thealternative.social @creatinganewworld.bsky.social I created a social network in which 50% of the profits will be given to homeless charities. The social network is www.thealternative.social Please join and invite people to it.
Ann (she/her) @agvbergin.net Both newts and housing, please. Whole of society approach to looking after each other. Here to solve problems.
janeycull @janeycull.bsky.social Artist Old School Lefty Severe ME She/her
Cllr Richard Bates 🔶 @cllrbates.bsky.social Liberal Democrat Member, Chichester District Council, 2023; West Sussex County Council, 2026 (UK)
Cabinet Member Adult Services
Promoted by B. Carbarns on behalf of R. Bates (Liberal Democrats) both at Richard Cobden House, Lion Street, Chichester PO19 1LW
Gady @gadeles.bsky.social
Marc Francis @marcfrancisth.bsky.social Former Labour Party councillor for Bow East ward in Tower Hamlets
Emily Chudy @emilychudy.bsky.social ✨ Journalist covering the LGBTQIA+ community
✍️ Big Issue, The Independent, Slate, Glamour Magazine, Byline Times, Cosmopolitan, LGBTQ+ Nation etc
📖 Repped by @blakefriedmann.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 she/her
linktr.ee/emilychudy
Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social LAG is a national charity committed to improving equal access to justice for all.
Beth Stratford @bethstratford.bsky.social Economist (mainly ecological macro, housing, rent theory).
Senior Research Associate at Oxford's ECI. Honorary Fellow at UCL's IIPP.
Proud to have helped set up the London Renters Union✊.
Co-author #LandForTheMany.
Maya SH @msingerhobbs.bsky.social Senior research fellow @ippr.bsky.social - climate, transport, planning | PhD from CSCT Bath | she/her (views my own)
Dan Wilson Craw @danwilsoncraw.bsky.social Deputy chief exec at Generation Rent. Geordie. Mostly housing, sometimes other policy stuff and daft observations. Employer doesn't necessarily agree with everything I say.
Renters' Reform Coalition @rentersreformco.bsky.social We are a coalition of 18 organisations campaigning for private renting reform. We want safe, secure and affordable homes for all 🏡
https://rentersreformcoalition.co.uk/
Neil Goodrich @ngoodrichhsg.bsky.social Housing, Rugby, Gym.
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
Paul Treloar @paulietandoori.bsky.social Information and advice seasoned traveller, know a bit about social security, social care and socialising. Love cycling, love/hate football, hate fascists.
John Crowther @john-crowther7bsky.bsky.social Respect nature and biodiversity. In the fight to grow a fairer, greener, sustainable future. #BuildBackFairer #BuildBackGreener #MakeBritainWetAgain
Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com San Francisco 🌁
City Planning, Sustainable Transportation, Spatial Science. Union Member. Assistant Professor. Banner by Bellows.
Cost of Living Action @costoflivingaction.bsky.social
the WelfareExperiences project @welfare-experience.bsky.social
Ernie Earnest @daveyon.bsky.social Earnest
Euen Herbert-Small @lasermike33.bsky.social Editor @ JamRadio.uk covering Policy and Human Rights, investigating how the British state treats minority communities, with a focus on Windrush and wider accountability around systems that fail them. My focus is on clarity, truth and pressure.
JAM RADIO NEWS @jamradiouk.bsky.social Black British news, culture and accountability. Breaking stories from the UK, Caribbean and beyond—politics, justice, music and more. Listen live: https://listen.jamradio.uk
@incitefulpod.bsky.social @incitefulpod.bsky.social
Paul Hodson @paulhhodson.bsky.social Interested in decarbonisation, cities and how politics and the economy work. Also board games. Blog (travel, games,life): paulhhodson@wordpress.com. Living in London again after 30 years.
Sarah Hadfield @drsarahhadfield.bsky.social Policy Researcher at Citizens Advice.
