Mike Brewer
@MikeBrewerEcon
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Deputy Chief Executive @resfoundation & Visiting Prof in Practice at @LSESocialPolicy. 'Calm, Measured, Withering' (https://t.co/ofnaFpJLwL). He/him
England, United Kingdom
Joined May 2012
RT @FraserNelson: Do you feel safe walking the street after dark where you live? . Every two years the European Social Survey has been ask….
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RT @resfoundation: Despite ambitious language, the Government is continuing its cautious approach to uprating the minimum wage. As a resul….
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RT @IGMansfield: "It’s not as simple as ‘housing got more expensive’; the ratios between prices have completely altered in a way that makes….
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RT @resfoundation: How can employers go further to recruit and retain disabled workers? . Join us on Thursday to hear from our expert panel….
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RT @JCribbEcon: I understand logic of Pensions Commission not looking at the triple lock. But assuming it remains has big consequences fo….
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This should be mandatory reading for all MPs.
This article on working at an SEND school should be mandatory reading for everyone working in schools.
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A great paper (working with @BenBaumberg2 ) and a great panel too - do sign up for next Thursday.
How can employers go further to recruit and retain disabled workers? . Join us next week to hear from our expert panel Charlie Mayfield, Beth Kume-Holland, Rachel Suff Louise Murphy and Ruth Curtice on how Government and employers can make improvements. Sign-up➡️
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RT @FeliciaOdamtten: Ethnic minority adults in Britain spend far more on housing than White British adults—yet often live in smaller, overc….
housingevidence.ac.uk
Britain today is more diverse than ever before, and recent polling suggests that public attitudes towards diversity have grown increasingly positive. However, beneath this progress lies a persistent...
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RT @EdConwaySky: 📽️Is the cost of living crisis REALLY over?.Inflation is close to "normal". So why does everything still feel so. expens….
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Do join us for this.
The rising prevalence of disability across Britain (and its implications for the benefits bill) has been under the spotlight. But the impact on disabled people themselves, and the family members who care for them, has been less discussed. Join us next Thursday as we rethink
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You all know there's a (Victorian) copy of the Bayeux tapestry in Reading, right? .
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RT @OBR_UK: The triple lock has cost around 3x more than expected. In our central projection, the triple lock explains 1.6pts of the 2.7%….
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RT @resfoundation: "This is absolutely the time when we must work out how to do a social tariff and build the infrastructure now". @MikeBre….
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Political journalism is weird, sometimes. Imagine calling up a newspaper and saying that you want to make anonymous, probably slanderous, accusations about someone's job performance, and they say "sure! We'll print that!".
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RT @resfoundation: What are the impacts of the new Employment Rights Bill? . Raising job quality and tackling hours insecurity will be key.….
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When will we stop using "black hole" to mean "forecast to miss fiscal targets"? . Forecast to hit targets by £10bn: <silence>. Forecast to miss targets to £10bn: BLACK HOLE KLAXON!. Difference between two almost irrelevant. (There's a Dickens quote here that's relevant yes?).
NEW: Bloomberg @economics says the UK faces a £20 billion fiscal black hole. “We think the govt will miss its goals by around £20 billion in 2029-30”. Mainly due to growth downgrades. “it appears to be a question of when, not if, taxes will need to rise again” says @DanHanson41.
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I don't hear enough media reports being clear that the long-run system of disability & incapacity benefits will be the same after last week's concessions as was proposed in the Green Paper. All that has changed is whether existing recipients will lose out (they now won't).
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RT @resfoundation: Higher energy costs, coupled with rapid food inflation, have led to hardship for many. Read our latest research on the….
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And it was exactly how it worked when we turned DLA into PIP, and IB into ESA (to give 2 examples of health-related benefits). See also: two child limit; student loans; changes to state pension age; etc etc.
I wasn’t planning to comment but treating existing claimants differently to new claimants when making changes to social security is very common. Can feature as protecting levels or staying under old rules - examples, abolition of SDA in 2001, intro LHA in 2008, abolition WCA 2017.
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