Great thread from @rachelcasey.bsky.social. One of the key messages is don't forget the role of childhood poverty in any discussion of what's needed to reduce the number of NEETs.

Rachel Casey@rachelcasey.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🧵 1/ The Milburn Review is right to sound the alarm 🚨 Rising numbers of young people out of work or education should concern all of us. This reflects deep, structural challenges - not a short-term blip.

🧵 1/ The Milburn Review is right to sound the alarm 🚨 Rising numbers of young people out of work or education should concern all of us. This reflects deep, structural challenges - not a short-term blip.

"Trusted with money and no conditions attached, the young people in our trial made choices that reduced their demand on crisis services across the board." ✍️ Writing for @bigissue.com, @michael-sanders.bsky.social argues our cash transfers study challenges traditional assumptions about welfare

How UK could save money by giving out cash – not cutting benefits

Benefit cuts and sanctions are often part of government reforms to save money – but studies show free cash handouts could be more effective.

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Analysis in our latest #UKPoverty2026 report finds that very deep poverty - meaning annual household incomes fail to cover the cost of food, energy bills and clothing - is deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation@jrf-uk.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Poverty is deepening. 🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning. People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people. This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.

The same old tired framing of those deserving/undeserving. Brushing off anxiety and depression as “normal” is a cheap shot. Bevan also said: “the capacity for emotional concern for individual life is the most significant quality of a civilised human being.” www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Anxious young Britons ‘risk becoming lost generation on benefits’

Alan Milburn, Starmer’s work tsar, says successive governments have made the ‘wrong choice’ by investing in older generations

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A good read on plans to cut UC health entitlement and increase conditionality for ill and disabled young people on low incomes. Personally, I think this will create additional barriers for many disabled young people. The harm done by deeper poverty can't be offset by a supportive work coach.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation@jrf-uk.bsky.social · last yr.

The Pathways to Work proposals will impact young people already facing high levels of hardship - undermining the Youth Guarantee. 💭 @rachelcasey.bsky.social examines the two competing government visions for young people furthest from the labour market. Read more: www.jrf.org.uk/work/young-p...

The Government’s Get Britain Working white paper and Pathways to Work green paper present competing visions for supporting young people furthest from the labour market into employment. Read more (1/3)⬇️

Joseph Rowntree Foundation@jrf-uk.bsky.social · last yr.

The Pathways to Work proposals will impact young people already facing high levels of hardship - undermining the Youth Guarantee. 💭 @rachelcasey.bsky.social examines the two competing government visions for young people furthest from the labour market. Read more: www.jrf.org.uk/work/young-p...

Yesterday, the Government’s launched the #PathwaystoWork green paper. It plans to create a “clearer youth phase” by changing benefit rules for young people to support its new Youth Guarantee. Key takeaways 🧵1/7