Becca Stacey @beccastacey.bsky.social Financial security and terminal illness @mariecurieuk.bsky.social | Social security and devolution @safety-nets.bsky.social | Views my own
Kyle Tormey @ktorm-social1.bsky.social Education journalist at Tes. X: @ktormreport Tips: kyle.tormey@tes.com
David Evans @forthepoor.bsky.social professor of history and author of the forthcoming book Damned Whiteness: How White Christian Allies Failed the Black Freedom Movement
Albinia Stanley @albiniastanley.bsky.social Organising, campaign strategy & participatory research. Currently working on oral histories of migration in SW London and the Fix the Five Basics Campaign: www.fixthefivebasics.org
Ali Haydor @alihaydor.bsky.social Campaigner🍃Trade Unionist 🍃Political🍃 Socialist 🍃 🇧🇩 Proud 🇬🇧 🍃
https://buymeacoffee.com/alihaydor
Founder of - MORE BLACKS, MORE MUSLIMS, MORE IRISH - @morebmi.bsky.social
Share/Like not necessarily endorsements
Views are my own
Money Advice Liaison Group (MALG) @malguk.bsky.social The only UK membership organisation with a reach across the whole debt landscape - working together to improve the lives of people in debt https://malg.org.uk/
성인용품 만냥몰 @w10000.bsky.social 만냥 성인용품 공식몰
https://www.10000w.co.kr/?free_enter=y&src=image&kw=0004B2
Meg van Rooyen @megvr.bsky.social All things debt policy and politics
No To Racism @notoracism.bsky.social Say - No To Racism 📣
❤️ Opposing hate, inequality, and discrimination
❤️ Justice, dignity, and equality for all
❤️ Be Kind
❤️ Stronger Together
❤️ Anti-War
❤️ F*uk ICE
❤️ F*uk Trump
🚫fascists🚫bigots🚫racists🚫evil🚫maga
Dr Alex Murray @ahemurray.bsky.social Research Fellow at the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research at Birkbeck. I research disability, welfare/social security law and courts and tribunals. Autistic and chronically ill but still outrageously fabulous…
@sumi-r.bsky.social @sumi-r.bsky.social
Morag Treanor (Mòrag NicThréinfhir) @moragtreanor.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and Inequality at the University of Glasgow.
Ben Twomey @bentwomeyuk.bsky.social Former Chief Executive of Generation Rent, presenter on Policing TV, views my own.
Imup2late @imup2late.bsky.social Retired optometrist enjoying reading,
sci fi ,thrillers and best sellers ,traveling and
golfing with my wonderful wife.
Bluesky is the resistance!
Victoria Pogge von Strandmann @vpogge.bsky.social Public law, human rights, access to justice, legal aid, Legal Director @publiclawproject.bsky.social, views mine
Laura Bennett @laurabwork.bsky.social Policy & Public Affairs for @rainbowtrust.org.uk and @lewybodysociety.bsky.social. Trustee @rightsofwomen.bsky.social. Sometimes a carer. Charity lifer. Londoner. Fond of a lipstick.
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.
Annabel Smith @annabel-smith.bsky.social Director, Growth and Reform Network. Working with places across UK for a more inclusive economy. New to Bluesky.
Oliver Chantler @oliverchantler.bsky.social Head of Policy & Public Affairs, Mental Health Foundation, but views here my own.
Ed Kirton-Darling @ekd.bsky.social Academic lawyer at the University of Bristol, interested in lots, including inquests & death, social welfare, housing/homelessness, planning, administrative and constitutional law. Firm believer in nuance and context.
Tim Sharp @timsharp.bsky.social Employment rights policy at the TUC.
Runs.
South East London via North East Scotland.
Karen Barker @karenmbarker.bsky.social Policy & Research
Heather Rolfe @heather-rolfe.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @britishfuture.bsky.social
Mostly interested in immigration, employment, migrants’ new lives in UK and public attitudes
New Economy Brief @neweconomybrief.bsky.social New Economy Brief brings together credible analysis and proposals for building a fair, sustainable & resilient economy. Sign up to our weekly newsletter: https://www.neweconomybrief.net/sign-up
mattpadley.bsky.social @mattpadley.bsky.social Co-Director and Professor at the Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University. Research/think/write on poverty, living standards, income, retirement. Running may sneak in now & then.
Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social Research Associate in Social Policy @ Strathclyde Uni.
Food policy for THRIVING Food Futures.
Also policy approaches to health inequalities, and to mental health.
Kate Harrison @kslharrison.bsky.social Senior Policy Researcher at Citizens Advice, researching welfare conditionality (she/her)
Formerly Demos, Southampton Uni, KCL
Dan Weir @danweir.bsky.social Research and Policy Manager at moneyandmentalhealth.org
Rapier Instructor at londonhistoricalfencing.club
Hereditary Crystal Palace fan
Mostly just musing here.
Views my own, reposts not endorsements etc
He/Him
Emma @epickirbz.bsky.social Supporting people with 🔵 ME/CFS, 🟣 Fibromyalgia & 🟢🩶 Long Covid |✊ Unapologetically Socialist | ⚖️ Benefits Wizardry in action | ♿ Disabled & Proud | 🧠 SpLD + ADHD | ⚡ Endometriosis | 🌀 Hypermobile | 🐈 Ginger cat sidekick |📍 Sheffield based | ❤️ Leeds made
DHinrio @dhinrio.bsky.social Everyone's a critic.
