RT @BevanFoundation: This week at the Bevan Foundation 📅. ✅ We've explored policy impacts on poverty with @policy_practice.✅ We hosted a ho….

RT @BevanFoundation: We're pleased to see that our work with @policy_practice has helped inform the Welsh Government’s response to the UK G….

👉 Speak to us about how this partnership can help your team achieve better outcomes for your residents, faster than doing it alone, saving time and money:

📢 We’re excited to announce a new partnership between Policy in Practice and @_PocketPower, bringing together our shared mission to help housing providers deliver faster, more effective support to residents. 💪. Policy in Practice has helped 770,000 housing association residents

By putting one streamlined digital route in place, they’ve saved time for residents and officers alike, while helping ensure no support goes unclaimed. 👉 Read the case study to see how they did it:

💡 One example is from South Norfolk and Broadland District Councils, who used Better Off Apply to: . ✔️ Merge benefits processes across two councils . ✔️ Remove barriers that kept eligible residents from claiming support. ✔️ Reduce unnecessary calls. ✔️ Support 270,000+

📸 The Policy in Practice team is live at Housing 2025 at Manchester Central. 📍 Find us on stand E61, next to the Knowledge Stage. Great to see Richard Jones, Ed McNamara and Adam Kenny on the stand today, speaking with #housing professionals about how our Better Off Calculator

🔍 What does Labour’s first Spending Review mean for local delivery?. Two days on from our initial analysis, @fabianchessell from Policy in Practice has taken a deeper look at the #SpendingReview to understand what it really means for local authorities, public services and the

On growth and employment, £240mn Growth Mission Fund, Local Growth Fund for deprived areas, £1.2bn a year more for training & apprenticeships, and £1.6bn a year by 2028-29 for childcare for working parents. Nationally, big investments in #transport & #energy outside London. 👉.

Children’s #SocialCare an unexpected winner, with:. • £555mn over the SR plus £560mn capital to reform children’s social care through earlier intervention + new homes. Councils in West Midlands and South Wales use data-sharing to intervene early to keep children safe. • £760mn.

#ChildPoverty was a focus:. • Breakfast clubs for every primary-aged child in England. • £370mn across 4 years for school-based nurseries. • £133mn for cultural and sports facilities. • Expansion of Family Hubs + Families First (Mental Health support). • No Sure Start or.

🧮 The budget puts #LocalAuthorities on a stable financial footing, although money will still be tight:. • Core local government spending power up 2.6% / year in real terms from £69bn to £79bn. Great news, but budgets are still down 16% per capita from 2010-11. • London, North.

#Labour’s reform priorities are becoming clear in its first multi-year #SpendingReview. 💼 There were telling shifts in tone:.• Towards #investment, #employment and working people.• For people with disabilities, Labour is moving towards better healthcare and employment

❄️ The Winter (Fuel Payment) of discontent ❄️. Yesterday’s U-turn on Winter Fuel Payments was a significant policy shift. And one that highlights both the power of data and the ongoing complexity of our social security system. In his latest blog, Fabian Chessell explains what

🍎 All children in families on Universal Credit will now get Free School Meals. This is what good policy looks like. This long-awaited change will lift over 100,000 children above the poverty line and improve take up among the three million children who will become eligible.

By using benefits data to identify eligible residents and sending clear, personalised letters, we helped 240 pension age households claim £1.1 million a year in extra support. 🪙. ↓ That’s £106 in economic impact for every £1 spent. 👛 . Written by our colleague Kate.

📢 New report "Letters that changed lives: Boosting Attendance Allowance take up in London" 💌. We partnered with the Greater London Authority to run a pilot campaign boosting Attendance Allowance take up across five London boroughs. #AttendanceAllowance #DataForGood