Dr Uisce Jordan @uiscejordan.bsky.social Research Associate working on @safety-nets.bsky.social & @changingrealities.bsky.social at University of Glasgow 🌞 (she/her)
Marie Curie Policy & Public Affairs @mariecurieppa.bsky.social Policy updates, news and campaigns from the UK’s leading end of life charity. We campaign for a world where everyone gets the best experience possible at the end of their life.
Marie Curie UK @mariecurieuk.bsky.social We’re the UK’s leading end of life charity. Hospice care and support, research and campaigns. Whatever the illness, we’re with you to the end 💛
Emma Jackson @mrsemmajacko.bsky.social Social justice. Trail running. Bit of broadcasting. Always hopeful.
Niamh Redgate @niamhredgate.bsky.social Welfare Policy Researcher at Citizens Advice
Views my own
Emily Andrews @emilyishness.bsky.social Director of Policy and Research @ Learning and Work. Previously @ Ageing Better, IfG. Very ex-teacher. PhD Victorian dementia. Views informed by my job, but my own.
Alex Collinson @alexcollinson.bsky.social Research and analysis officer at the TUC.
Samuel Thomas @smlthms.bsky.social Policy at Z2K, previously advice at Z2K & Shelter Scotland, views own
Work Rights Centre @workrights.bsky.social We’re a charity helping migrants and disadvantaged Brits access employment justice and improve social mobility. Our evidence-based campaigns drive systemic change.
https://www.workrightscentre.org/
@louisefisher.bsky.social @louisefisher.bsky.social Former journo turned comms pro. Press officer at Citizens Advice
Paul Maxwell-Rose @paulmaxwellrose.bsky.social Policy implementation - currently Universal Credit advice at Citizens Advice, formerly Family Hubs at Anna Freud and youth/community/peacemaking at CHIPS
Big Issue @bigissue.com The UK’s number one street paper and social enterprise. 📰
Follow us for news, culture, and to support our mission to dismantle poverty in the UK.
Sarah Hadfield @drsarahhadfield.bsky.social Policy Researcher at Citizens Advice.
John Hudson @johnhudson.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and Academic Director of The York Policy Engine at the University of York, UK.
Social security, the politics of social policy, attitudes to welfare, devolution
Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social Interim Director of Policy, Citizens Advice. Policy stuff, data, graphs, that kind of thing. 
Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social 🇪🇺🦔🦡🌹🕊Emeritus prof of medical sociology UCL. Posting on social inequality in health , work & health, commercial & political determinants of health. Relationship between research & policy. Sometimes post about badgers, trams & trains. Oublagea
Luke Young @lukeyoung.bsky.social Head of Policy, Citizens Advice. Leading teams across welfare, living standards, & devolved work in Wales. Former Chief SpAd. 🏳️🌈🏴
Lucy Bannister @lucybannister.bsky.social Senior Policy Manager at Trussell focusing on social security and employment support. Previously Turn2us, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Living Wage Foundation and local government. Trustee Sufra NW London.
@joshking6.bsky.social @joshking6.bsky.social Previously Policy Research Intern @CitizensAdvice
Clare Moriarty @claremoriarty.bsky.social CEO of Citizens Advice
Jagna Olejniczak @jagnaolejniczak.bsky.social Senior Policy Researcher at @citizensadvice.bsky.social, previously @publiclawproject.bsky.social & Government Legal Department
Maarten Hermans @mhermans.net Sociologist, researcher, member @denktankminerva.be & @brispo-vub.bsky.social: labour relations, quality of work & open source data analysis.
Kelly Jones @kmjones.bsky.social Editor at Rightsnet | Advised on social security since 2010 | Life experience includes poverty & parenthood | Love reading stories, enjoy little adventures & genuinely curious about how aaaaanything works
Debbie Abrahams MP @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Oldham East and Saddleworth. Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.
Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health. Former NHS Trust Chair & PH academic. Tackling inequalities and fighting for fairness. 
Andrew Brook @anbrook.bsky.social Senior programme manager at Power2 @power2org.bsky.social.
Doctoral researcher @mmudecentwork.bsky.social, interested in the relationship between housing and job quality.
Ex-teacher and current special school governor.
Views mine alone.
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
John Hannen @jhannen.bsky.social Business Development Lead for @vsnw.bsky.social - Connecting, empowering and championing the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector to shape a brighter future for the North West
Ed Pemberton @epemberton.bsky.social Senior Policy Researcher, Citizens Advice. Currently researching health inequalities and their relationship to work, housing and debt. Recovering political economist. Views my own.
Turn2us @turn2us.org.uk Turn2us is a national charity tackling financial insecurity together. Use our Benefits Calculator, Grants Search and PIP Helper. Monitored Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
https://brewl.ink/turn2us_org
Kate Andersen @katejandersen.bsky.social Social Policy Research Fellow at the University of York.
Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social Bringing vital experience of the social security system across all four countries of the UK. Funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org
We are a team of six universities, two policy partners and an Experts by Experience panel. https://safetynets.study/
Emily Lynn-Graham @dremilylynn.bsky.social Policy Researcher at Citizens Advice, working on post policy ✨
She/her
Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social Academic law person at King’s College London. Working on feminist, disability & gender things, also medical ethics. Held hostage by my beagle. All views my own & not peer reviewed.
