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Housing insecurity in London goes far beyond visible street homelessness. Over 167,000 people rely on sofa‑surfing or sleep in cars, vans, sheds, or garages. Laura Lane and Eleanor Benton #LSEHousing write in @lseblogs.bsky.social
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Housing insecurity and precarity in London | LSE British Politics
The homelessness we see on the streets is only the most visible side of housing insecurity and precarity. Building more houses is only part of the solution.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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#CASE_AR2024 Children growing up in poverty are more likely to be poor in adult life. A review by Irene Bucelli & @abigailmcknight.bsky.social finds that family resources, family stress, aspirations & correlated disadvantages increase risks of poverty transmission. sticerd.lse.ac.uk/textonly/_CA...
January 19, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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#CASE_AR2024 @abigailmcknight.bsky.social finds a substantial proportion of UK adults experience insecurities in finance/housing/work/health/care & across multiple dimensions. Lone parents, unemployed & long-term sick/disabled are most at risk. sticerd.lse.ac.uk/textonly/_CA...
January 7, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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#CASE_AR2024 Irene Bucelli offers an interpretation of the notion of ‘multiple insecurities’ in terms of objective and subjective downside risks for people’s quality of life. sticerd.lse.ac.uk/textonly/_CA...
January 7, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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#CASE_AR2024 Becky Tunstall introduces the ‘Insecure lives’ project which explored the prevalence, experience and effects of combinations of income, work, food, housing, health and care insecurities in the UK. sticerd.lse.ac.uk/textonly/_CA...
January 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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How the Scottish child payment has made a real difference – and not discouraged parents from working
By @kittyjstewart.bsky.social and Emma Tominey
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How the Scottish child payment has made a real difference – and not discouraged parents from working
More than 70,000 Scottish children who would otherwise live in food insecurity or material deprivation do not – because of the Scottish Child Payment
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December 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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New research (using Understanding Society) from Eleni Karagiannaki @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social finds that wealth differences between ethnic groups in the UK have widened significantly since 2012/14.
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Ethnic Wealth Gap in UK Widens Over Past Decade | LSE Report
Ethnic wealth inequality in the UK has surged over the past decade. Discover which groups gained, which lost, and why the gap keeps growing.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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No evidence Scottish child payment really encourages worklessness, study finds
#TheIndependent reports on CASE research lead by @kittyjstewart.bsky.social & Emma Tominey
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No evidence Scottish child payment really encourages worklessness, study finds
The research found deprivation and food insecurity would be up to 9% higher without the benefit unique to Scotland.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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New CASE research underlines the importance of child benefits in tackling child poverty. Read our latest brief by @kittyjstewart.bsky.social Aaron Reeves @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social sticerd.lse.ac.uk/CASE/_NEW/PU...
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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The government's #childpoverty strategy must have social security at its heart: New #CASE research by @kittyjstewart.bsky.social Aaron Reeves and @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social shows parental employment alone will not deliver:
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November 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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The CASE Annual Report for 2024 is here! 🎉 Our new annual report summarises CASE's research in 2024, highlighting key findings and 14 articles showcasing the breadth and depth of our research. Available here: sticerd.lse.ac.uk/CASE/_NEW/PU...
July 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Don't miss #CASE's participation at the #LSEFestival exhibition (running till 3 July) with our project on how multiple insecurities affect life chances and wellbeing and how joined-up policy could help.
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June 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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New @lseblogs.bsky.social BPP blog by @abigailmcknight.bsky.social on how do we halt the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Findings discussed at #LSEFestival session on "A society free from poverty: how do we get there and what would it look like?"
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How do we halt the intergenerational transmission of poverty? - British Politics and Policy at LSE
New evidence around the mechanisms of poverty transmission between generations shows that family stress caused by poverty can impede children's development and educational attainment, as well as lead ...
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June 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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New #CASE report shows that the experience of multiple insecurities – eg financial + housing + health insecurities at the same time – has risen by 50% over the past decade, and affects 5m UK adults sticerd.lse.ac.uk/CASE/_NEW/PU...
Insecure lives: The growth and impact of multiple insecurities
‘Multiple insecurity’ is insecurity in more than one important dimension of life, such as money, work, housing, food, health or care. This research explored the prevalence and impact of multiple insecurities, through literature, analysis of a data from Understanding Society over 2009/10-2022/23, and interviews with people experiencing multiple insecurities. Rates of multiple insecurity fell after the Global Financial Crisis. However, from 2015/16, financial insecurity rose, and from 2020/21 financial and housing insecurity rose sharply, resulting in a rise in multiple insecurities. In 2022/23, 9% of UK adults were affected by combined financial, health and work insecurities, the highest percentage in the whole period. People who were sick and disabled, unemployed, lone parents, lone adults or in deprived areas had much higher rates. The decade of rising multiple insecurity appears to reflect the complex impacts of austerity, the pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis, policies to manage their effects and the withdrawal of these policies. Amongst people experiencing multiple insecurities, rates of wellbeing problems were two or three times the average. Interviewees described the impacts on their wellbeing and on their ability to improve their families’ situations or to contribute to productivity and growth. Existing policies have failed to prevent the big increases in financial and multiple insecurities seen in recent years. Investment in affordable housing, care, support for special needs, reduced waiting times in the NHS, good jobs and higher incomes. called for by many diverse bodies, will reduce insecurities. The report also identifies means to reduce fluctuation and uncertainty specifically.
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June 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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. @pollytoynbee.bsky.social references Abigail McKnight's #CASE research, which shows that “early asset holding does have positive effects on later wages, employment prospects, excellent general health and in reducing malaise”. You can read the paper here: sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/...
June 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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On 27/03, we will be hosting a special event to launch the findings of the Insecure Lives study that explores insecurities of UK residents about multiple issues including money, work, housing, health & caring responsibilities. More information: sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/_new/Ev...
March 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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The way #FuelPoverty is measured across the UK varies wildly, making #policy solutions harder to reach as many struggle to heat their homes. On this LSE blog post, Abigail McKnight argues that to tackle it, we need a better way of measuring it. sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/_new/ne...
February 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM