, you are volunteering your time and effort towards actively assisting a racist, white supremacist project
STOP ALREADY
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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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.
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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Several reasons why the most severe deprivation is sticky - most of todays most deprived places have not seen relative improvement for decades.
But few things have done more to make matters worse than completely obliterating council funding in the most deprived places, as we did in the 2010s
But few things have done more to make matters worse than completely obliterating council funding in the most deprived places, as we did in the 2010s
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Several reasons why the most severe deprivation is sticky - most of todays most deprived places have not seen relative improvement for decades.
But few things have done more to make matters worse than completely obliterating council funding in the most deprived places, as we did in the 2010s
But few things have done more to make matters worse than completely obliterating council funding in the most deprived places, as we did in the 2010s
🚨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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About a tenth of relationships in the UK are mixed race.
X seems full of people who think they are the only relationships in TV advertising. This suggests people filter out the ones featuring white families, and then trigger themselves into anger if a mixed race couple appear.
X seems full of people who think they are the only relationships in TV advertising. This suggests people filter out the ones featuring white families, and then trigger themselves into anger if a mixed race couple appear.
October 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
About a tenth of relationships in the UK are mixed race.
X seems full of people who think they are the only relationships in TV advertising. This suggests people filter out the ones featuring white families, and then trigger themselves into anger if a mixed race couple appear.
X seems full of people who think they are the only relationships in TV advertising. This suggests people filter out the ones featuring white families, and then trigger themselves into anger if a mixed race couple appear.
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Hadn’t, in truth, really absorbed the scale of what the Conservatives are proposing on ILR and immigration more broadly until this week’s Sunday Times interviews. Some thoughts on that in today’s note:
Tory deportation plan would upend Britain
Proposing such a radical bill with little public support is a gift to Nigel Farage
www.ft.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Hadn’t, in truth, really absorbed the scale of what the Conservatives are proposing on ILR and immigration more broadly until this week’s Sunday Times interviews. Some thoughts on that in today’s note:
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Spoke to @theleaduk.bsky.social about ethnicity & child poverty
24% of white children are in poverty - rates are much higher for Bangladeshi (67%) Pakistani (61%) & Black African (49%) children. Govt must consider how racism drives hardship for ethnic minority families
substack.com/home/post/p-...
24% of white children are in poverty - rates are much higher for Bangladeshi (67%) Pakistani (61%) & Black African (49%) children. Govt must consider how racism drives hardship for ethnic minority families
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The colour of poverty: Black and brown children are at the sharp end of the crisis
Policies to tackle child poverty that don’t acknowledge the impact of race are simply not going to cut it.
substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Spoke to @theleaduk.bsky.social about ethnicity & child poverty
24% of white children are in poverty - rates are much higher for Bangladeshi (67%) Pakistani (61%) & Black African (49%) children. Govt must consider how racism drives hardship for ethnic minority families
substack.com/home/post/p-...
24% of white children are in poverty - rates are much higher for Bangladeshi (67%) Pakistani (61%) & Black African (49%) children. Govt must consider how racism drives hardship for ethnic minority families
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Spoke to @theleaduk.bsky.social about ethnicity & child poverty
24% of white children are in poverty - rates are much higher for Bangladeshi (67%) Pakistani (61%) & Black African (49%) children. Govt must consider how racism drives hardship for ethnic minority families
substack.com/home/post/p-...
24% of white children are in poverty - rates are much higher for Bangladeshi (67%) Pakistani (61%) & Black African (49%) children. Govt must consider how racism drives hardship for ethnic minority families
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The colour of poverty: Black and brown children are at the sharp end of the crisis
Policies to tackle child poverty that don’t acknowledge the impact of race are simply not going to cut it.
substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Spoke to @theleaduk.bsky.social about ethnicity & child poverty
24% of white children are in poverty - rates are much higher for Bangladeshi (67%) Pakistani (61%) & Black African (49%) children. Govt must consider how racism drives hardship for ethnic minority families
substack.com/home/post/p-...
24% of white children are in poverty - rates are much higher for Bangladeshi (67%) Pakistani (61%) & Black African (49%) children. Govt must consider how racism drives hardship for ethnic minority families
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Our new film argues that community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline.
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Our new film argues that community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline.
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
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‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers
‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers
Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers
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October 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Some thoughts on Pride in Place, the UK government’s major new investment in neighbourhoods:
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Drawing on a range projects we have underway at @kinship.works And hello from Liverpool and Labour Conference 👋
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Drawing on a range projects we have underway at @kinship.works And hello from Liverpool and Labour Conference 👋
Pride in Place. Yes, but how?
The details will make all the difference
medium.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Some thoughts on Pride in Place, the UK government’s major new investment in neighbourhoods:
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Drawing on a range projects we have underway at @kinship.works And hello from Liverpool and Labour Conference 👋
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Drawing on a range projects we have underway at @kinship.works And hello from Liverpool and Labour Conference 👋
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The idea that "the median voter will feel attacked" by challenging Reform over racism is certainly not shown by the data in this piece. It shows they may be indifferent. (It may mean a different important swing voter, who isn't the median voter)
Crying racism only hurts Labour
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
📊 @bwalker.uk
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
📊 @bwalker.uk
Crying racism only hurts Labour
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
www.newstatesman.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The idea that "the median voter will feel attacked" by challenging Reform over racism is certainly not shown by the data in this piece. It shows they may be indifferent. (It may mean a different important swing voter, who isn't the median voter)
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This Pride in Place story is much more important for any Labour recovery imo than ID and ought to form a central part of its focus:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Which areas are due to get share of £5bn funding boost?
Under the Pride in Place programme, 169 communities will get £20m over a decade to spend on boosting their local area.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This Pride in Place story is much more important for any Labour recovery imo than ID and ought to form a central part of its focus:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Suspect this New Statesman deep dive into the Tony Blair Institute makes the case that the correct "Economist descriptor" for the TBI is now "Oracle dealership" rather than "think tank" www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Inside the Tony Blair Institute
Who really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism?
www.newstatesman.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Suspect this New Statesman deep dive into the Tony Blair Institute makes the case that the correct "Economist descriptor" for the TBI is now "Oracle dealership" rather than "think tank" www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...