Changing Realities @changingrealities.bsky.social Participatory project involving parents and carers living on a low income across the UK, Working with researchers, artists and Child Poverty Action Group to improve lives. Thanks to Impact on Urban Health & Robertson Trust. linktr.ee/changingrealities
Ayaz Manji @ayazmanji.bsky.social Campaigner, policy person, and welfare rights adviser. Previously working on social security for Trussell & Mind. Currently doing freelance policy and campaigns work at ayazmanji.co.uk
Sharon Wright @profsharonwright.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy, University of Glasgow
Welfare conditionality, gender, women, Universal Credit, social security, disability benefits, devolution, migrant essential workers, labour migration
She/her
Sam Atwell @swjatwell.bsky.social 💼 Employment and health at the Health Foundation. Trustee at Big Futures Foundation. 
Kate Harrison @kslharrison.bsky.social Senior Policy Researcher at Citizens Advice, researching welfare conditionality (she/her)
Formerly Demos, Southampton Uni, KCL
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Simon Collerton @scollerton.bsky.social Policy Research Assistant at Citizens Advice - All views are my own
@julia-rt.bsky.social @julia-rt.bsky.social Welfare policy research @citizensadvice.bsky.social
All views my own
Declan Gaffney @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social Research, analysis & grey-skies thinking on labour markets, social security, public finance & equality. Usual disclaimer. Cheap foreign labour 🇮🇪. Profile pic is Takashi Shimura with Toshiro Mifune in Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, 1949).
Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social Research and policy adviser www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
Futures of work, digital welfare state, tech ethics, public sector innovation
Also cats, telly, general silliness
Now with added newsletter! https://www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/digital-welfare-state
Victoria Lee (née Anns) @victoria-j-lee.bsky.social Senior Policy Researcher at Citizens Advice.
Focused on young people, disability benefits and Universal Credit fraud reviews.
Maddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social Welfare policy research at Citizens Advice
she/her
views my own ✨
DWP Answers @dwp-answers.bsky.social Bot account posting whenever the Department for Work and Pensions answers or corrects an answer to a written parliamentary question. Monitored by librarians in the House of Commons Library 
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UKICE. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. https://jonathandportes.github.io/
Z2K (Zacchaeus 2000 Trust) @z2ktrust.bsky.social Anti-poverty charity working to end UK poverty together with people who experience it. Join us: https://bit.ly/Z2K-mailing-list
https://linktr.ee/z2k.trust
@lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social The Department of Social Policy provides top quality international and multidisciplinary research and teaching on social and public policy challenges facing countries across the world.
➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/social-policy
Citizens Advice @citizensadvice.bsky.social We are Citizens Advice - the people's champion.
If you need advice, visit our website: citizensadvice.org.uk
Money and Mental Health @moneyandmentalhealth.org Independent research & campaigning charity 📣 Our mission? To break the link between financial difficulty & mental health problems 💜
Founded by @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com in 2016. Led by @helenundy.bsky.social.
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org
Hope for the Young @hopefortheyoung.bsky.social We are an organisation that aims to remove the obstacles to young refugees and asylum-seekers' education and well-being through mentoring, advocacy, and financial support.
https://hopefortheyoung.org.uk/
Marc Francis @marcfrancisth.bsky.social Former Labour Party councillor for Bow East ward in Tower Hamlets
@saoirsemoriarty.bsky.social @saoirsemoriarty.bsky.social 
Annie Irvine @annieirvine.bsky.social Qualitative social researcher since 2002 | Mental health, employment, welfare reform | Learning the ropes as a lecturer since 2024…
LSE British Politics and Policy @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social Evidence-based social science commentary on UK politics and policy. Part of
LSEblogs at London School of Economics. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/48VNXdo
Hollie Wright @hollies.bsky.social Researching housing & social security @NEF 📊
Formerly @hmtreasury 📚
Carri Swann @carriswann.bsky.social Welfare rights/social security at @cpaguk.bsky.social. Posting in a personal capacity. Repost ≠ endorsement
📍Nottingham
Tom Stephens @tcstephens.bsky.social Senior Fellow @neweconomics.bsky.social | Fellow @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social | PhD from @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social | Fmr Jobs/Ed Lead @ Brent Council | Worked on infected blood campaign & abortion decriminalisation w/ @damedianajohnson.bsky.social
Sam Tims @sam-tims.bsky.social Lead analyst at JRF for social security and economics. Previously NEF, policy in Practice
Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social At Resolution Foundation covering labour market, low pay, living wage.
Re:State @re-state.bsky.social Formerly Reform think tank. Re:State is an independent, cross-party public services think tank. We don’t want to tweak, we want to transform.
Women's Budget Group @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social The UK's leading feminist economics think tank. We put feminism into economics and economics into feminism.
