Casey Smith
@caseysmithippr.bsky.social
Researcher IPPR Scotland
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The closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery is our first big test of a just transition. If it is to mean anything, we need to see it bear fruit now.
Read this excellent blog by @caseysmithippr.bsky.social on the lessons we can learn from our history⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/gra...
The closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery is our first big test of a just transition. If it is to mean anything, we need to see it bear fruit now.
Read this excellent blog by @caseysmithippr.bsky.social on the lessons we can learn from our history⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/gra...
Grangemouth after the refinery: lessons from history in how we make a just transition real | IPPR
Anyone who lives in or passes through central Scotland must have seen it – the Grangemouth oil refinery dominates the landscape. An industrial behemoth on
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Scotland is more than familiar with the consequences of deindustrialisation. The closure of the Grangemouth refinery demands we put those lessons into practice.
Workers deserve security and opportunity in the face of the energy transition. Grangemouth is the first big test.
See my blog👇
Workers deserve security and opportunity in the face of the energy transition. Grangemouth is the first big test.
See my blog👇
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Now we're onto Scottish democracy. Very interested to hear on people's opinions on democracy from a devolved government...
October 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Now we're onto Scottish democracy. Very interested to hear on people's opinions on democracy from a devolved government...
High levels of support from parents in Scotland for reform of UK child maintenance. The current system pushes too many parents away. We @ipprscotland.bsky.social find 78% would like to see greater state support on offer for parents who struggle to make arrangements work.
opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
High levels of support from parents in Scotland for reform of UK child maintenance. The current system pushes too many parents away. We @ipprscotland.bsky.social find 78% would like to see greater state support on offer for parents who struggle to make arrangements work.
opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
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📊 New polling from @ipprscotland.bsky.social shows overwhelming support for reform of the child maintenance system.
Read the latest blog from @IPPRScotland, part of our #TransformingChildMaintenance project with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social
📄 opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
Read the latest blog from @IPPRScotland, part of our #TransformingChildMaintenance project with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social
📄 opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
October 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
📊 New polling from @ipprscotland.bsky.social shows overwhelming support for reform of the child maintenance system.
Read the latest blog from @IPPRScotland, part of our #TransformingChildMaintenance project with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social
📄 opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
Read the latest blog from @IPPRScotland, part of our #TransformingChildMaintenance project with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social
📄 opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
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🚸Too many children are missing out on the child maintenance support they deserve.
It’s time for change!
We
@ipprscotland.bsky.social
alongside @opfs.org.uk
,
@fifegingerbread.bsky.social
are calling for a fairer, safer system.
📄 opfs.org.uk/betterforeve...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
It’s time for change!
We
@ipprscotland.bsky.social
alongside @opfs.org.uk
,
@fifegingerbread.bsky.social
are calling for a fairer, safer system.
📄 opfs.org.uk/betterforeve...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
Better for everyone: a new vision for child maintenance - One Parent Families Scotland
Ambitious proposals for systemic reform of the Child Maintenance Service to improve financial security for children in single parent families.
opfs.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🚸Too many children are missing out on the child maintenance support they deserve.
It’s time for change!
We
@ipprscotland.bsky.social
alongside @opfs.org.uk
,
@fifegingerbread.bsky.social
are calling for a fairer, safer system.
📄 opfs.org.uk/betterforeve...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
It’s time for change!
We
@ipprscotland.bsky.social
alongside @opfs.org.uk
,
@fifegingerbread.bsky.social
are calling for a fairer, safer system.
