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Dr Sioned Pearce

@sionedps.bsky.social

Lecturer in Social Policy at Cardiff University / WISERD. Work, welfare, devolution, civil society and youth unemployment. Views are my own. She / Her

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · 2w ago

𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐏𝐀 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 Excellence in social policy research and impact has been recognised by the 2026 Social Policy Association awards. The list of winners is available in the next posts. Full story here: social-policy.org.uk/awards/socia...

Social Policy Research and Impact Celebrated at 2026 SPA Awards - Social Policy Association

Excellence in social policy research and impact has been recognised by the 2026 Social Policy Association awards. The list of winners for each category and [...]

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 4w ago

Some good news on regional equality: employment gaps have shrunk. Over the 2010s, the gap between low-employment (10th percentile) and high-employment (90th percentile) areas shrank by 3 percentage points. More👇 buff.ly/I7DTRZo

WISERD @wiserd-research.bsky.social · 4w ago

Starting #WISERD2026 with our #newresearcher session in collaboration with the Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences and the Learned Society of Wales. Thank you to the first of our keynote speakers, Derek Walker, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, for concluding remarks.

Nuffield Foundation @nuffieldfoundation.org · 4w ago

What happens when AI removes the tasks young people used to learn from? Yesterday our Director of Education, Josh Hillman, spoke to the Education Committee about how while AI may be making some entry-level work more productive, we need to pay attention to what young people could be losing.

Professor Lisa Scullion @lisa-scullion.bsky.social · last mo.

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 2mo ago

🚨Applications close this week🚨 We're recruiting for three exciting permanent roles within our Research and Policy team, at different levels of experience. Find our more and apply now ➡️ buff.ly/N4Xuj8b

Economist / Research and Policy Analyst

We are looking for a thoughtful and committed Economist or Research and Policy Analyst to join our research team to help drive the production of high-quality, innovative economic analysis, and to support the development of associated policy recommendations.

Salary: £45,170 – £56,990

Senior Economist / Research and Policy Analyst

The Resolution Foundation is looking for a motivated and experienced individual to join our research team to help drive the production of high quality, innovative economic analysis and the development of associated policy recommendations with a specific focus on one of: living standards and distributional analysis; productivity and economic growth; or public finances and public spending.

Salary: £56,990 – £70,300

Closing date: 08:59am on Thursday 28 May 2026

Principal Economist / Research and Policy Analyst

The Resolution Foundation is looking for a motivated and experienced Principal Economist or Research and Policy Analyst to drive the production of high quality, innovative economic analysis and the development of associated policy recommendations with a specific focus on economic growth and productivity.

Salary: £70,300 – £82,900

Closing date: 08:59am on Thursday 28 May 2026

Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 3mo ago

🚨 We're hiring!🚨 📈 We're looking for a thoughtful and committed Principal Economist/Policy Analyst with a specific focus on economic growth and productivity.📈 Find out more ➡️ buff.ly/N4Xuj8b

Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 3mo ago

Many young people are struggling to gain a foothold in the labour market. Among young people who are currently not in education, employment or training (NEET) 60% have never worked. Entering adulthood without work experience limits opportunities to build skills, confidence & earnings potential.

Chart showing proportion of NEETs (left) and all young people (right) who have never had a paid job by age group: UK

Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 3mo ago

🚨We're hiring🚨 We're recruiting for three exciting permanent roles within our Research and Policy team, at different levels of experience. Find our more and apply now ➡️ buff.ly/N4Xuj8b

Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Social Policy Association Employment Policy Group held a book panel event this week hosted by the Resolution Foundation and chaired by Nye Cominetti. The panel was composed of authors of several new books on employment and welfare policy in the UK and internationally.

Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 3mo ago

What could plausibly explain some of the rise in the NEET rate since the pandemic? Employment has fallen in low-paying, youth-heavy sectors which saw relatively large labour cost increases last year. Read our latest report examining the UK's rising NEET rate➡️ buff.ly/gABGpwv

Figure 5 shows two sets of correlations at
the sector level. In the left panel, we show the relationship between increases in labour costs resulting from the employer NICs and National Living Wage increases last year and changes in employment over the past year; in the right panel, we show the relationship between the share of jobs held by young people and changes in employment over the
past year.