Press queries: press@wbg.org.uk
wbg.org.uk
Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social Senior Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
@jrf-uk.bsky.social https://www.jrf.org.uk/ 
Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social In-depth reporting on issues affecting disabled people in the UK since 2009. www.disabilitynewsservice.com
Trussell @trusselluk.bsky.social An anti-poverty charity and community of food banks working to end hunger together 💚
Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Edinburgh. Welfare state, social security, (un)employment, poverty, policy-making. Views own, RTs not endorsements. https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/hayley-bennett
Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social Work on economic strategy in South Yorkshire | Associate @BennettSchool.cam.ac.uk | Raising money for MS at
https://www.justgiving.com/page/not-being-funny
Molly Broome @mollybroome.bsky.social Research and Policy Lead at Nest Insight. Previously Economist at the Resolution Foundation.
New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social Change the rules. Share the wealth. Protect the planet.
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
Find out more here: linktr.ee/IPPR
Hannah Slaughter @hannahslaughter.bsky.social Principal economist at the Resolution Foundation, covering the labour market and living standards.
Daphne Hall @daphnehall.bsky.social Welfare rights | yoga | synchronised (kind of) swimming | karaoke (if I were allowed)
Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social CEO @praxisprojects.bsky.social. Chair @refugeestogether.bsky.social. Brummie. All views own (subject to personal growth and development).
Prof Gráinne McKeever @mckeevergrainne.bsky.social Law Professor at Ulster Uni, Belfast. Co-Editor of Journal of Social Security Law. Former Vice-Chair of Social Security Advisory Committee. Writing a book on 'Effective participation for litigants in person: protecting the right to a fair trial.'
Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social Professor of Social & Public Policy at University of Glasgow
Perimenopausal | neurodivergent | navigating parenting kids with SEND
Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social Guardian columnist and journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? (paperback out now) and Crippled.
E: frances.ryan.freelance@guardian.co.uk
rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk Daily social welfare law and #accesstojustice updates, casework support, advice jobs, training & events.
Website: https://www.rightsnet.org.uk
More: http://linktr.ee/rightsnet
Tom Pollard @pollardtom.bsky.social Head of Policy, Campaigns & Public Affairs at Mind | NHS Mental Health Social Worker | Previously at NEF & DWP | Views expressed here my own
Child Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social Child Poverty Action Group is the leading charity campaigning for an end to child poverty in the UK.
Kitty Stewart @kittyjstewart.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy, LSE. Associate Director, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE)
Daniel Edmiston @danieledmiston.bsky.social Research @igopbcn @PolitiquesUAB | British Academy Wolfson Fellow | (Deep) Poverty & Inequality | @DistantWelfare | Social Innovation | Citizenship 🏳️🌈
https://www.deep-poverty.co.uk 
Tony Wilson @wilsontony.bsky.social Employment, labour markets and social inclusion. Personal views etc.
Louise Murphy @louisemurphy.bsky.social Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, focusing on employment, young people and health | views my own
Mike Brewer @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social Deputy Chief Executive Resolution Foundation, CPAG Trustee & Visiting Prof in Practice at LSE Social Policy. 'Calm, Measured, Withering' http://tinyurl.com/y6wxlxhj). 'Cool, calm analysis' (More or Less, 8/10/25). He/him
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
Ceri Hughes @ceridwenhughes.bsky.social British Academy Fellow researching insecure work, activation & work-related conditionality
Based at Work and Equalities Institute, University of Manchester. Visiting Fellow, CASE, LSE
Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social Principal Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation - UK poverty, social policy, politics, research and data. Occasionally crochet, gigs and nature
Peter Matejic @statspeter.bsky.social Chief Analyst, Insights and Analysis, at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation working to solve UK Poverty
Abby Jitendra @abbyabhaya.bsky.social Policy Director at ThinkLabour thinking about how progressives can win. Prev JRF, Citizens Advice, Trussell Trust. Views always my own.
Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK.
The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social Working to solve society’s challenges with evidence and expertise. Based at King's College London 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute
Event invites & updates ➡️ https://kcl.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1fbc849719098ca1a31f3263e&id=9ba63cb1ff
Alex Clegg @alexclegg.bsky.social Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, focusing on social security, poverty and living standards
Henry Parkes @henryippr.bsky.social 
Rachelle Earwaker @rachelleearwaker.bsky.social Economist and Kiwi in London.
Likely yapping about housing and the absolute state of things. 
Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social Lead analyst at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Posting about politics, poverty, housing, benefits and work.
Northern Irish, views my own.
Kate Summers @katesummers.bsky.social Researcher working on social security policy and economic inequality. British Academy postdoc @ London School of Economics Methodology.
Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social Economist at the Resolution Foundation working on improving living standards
Campaign for Disability Justice @campaignfdj.bsky.social A UK-wide campaign run by Disabled people, for Disabled people, run by a local charity @inclusionbarnet.bsky.social
Join a growing movement calling for a decent life for Disabled people: https://buff.ly/IZDn3T5
Ben Baumberg Geiger @benbgeiger.bsky.social Social policy researcher (though sometimes pretends to be a philosopher), Prof co-leading WelfareExperiences project and kcl.ac.uk/csmh work & welfare strand. Was at @BenBaumberg at the other place.