📄 opfs.org.uk/betterforeve...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
Excellent @IPPRScotland
session on future of Scotland’s industrial strategy with Ivan McKee and Sara Thiam crucial discussion on honing Scotland’s comparative advantages and adapting to a world with rising trade barriers. #snpconference2025
session on future of Scotland’s industrial strategy with Ivan McKee and Sara Thiam crucial discussion on honing Scotland’s comparative advantages and adapting to a world with rising trade barriers. #snpconference2025
October 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Excellent @IPPRScotland
session on future of Scotland’s industrial strategy with Ivan McKee and Sara Thiam crucial discussion on honing Scotland’s comparative advantages and adapting to a world with rising trade barriers. #snpconference2025
session on future of Scotland’s industrial strategy with Ivan McKee and Sara Thiam crucial discussion on honing Scotland’s comparative advantages and adapting to a world with rising trade barriers. #snpconference2025
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#SNP25 | Maximising economic opportunities across all Scotland's regions
🕠 17.00-18.00 | Meeting Room 1, Level 1, TECA (inside the secure zone)
➡️@shonarobison.bsky.social
➡️Stacey Dingwwall, FSB Scotland
➡️Ross Martin, Adviser on regional economics
➡️@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
🕠 17.00-18.00 | Meeting Room 1, Level 1, TECA (inside the secure zone)
➡️@shonarobison.bsky.social
➡️Stacey Dingwwall, FSB Scotland
➡️Ross Martin, Adviser on regional economics
➡️@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#SNP25 | Maximising economic opportunities across all Scotland's regions
🕠 17.00-18.00 | Meeting Room 1, Level 1, TECA (inside the secure zone)
➡️@shonarobison.bsky.social
➡️Stacey Dingwwall, FSB Scotland
➡️Ross Martin, Adviser on regional economics
➡️@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
🕠 17.00-18.00 | Meeting Room 1, Level 1, TECA (inside the secure zone)
➡️@shonarobison.bsky.social
➡️Stacey Dingwwall, FSB Scotland
➡️Ross Martin, Adviser on regional economics
➡️@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
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#SNP25 | GB Energy and the acceleration of renewables in Scotland
🕠 12.30-13.30 | Meeting Room 1, Level 1, TECA (inside the secure zone)
➡️ Stephen Flynn MSP
➡️Damien Zachlod, EnBW
➡️Zoe Holliday, Community Energy Scotland
➡️@davehawkey.bsky.social
With @enbw-ag.bsky.social
🕠 12.30-13.30 | Meeting Room 1, Level 1, TECA (inside the secure zone)
➡️ Stephen Flynn MSP
➡️Damien Zachlod, EnBW
➡️Zoe Holliday, Community Energy Scotland
➡️@davehawkey.bsky.social
With @enbw-ag.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#SNP25 | GB Energy and the acceleration of renewables in Scotland
🕠 12.30-13.30 | Meeting Room 1, Level 1, TECA (inside the secure zone)
➡️ Stephen Flynn MSP
➡️Damien Zachlod, EnBW
➡️Zoe Holliday, Community Energy Scotland
➡️@davehawkey.bsky.social
With @enbw-ag.bsky.social
🕠 12.30-13.30 | Meeting Room 1, Level 1, TECA (inside the secure zone)
➡️ Stephen Flynn MSP
➡️Damien Zachlod, EnBW
➡️Zoe Holliday, Community Energy Scotland
➡️@davehawkey.bsky.social
With @enbw-ag.bsky.social
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#SNP25 | A modern industrial strategy for Scotland
🕠 09.15-10.15 | Meeting Room 1, Level 1, TECA (inside the secure zone)
➡️Ivan McKee MSP
➡️Sara Thiam, Prosper
➡️@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
🕠 09.15-10.15 | Meeting Room 1, Level 1, TECA (inside the secure zone)
➡️Ivan McKee MSP
➡️Sara Thiam, Prosper
➡️@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#SNP25 | A modern industrial strategy for Scotland
🕠 09.15-10.15 | Meeting Room 1, Level 1, TECA (inside the secure zone)
➡️Ivan McKee MSP
➡️Sara Thiam, Prosper
➡️@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
🕠 09.15-10.15 | Meeting Room 1, Level 1, TECA (inside the secure zone)
➡️Ivan McKee MSP
➡️Sara Thiam, Prosper
➡️@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
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📢 We are in Aberdeen this weekend at the SNP conference, hosting three fringe events. A conference pass is required to attend the events. Hope to see you there. Details below ⤵️
October 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📢 We are in Aberdeen this weekend at the SNP conference, hosting three fringe events. A conference pass is required to attend the events. Hope to see you there. Details below ⤵️
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💷The investments in Scotland announced by the Chancellor today are welcome, so long as they create the kind of manufacturing jobs that provide security and opportunity for workers in the long-term, and the benefits are felt in the wider community.
@caseysmithippr.bsky.social 🗣️
@caseysmithippr.bsky.social 🗣️
August 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
💷The investments in Scotland announced by the Chancellor today are welcome, so long as they create the kind of manufacturing jobs that provide security and opportunity for workers in the long-term, and the benefits are felt in the wider community.
