Tom Pollard
Head of Social Policy at NEF | Previously at Mind & DWP | Particular focus on mental health, poverty & social security | NHS Mental Health Social Worker
- Helpful call for a rethink on tax from a recently departed No.10 economics adviser But his description & justification of fiscal rules & assumptions reveals a constrained & rigid government mindset that will keep us locked into an austerity doom loop... 🧵 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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View full threadAs @willdunn.bsky.social sets out so well in this piece, the social & civic harm caused by Osborne-era austerity, but also the logic & assumptions that drove it, both hold a strong grip over the parameters of the current government's economic & social policies /8 www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/...
- A stark example of this is the government's plan to cut PIP, claiming we "can't afford" the rapid rise in claims. But @maxmosley.bsky.social's analysis shows this rise has been fuelled by growing financial insecurity, which will be further exacerbated by cuts /9 neweconomics.org/2025/05/what...
- New DWP research gives a clearer picture of why PIP claims have been rising than government & media rhetoric about the need for cuts People with complex poor health, driven in part by financial hardship to seek additional support to meet their basic costs www.gov.uk/government/p...
