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Unfathomable that UK Department of Work and Pensions are funding an advertising campaign on the delights of Universal Credit whilst wilfully ignoring the evidence from thousands plunged further into misery. How much more evidence do they need?

Human cycle path in Gosforth High St. Great to see support from people of all ages. Only 2% journeys in Newcastle made by bike, would be great if we could be like Copenhagen with 50% ⁦XRNE⁩

ROSENET cost action, reducing old-age social exclusion. Prof Kieran Walsh giving introduction to final network conference in Brussels. Brilliant example of research and policy collaboration driven by EU.

Statement from British Society of Gerontology @britgerontology , emphasises implications of purely age based restrictions

Of course the Government isn’t going to ask for an extension - because obviously what we need right now are even more shocks to our economy & even more obstacles to EU nationals working in NHS, care sector etc History will not be kind to such gratuitous ideological self-harm

Barnet UNISON: Listen to NHS GP provide a heart-warming PPE message of solidarity for care workers. Part Two #clapforourcarers #clapforourkeyworkers #PPEShortages

Things are awful, but could be better with a full testing regime and PPE for everyone who needs it ...

NZ PM showing what good leadership and governance is all about … Boris Johnson - well polite words fail me

Fantastic that 'Credit' will now go ahead - needed more than ever

"What if us canaries have been singing all along? What if?" Powerful end to new play on #universalcredit by laura lindow Cap-a-Pie (watch it live at youtube.com/watch?v=YCNu6A…)

How many expert, experienced and local track and trace staff could you get for this amount being wasted on management consultants who are profiting from the disaster that is the UK track and trace system?

Please retweet. But holiday school meals not enough. Is there any hope that this campaign could include the abolition of the two-child limit and the need to increase child benefits and the child element in UC? Much more effective answers to staggering increases in child poverty.

Research proves that inadequate benefits damage mental health. Austerity is not our path to recovery. You only have to shadow a Shelter frontline worker for a day to realise the disaster ahead if government chooses that path theguardian.com/society/2021/f…

My The Guardian story: Cutting social security benefits harms mental health and hits the most vulnerable hardest, academic study finds. theguardian.com/society/2021/f…

Our new paper looking at intergenerational relations post-Brexit cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Watch a new documentary on Universal Credit featuring interviews with the people whose work inspired our show Credit. You can also catch a preview of Credit until 22 March. Gateshead Council Alice Wiseman Your Voice Counts Engage@NewcastleUni Fuse NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria youtu.be/D2ToQjX9d8k

New evidence from Newcastle University that social prescribing interventions can improve chronic conditions and may help to address health inequalities. #socialprescribing #type2diabetes eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Important paper by fantastic Newcastle University colleagues about the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of people living with long term health problems, many in difficult socio-economic circumstances. Highlights social injustices of pandemic ... doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmq…

Why are we taking this action? We're just ordinary concerned citizens, frustrated by our govt's failure to face the #climatecrisis. Our dependence on #fossilfuels is killing us & the planet. As this doctor explains, #climatecrisis is a health crisis Health for XR ScientistsForXR @scientistsx.bsky.social

Great paper, arising from ethnography of link workers delivering social prescribing …. Constituting link working through choice and care: An ethnographic account of front‐line social prescribing onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…