@caseysmithippr.bsky.social 🗣️
@caseysmithippr.bsky.social 🗣️
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🎉10th ANNIVERSARY🎉
A decade ago, IPPR Scotland was established in a big moment of change to support progressive policymaking.
📢Now, as Scotland faces fresh challenges, we’re hosting a major conference to ask: What next?
🗓️Save the date: 29 Oct 2025
www.ippr.org/events/ippr-...
A decade ago, IPPR Scotland was established in a big moment of change to support progressive policymaking.
📢Now, as Scotland faces fresh challenges, we’re hosting a major conference to ask: What next?
🗓️Save the date: 29 Oct 2025
www.ippr.org/events/ippr-...
IPPR Scotland: 10th Anniversary Conference | IPPR
Ten years ago, in the wake of the Scottish Independence referendum, there emerged a clear need for a think tank to support progressive policymaking and fos
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July 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🎉10th ANNIVERSARY🎉
A decade ago, IPPR Scotland was established in a big moment of change to support progressive policymaking.
📢Now, as Scotland faces fresh challenges, we’re hosting a major conference to ask: What next?
🗓️Save the date: 29 Oct 2025
www.ippr.org/events/ippr-...
A decade ago, IPPR Scotland was established in a big moment of change to support progressive policymaking.
📢Now, as Scotland faces fresh challenges, we’re hosting a major conference to ask: What next?
🗓️Save the date: 29 Oct 2025
www.ippr.org/events/ippr-...
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📢 Scotland’s Medium Term Financial Strategy is out — and it warns of a £2.6bn resource funding gap by 2029/30. The big question is: how will it be filled? @stephenboydippr.bsky.social's latest blog addresses this question 🧵(1/4)
www.ippr.org/articles/fil...
www.ippr.org/articles/fil...
Filling the funding gap: at what cost to Scotland’s public services? | IPPR
The MTFS was accompanied by a Fiscal Sustainability Delivery Plan which was preceded a week earlier by the Public Sector Reform Strategy. The MTFS did not
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July 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
📢 Scotland’s Medium Term Financial Strategy is out — and it warns of a £2.6bn resource funding gap by 2029/30. The big question is: how will it be filled? @stephenboydippr.bsky.social's latest blog addresses this question 🧵(1/4)
www.ippr.org/articles/fil...
www.ippr.org/articles/fil...
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🎯The broad settlement for Scotland in today's Spending Review is welcome but not enough to meet its fiscal challenges.
👀All eyes should now be on the upcoming industrial strategy.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social reacts ⤵️
Full statement on our website: www.ippr.org/media-office...
👀All eyes should now be on the upcoming industrial strategy.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social reacts ⤵️
Full statement on our website: www.ippr.org/media-office...
June 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎯The broad settlement for Scotland in today's Spending Review is welcome but not enough to meet its fiscal challenges.
👀All eyes should now be on the upcoming industrial strategy.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social reacts ⤵️
Full statement on our website: www.ippr.org/media-office...
👀All eyes should now be on the upcoming industrial strategy.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social reacts ⤵️
Full statement on our website: www.ippr.org/media-office...
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🗳️Voters in Hamilton have shown they want to a fairer, greener future, but can Scottish politicians afford to be complacent? Certainly not.
✅2026 cannot be a contest mired in negativity but a battle for the high ground.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
✅2026 cannot be a contest mired in negativity but a battle for the high ground.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🗳️Voters in Hamilton have shown they want to a fairer, greener future, but can Scottish politicians afford to be complacent? Certainly not.
✅2026 cannot be a contest mired in negativity but a battle for the high ground.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
✅2026 cannot be a contest mired in negativity but a battle for the high ground.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
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The Scottish Government projects that mitigating the two-child limit in Scotland would lift 15,000 children out of child poverty. However that leaves 225,000 children still in poverty. 👨👩👦👦
UK Government must abolish the two-child limit as a starting point, but a far bolder action plan is needed.
UK Government must abolish the two-child limit as a starting point, but a far bolder action plan is needed.
May 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The Scottish Government projects that mitigating the two-child limit in Scotland would lift 15,000 children out of child poverty. However that leaves 225,000 children still in poverty. 👨👩👦👦
UK Government must abolish the two-child limit as a starting point, but a far bolder action plan is needed.