It is clear that there are correlations between these factors at the sector level: sectors that have shrunk the most are, in general, those which had the largest increases in labour costs, and those sectors are particularly youth-heavy.

Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣 Last chance to book 📣 This free event about the latest research on employment policy in Britiain and beyond is happening in London tomorrow! ⬇️

Social Policy Association@socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝? SPA Employment Policy Group Resolution Foundation Office, London Wednesday, 29 April, 2:30pm-5pm Attendance free: register via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/work-and-w...

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4mo ago

‘It’s a big loss’: what happens when a beautiful village loses its bus route?

Mousehole in Cornwall once had a butcher, post office and general store. Now it doesn’t even have an ATM – and one of its crucial bus services has been cut. Can residents save this vital resource?

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Dr Sioned Pearce @sionedps.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Next Wednesday 29 April in London I'm discussing my new book on youth unemployment and devolution along with six other authors. The event is free, hosted at the Resolution Foundation and is organised by the SPA Employment Policy Group. Sign-up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/work-and-w...

Work and welfare: employment policy in Britain and beyond

What's happening to employment policy in Britain and beyond?

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Work and welfare: employment policy in Britain and beyond

What's happening to employment policy in Britain and beyond?

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Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Meet our expert panel: @sionedps.bsky.social, Lecturer in Social Policy at @cusocsci.bsky.social, completes our panel who will discuss what the 4 nations can learn from each other after 27 years of different approaches to issues around child poverty in our webinar. acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Meet our expert panel: @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social, Professor in Social and Public Policy (Urban Studies & Social Policy) at @glasgow.ac.uk, will also share her insights into how the 4 UK nations have dealt with the policy challenges of child poverty. Register➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Meet our expert panel: Dr Jed Meers, Senior Lecturer at York Law School @york.ac.uk, will also be joining our expert panel to discuss different approaches to social security for parents with dependent children, asking what the four nations can learn from each other. acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Meet our expert panel: Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick, Senior Lecturer at @ulsteruni.bsky.social and the Social Justice Institute, will also be joining our webinar on 28 April which has been organised with the @safetynetujc.bsky.social funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org. ➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Meet our panel: @haylesben.bsky.social, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy & Co-Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change at Uni of Edinburgh, will be joining our webinar exploring how the 4 UK nations have dealt with the policy challenges of child poverty. ➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📣The Social Policy Association’s Opportunity Grants programme for Spring 2026 is now open for applications! 💷Grants <£1K and £5K available to suppport social policy events and initiatives. 📅Deadline: Monday, 4th May 2026. social-policy.org.uk/opportunity-...

Opportunity Grants - Social Policy Association

Social Policy Association Opportunity Grants Please find information below about the Social Policy Association’s Opportunity Grants programme for Spring 2026. Deadline for applications: 4 May [...]

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 4mo ago

The establishment of the Fair Work Agency is an important step towards better enforcement of employment rights. How can the Government ensure its success? ⤵️

Compliance with existing labour market rules is patchy; an estimated 445,000 jobs were paid below the minimum wage in 2025, while 1.4 million workers in 2023-24 reported not receiving a payslip.

A new single body to tackle these labour market abuses will enable a more coordinated approach. And from next year, it will also enforce sick and holiday pay.

But this is only a first step. To make the FWA a success, the Government must go further on three outstanding issues.

Funding of the bodies the FWA is replacing has flatlined in recent years.

The announcement that FWA funding will be increased is welcome, but the Government should commit to keeping this under review to ensure it reflects what the agency needs to do its job effectively.

he FWA will have some additional powers, including bringing proceedings to a tribunal on behalf of workers.

But there will be no change to the scale of financal penalties, which are currently too low to be an effective deterrent.

The Government should couple its compliance support for businesses with higher financial penalties for firms that still do not comply. And receipts from this could also help to offset the cost to the public purse of any increase in enforcement funding.