Silvia Galandini @silviagalandini.bsky.social
Oxfam Policy & Practice @oxfamgbpolicy.bsky.social Oxfam's account for policy, research & learning. Visit our site for 5,000 humanitarian & development publications, blogs & more. https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/ https://frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/
https://views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/
@y92hj.bsky.social @y92hj.bsky.social
Cerys Turner @cerysturner.bsky.social News reporter at Tes. Covering Ofsted, curriculum, teacher training, AI and more.
✍🏻 The Times, Big Issue, Metro
(Pronounced like the Welsh singer, not the colour)
https://www.tes.com/magazine/author/cerys-turner
Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social
Hold your plans lightly in your hands
Reversing uphill in Devon lanes since time immemorial so you don’t have to
Full of wit. Wit, I said
#95%Dartmoor #5%civilised
#MS #formerlawyer #TheArchers #dementiacarer #FitsofRage™️
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@hcjc.bsky.social @hcjc.bsky.social
@emmahemelik.bsky.social @emmahemelik.bsky.social
Francesca Ebel @francescaebel.bsky.social I write about Russia and Ukraine for The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/francesca-ebel/
Ex North Africa correspondent.
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.
Daniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social Daniel Rolph grew up in the UK foster care system, experiencing firsthand the challenges that come with it. Now, he's channelling those experiences into his debut novel, Shattered Paths
Buy Now: https://geni.us/OEi75Gh
@politicaldude.bsky.social @politicaldude.bsky.social Tory Hater, Reform Hater, Trump hater and Labour Supporter, Democrat supporter. #FBPE #Socialist #VoteBlue #BlewCrew #VoteLabour
Scott Compton @scottcompton.bsky.social Senior policy advisor at Action for Children
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.'
Charlotte Prothero @charlotteprothero.bsky.social Posting about politics, children's wellbeing, housing, loneliness and civil society.
Bad grammar and views my own.
@grannygoose5-6.bsky.social @grannygoose5-6.bsky.social #FBPE
Any Labour Government is better than any Tory Government.
In mourning for America.
Beth Kitson @drbethkitson.bsky.social Research Associate, Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge.
Public Policy | Economics and History | Knowledge and Engagement
Tom Royston @tomroyston.bsky.social Social security law and its neighbours. Barrister at Garden Court North Chambers
https://gcnchambers.co.uk/barrister/tom-royston/
Jagna Olejniczak @jagnaolejniczak.bsky.social Senior Policy Researcher at @citizensadvice.bsky.social, previously @publiclawproject.bsky.social & Government Legal Department
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
Daphne Hall @daphnehall.bsky.social Welfare rights | yoga | synchronised (kind of) swimming | karaoke (if I were allowed)
Derek Bernardi @derekbernardi.bsky.social Head of Public Law & Homelessness at Lawstop; Solicitor-Advocate; probably telling everyone I'm Canadian for the next 4 years.
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.
Hollie Wright @hollies.bsky.social Researching housing & social security @NEF 📊
Formerly @hmtreasury 📚
Tim Baldwin @timbgclaw.bsky.social Barrister at Garden Court Chambers London and Albion Chambers Bristol specialising is social welfare, public law and civil liberties. Co- chair of Housing Law Practioners Association and member of ASC The posts my own & not the views of my chambers
@modoulami.bsky.social @modoulami.bsky.social
Penny Rimmer @pennyrimmer.bsky.social Interested in localgov, anti-poverty policy and implementation, work and employment policy. Senior policy officer @resolvepoverty. Views my own.
Ellie Harwood @ellieharwood.bsky.social Attempting systems-thinking around social security in the UK. Currently working on narrative change to end stigma.
Interested in social security, systems change, co-production, narrative and framing, children's rights and devolution.
@julia-rt.bsky.social @julia-rt.bsky.social Welfare policy research @citizensadvice.bsky.social
All views my own
Free Representation Unit @freerepunit.bsky.social Relieving poverty by training aspiring lawyers to represent clients in tribunal hearings for free. Please support us at https://www.thefru.org.uk/donate
Eduin Latimer @eduinlatimer.bsky.social Economist at Institute for Fiscal Studies, interested in low-paying labour market and the tax and benefit system.
Will Ford @willfordosblaw.bsky.social Legal aid solicitor specialising in housing, welfare benefits, public law, and community care. Also interested in nature and the great outdoors. Recovering X user.