UK Government must abolish the two-child limit as a starting point, but a far bolder action plan is needed.
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⚠️The CCC published expert advice on how the Scottish government can tackle the climate crisis.
📺 @davehawkey.bsky.social spoke to @laurapiper.bsky.social of STV to elucidate further: "What we need now is a policy package that can step up to deliver [the simple things recommended by the CCC]."
📺 @davehawkey.bsky.social spoke to @laurapiper.bsky.social of STV to elucidate further: "What we need now is a policy package that can step up to deliver [the simple things recommended by the CCC]."
May 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
⚠️The CCC published expert advice on how the Scottish government can tackle the climate crisis.
📺 @davehawkey.bsky.social spoke to @laurapiper.bsky.social of STV to elucidate further: "What we need now is a policy package that can step up to deliver [the simple things recommended by the CCC]."
📺 @davehawkey.bsky.social spoke to @laurapiper.bsky.social of STV to elucidate further: "What we need now is a policy package that can step up to deliver [the simple things recommended by the CCC]."
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"IPPR said Scottish ministers should draw up new climate 'missions' to set overarching policies for sectors with the biggest climate impacts... which would mandate action."
We're quoted in @severincarrell.bsky.social's excellent piece in @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We're quoted in @severincarrell.bsky.social's excellent piece in @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Watchdog urges Scotland to take action after repeatedly missing climate targets
Climate Change Committee says original goal of a 75% emissions cut by 2030 will now be delayed by up to six years
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May 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"IPPR said Scottish ministers should draw up new climate 'missions' to set overarching policies for sectors with the biggest climate impacts... which would mandate action."
We're quoted in @severincarrell.bsky.social's excellent piece in @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We're quoted in @severincarrell.bsky.social's excellent piece in @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Tom Hunter believes that Singapore provides a useful template for Scotland's economy.
Is he right? Um, no...
www.ippr.org/articles/sin...
Is he right? Um, no...
www.ippr.org/articles/sin...
Singapore on the Clyde? | IPPR
What does “radical” look like? Well, according to a new report published by Sir Tom’s eponymous Hunter Foundation, Scotland should learn from Singapore by
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May 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Tom Hunter believes that Singapore provides a useful template for Scotland's economy.
Is he right? Um, no...
www.ippr.org/articles/sin...
Is he right? Um, no...
www.ippr.org/articles/sin...
There are different routes to national prosperity - Singapore and Scotland are not analogous - I’d suggest looking across the North Sea to the Nordics for lessons on what a better economy and society looks like…🇩🇰
🇸🇬Sir Tom Hunter's call for Scotland to look to Singapore as an exemplar doesn't work. Cherry-picking evidence and a return to failed policies does more harm than good.
💷Those with resources must use them judiciously.
Read this blog by @stephenboydippr.bsky.social ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/sin...
💷Those with resources must use them judiciously.
Read this blog by @stephenboydippr.bsky.social ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/sin...
Singapore on the Clyde? | IPPR
What does “radical” look like? Well, according to a new report published by Sir Tom’s eponymous Hunter Foundation, Scotland should learn from Singapore by
www.ippr.org
May 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
There are different routes to national prosperity - Singapore and Scotland are not analogous - I’d suggest looking across the North Sea to the Nordics for lessons on what a better economy and society looks like…🇩🇰
An important event this evening marking 60 years of @carersscotland.bsky.social stressing society’s obligation to uphold the rights and entitlements of all carers to a decent and fulfilled life.
May 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
An important event this evening marking 60 years of @carersscotland.bsky.social stressing society’s obligation to uphold the rights and entitlements of all carers to a decent and fulfilled life.
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📺Great to have our child poverty analysis feature on @itvpeston.bsky.social!📺
👀 @johnswinney.bsky.social asked why the Scottish government is miles away from hitting its own child poverty target.
We are clear child poverty is not inevitable. #ChildPoverty #Scotland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQJp...
👀 @johnswinney.bsky.social asked why the Scottish government is miles away from hitting its own child poverty target.
We are clear child poverty is not inevitable. #ChildPoverty #Scotland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQJp...
IPPR Scotland on child poverty on ITV Peston
YouTube video by Institute for Public Policy Research
www.youtube.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
📺Great to have our child poverty analysis feature on @itvpeston.bsky.social!📺
👀 @johnswinney.bsky.social asked why the Scottish government is miles away from hitting its own child poverty target.
