Niamh Redgate
@niamhredgate.bsky.social
Welfare Policy Researcher at Citizens Advice Views my own
The cost-of-living crisis is actively driving a crisis in public health. 2.6 million UK households can’t afford their essentials, an increase of 1.6m since 2022. When living standards collapse, health pays the price. We need to #TurnTheTide wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/the-cost-of-...
The cost of living crisis is a health crisis
A 19-year gap in healthy life expectancy currently divides the poorest and richest communities in the UK. This gap is not an accident. It…
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New 🔦SPOTLIGHT 🔦Report by @citizensadvice.bsky.social finds UC can create barriers to victim-survivors of domestic abuse to financial independence and freedom. Based on frontline insights, the report highlights 6 common challenges faced by claimants. www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
Universal Credit and domestic abuse: a spotlight report
Spotlight report by Dr Sarah Hadfield on how Universal Credit could better support victim-survivors of domestic abuse.
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Today, alongside the @healthfoundation.bsky.social , we’ve published a major report looking at the link between poor health and housing. Too many people in the UK live in homes that are making them sick and it’s worsening health inequalities. www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
Building healthier foundations: How to improve access to healthy housing for all
Report funded by the Health Foundation exploring the links between housing and health
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Housing costs support is one of the most common issues we help low-income households with at @citizensadvice.bsky.social A big reason: private renters' UC housing support is frozen at rent levels from 2.5+yrs ago. And rents are up 16% since then. New blog from me + @drsarahhadfield.bsky.social 🧵
Feeling the freeze
How a failure to uprate housing support is causing hardship for low-income renters
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Great new blog by @niamhredgate.bsky.social explaining the PIP backlog. Our advisers tell us that PIP makes a huge difference to someone's budget. It can be the difference between being able to cover your essential costs, or going in the red each month. 20 weeks is far too long to wait for support.
Niamh Redgate@niamhredgate.bsky.social · 6mo agoMore than 710,000 disabled people are waiting for PIP decisions, with new claim wait times now at 20 weeks. These delays can push people into poverty and worsen health conditions. My new blog breaks down the backlog and why the Timms Review must not lose sight of delays and the harm they cause.
Great blog from @niamhredgate.bsky.social on PIP delays: 📉 Overall PIP backlog is reducing (good news!) 📈 But no. of people waiting for new claim decisions has increased ⏲️ And average waiting times for a new claim are now 20 weeks, the highest in nearly 4 years
Niamh Redgate@niamhredgate.bsky.social · 6mo agoMore than 710,000 disabled people are waiting for PIP decisions, with new claim wait times now at 20 weeks. These delays can push people into poverty and worsen health conditions. My new blog breaks down the backlog and why the Timms Review must not lose sight of delays and the harm they cause.
More than 710,000 disabled people are waiting for PIP decisions, with new claim wait times now at 20 weeks. These delays can push people into poverty and worsen health conditions. My new blog breaks down the backlog and why the Timms Review must not lose sight of delays and the harm they cause.
Delays to PIP decisions are leaving disabled people struggling
New DWP data shows more than 710,000 disabled people are waiting for PIP decisions
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Access to Work isn’t meeting its BIG potential! 🧵 New report out now: www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
Limited Access to Work: How the Access to Work scheme could better fulfill its potential
Evidence and insights from Citizens Advice, highlighting three key ways the Access to Work scheme could be improved to better support disabled people to work.
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@citizensadvice.bsky.social helps 900 people a day with issues relating to the disability benefit PIP. That's a sign that the system isn't working as it should. The Timms review of PIP could be a chance to change that. We asked our advisers what it needs to get right: medium.com/p/5a3f881a08ee
3 things the Timms Review of PIP must achieve, according to Citizens Advice advisers
At Citizens Advice, we helped 225,000 people with Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in 2025 alone. That means we have a unique insight…
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The government wants to enhance contributory unemployment benefits - we’re good with that Contribution-based benefits can help the legitimacy of the welfare state. There is a catch though… www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
The Equality Act should protect disabled people at work But @citizensadvice.bsky.social supported 5,393 people with health-related job discrimination in 2025 - roughly one every 1.5 hours Mine and @victoria-anns.bsky.social's new report digs into the barriers our disabled clients face at work /1