Migrant workers who approach a labour market enforcement body currently risk having their details shared with the Home Office.

To ensure these more vulnerable workers feel comfortable raising non-compliance, the FWA should establish a data firewall with immigration enforcement.

This will both protect migrant workers, and give the agency a more accurate picture of labour market violations.

Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 4mo ago

Even as employment rights are becoming stronger, non-compliance with existing rights remains a concern. Hundreds of thousands of workers do not benefit from the basic rights they are owed. Read more about how the new Fair Work Agency can address this➡️ buff.ly/2cPqeAG

Figure 1 shows estimates of three types of labour market violation that we can assess using survey data, which suggest that hundreds of thousands of workers are not benefiting from the rights that they are owed. An estimated 445,000 jobs were paid less than the minimum wage in 2025 (22 per cent of those covered by it), up from 382,000 a year earlier. In addition, new analysis based on the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) suggests that as many as 2.2 million jobs do not come with any annual leave.

Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 4mo ago

Creating the Fair Work Agency is a welcome milestone; but other enforcement challenges remain. There will be no change to the scale of financial penalties, which are currently too low to be an effective deterrent. In fact, almost half of minimum wage cases are self-corrected so incur no penalty.

Figure 4 shows, almost half (47 per cent) of arrears identified in 2024-25 were ‘self-corrected’ and so attracted no financial penalty at all.[8] Labour market enforcement orders and undertakings are also used very rarely: in 2024-25, there were only 25 open LMEUs, and no LMEOs had been used since 2022-23.

Dr Sioned Pearce @sionedps.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join the @spaemploysocsec.bsky.social for a Book Panel in London this month (29th April) at @resolutionfoundation.org In-person and free to attend, details and registration are here: social-policy.org.uk/events/event... It would be lovely to see you there.

Event: Work and welfare: employment policy in Britain and beyond - Social Policy Association

SPA Employment Policy Group Resolution Foundation Office, London Wednesday, Apr 29 from 2:30 pm to 5 pm Attedance free: register via Eventbrite here. Description [...]

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That's Devolved @thatsdevolved.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Glad this is getting some real research behind it. Anecdotally I've noticed that outlets are a little better at adding 'in England' in print but remain awful in formats where it's harder to call them out. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

Voters in Wales failed by inaccurate UK media reports on devolved issues, study finds

Reports on English policies seen in Wales as relating to whole of UK contribute to widespread confusion, researchers say

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Dr Sioned Pearce @sionedps.bsky.social · 4mo ago

⭐New webinar⭐ As part of the Campaign for Social Science’s 2026 series on devolution our expert panel will explore how the UK nations’ four governments have dealt with the policy challenges of child poverty: Register now➡️ lnkd.in/epKZeEKr

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WISERD @wiserd-research.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Delighted to be hosting the #FoundationalEconomy Alliance Cymru Annual Conference 2026 here in #sbarclspark today. Starting us off are Derek Walker @futuregencymru.bsky.social, Neil James from Deep End Cymru and Cleide Correia from Merthyr Cynon Foodbank discussing #foodinsecurity #MakeADifference

FEA Cymru Annual Conference 2026 taking place in SPARK

Neil James, Cleide Correia, Derek Walker

Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · 5mo ago

SPA Chair, Prof Ann Marie Gray is taking part in this event on how the four UK nations are approaching health policy:

Academy of Social Sciences@acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Are you interested in how the 4 UK nations are approaching health policy? Join our webinar in association with @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social to hear from Will Hutton, @profellenstu.bsky.social, Prof Ann Marie Gray, Prof Katherine Checkland & Dr Lorelei Jones on this. acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

Enrico Reuter @enricoreuter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Great to see this published: a truly insightful article on Labour’s employment policies since July 2024. Make sure to keep an eye out for more policy areas from this special issue on Labour and social policy.

Dr Hayley Bennett@haylesben.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Some of us in the @spaemploysocsec.bsky.social have written an article on Labour's employment and social security policies post 2024 for a Special Issue. Open Access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...