We are clear child poverty is not inevitable. #ChildPoverty #Scotland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQJp...
👀 @johnswinney.bsky.social asked why the Scottish government is miles away from hitting its own child poverty target.
We are clear child poverty is not inevitable. #ChildPoverty #Scotland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQJp...
The First Minister has the right priorities - however it is not totally clear from today's Programme for Government how we chart a course towards meeting those priorities.
We await further detail on specifically child poverty (meeting those 2030 targets) and hard yards still to go on climate.
We await further detail on specifically child poverty (meeting those 2030 targets) and hard yards still to go on climate.
We welcome the FM’s reiteration of his four strategic priorities, but there was little in the speech or the accompanying documents to explain how substantial progress would be made across any of them over the course of this year. Longer response here⤵️
www.ippr.org/media-office...
www.ippr.org/media-office...
IPPR Scotland responds to Programme for Government | IPPR
IPPR Scotland responds to Programme for Government The think-tank welcomed the first minister’s reiteration of his four strategic priorities – eradicating
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May 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The First Minister has the right priorities - however it is not totally clear from today's Programme for Government how we chart a course towards meeting those priorities.
We await further detail on specifically child poverty (meeting those 2030 targets) and hard yards still to go on climate.
We await further detail on specifically child poverty (meeting those 2030 targets) and hard yards still to go on climate.
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Thank you to the Jimmy Reid Foundation for hosting today’s fringe event at @scottishtuc.bsky.social conference. We joined @ipprscotland.bsky.social for a panel discussion on tax justice, expertly chaired by Lynn Henderson. Thanks to the audience for such an engaging discussion.
April 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thank you to the Jimmy Reid Foundation for hosting today’s fringe event at @scottishtuc.bsky.social conference. We joined @ipprscotland.bsky.social for a panel discussion on tax justice, expertly chaired by Lynn Henderson. Thanks to the audience for such an engaging discussion.
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📢New briefing 📢
Ahead of FM @johnswinney.bsky.social's Programme for Government, we set out proposals focused on his four priorities—eradicating child poverty, growing the economy, tackling climate change, and ensuring high-quality public services (1/2)
www.ippr.org/articles/pro...
Ahead of FM @johnswinney.bsky.social's Programme for Government, we set out proposals focused on his four priorities—eradicating child poverty, growing the economy, tackling climate change, and ensuring high-quality public services (1/2)
www.ippr.org/articles/pro...
Programme for Government 2025/26: An IPPR Scotland briefing | IPPR
Since the start of this decade, Programmes for Government (PfGs) have been announced in the context of various challenges (Brexit, the climate emergency, C
www.ippr.org
April 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
📢New briefing 📢
Ahead of FM @johnswinney.bsky.social's Programme for Government, we set out proposals focused on his four priorities—eradicating child poverty, growing the economy, tackling climate change, and ensuring high-quality public services (1/2)
www.ippr.org/articles/pro...
Ahead of FM @johnswinney.bsky.social's Programme for Government, we set out proposals focused on his four priorities—eradicating child poverty, growing the economy, tackling climate change, and ensuring high-quality public services (1/2)
www.ippr.org/articles/pro...
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How do parents navigate the complex system of child maintenance?
📺 @davehawkey.bsky.social gave evidence virtually to the House of Lords Public Services Committee on Child Maintenance last week.
➡️ Also read our research with @opfs.org.uk and @fifegingerbread.bsky.social opfs.org.uk/wp-content/u...
📺 @davehawkey.bsky.social gave evidence virtually to the House of Lords Public Services Committee on Child Maintenance last week.
➡️ Also read our research with @opfs.org.uk and @fifegingerbread.bsky.social opfs.org.uk/wp-content/u...
April 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
How do parents navigate the complex system of child maintenance?
📺 @davehawkey.bsky.social gave evidence virtually to the House of Lords Public Services Committee on Child Maintenance last week.
➡️ Also read our research with @opfs.org.uk and @fifegingerbread.bsky.social opfs.org.uk/wp-content/u...
📺 @davehawkey.bsky.social gave evidence virtually to the House of Lords Public Services Committee on Child Maintenance last week.
➡️ Also read our research with @opfs.org.uk and @fifegingerbread.bsky.social opfs.org.uk/wp-content/u...