Kim Chaplain
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@KimChaplain
Associate Director Centre for Ageing Better just commenting on the world as I see it, no offence meant and none taken
Big news! We've launch a new Commission on Future of Employment Support and want to hear from you. TL;DR: - UK among weakest jobs recoveries in world - Bad for growth and living standards - We were already very unequal - Not enough people get the right help - We can do better...
If these “Returnerships” really are the Gvt’s main offer on 50+ employment in this Budget, then I have some questions. They boil down to: 🤷♀️Why would inactive 50+ do them? 🤷♀️Will they address any common 50+ barriers to work? 🤷♀️What…are they? More specifically 🧵:
Large fall in economically active popn driven by voluntary early retirement rather than retirement mandated by ill health. ft.com/content/2b8604…
The Commission is being supported and funded by @finan_fairness and overseen by ten Commissioners - more here: employment-studies.co.uk/commission And Call for Evidence is here - please respond! We're keen to involve all with an interest and learn from what works bit.ly/call-for-evide…
I think our sanctions system has gone very badly wrong. As @EleanorCarter also put it, it's also one of the most punitive regimes in the world with the severity of the penalties causing significant harm to people and families affected.
Congratulations @annalouisedixon, the Labour Party candidate for Shipley. The people of Shipley deserve far better than they have been given by the Conservatives. Anna will deliver the fresh start that local people deserve.
Today's jobs figures, thread below! TL;DR: Good-ish news on pay and unemployment, but being driven by labour shortages post-Covid/ Brexit and risks even higher inflation. So we need action to boost labour supply, growth and incomes - not just dampen demand thru interest rates 1/
Universal Credit creator, @Deven_Ghelani, has told @Anoosh_C that IT problems would not stop the government raising benefits, as Rishi Sunak claimed recently. #Echobox=1652700769" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newstatesman.com/politics/welfa…
