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I will be speaking about my investigation into poverty in the #UK with civil society at a side event around the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva at 10:30am on June 27. It will be live streamed here: facebook.com/AlstonUNSR/ #UKPoverty

Great new blog: Stasis in #Irish welfare conditionality. Tom Boland & Ray Griffin on the difficulties of achieving policy change bit.ly/2X79YGk Here they are giving evidence at an all-party Oireachtas (parliament) meeting

UN Special Rapporteur @Alston_UNSR calls for an independent review of UK welfare conditionality & sanctions. We agree, great to see our evidence cited in final report bit.ly/2LodTYa @ProfPeteDwyer Prof Lisa Scullion Prof Sharon Wright @spsw SHUSU University of Glasgow

"Prof Alston recommends that the UK government should: ‘Initiate an independent review of the efficacy of changes to welfare conditionality and sanctions introduced since 2012 by the Department of Work and Pensions’."

Proud that our Forces in Mind Trust ‘Sanctions, Support & Service Leavers’ project was part of this evidence base ... Salford Uni News @SalfordImpact UoS Social Policy UoS Health & Society SHUSU @UoSDeanResearch Professor Margaret Rowe University of Salford Dean @profbenlight

Myself and Ray Griffin reflecting on a strange political process of policy input - our thanks to Aisling Tuite and Kenny Doyle and many others along the way.

Our ⁦Forces in Mind Trust⁩ ⁦Conditionality⁩ ‘Sanctions, Support & Service Leavers’ report raised in ⁦UK House of Commons⁩ with responses from ⁦Tobias Ellwood⁩ #Veterans #SocialSecurity theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=20…

Our Forces in Mind Trust Conditionality Sanctions, Support & Service Leavers project features in The Governor @hqn_ltd hqnetwork.co.uk/the-governor/#…

#ESA #Benefitsanctions create range of punitive & perverse incentives that can worsen mental health of #disabled people - powerful new guest blog from Danny Taggart & colleagues @ewenspeed @SMhuirich Peter Beresford Ellen Clifford University of Essex bit.ly/2K8Oks3

Announcing new research - employers' responses to requirements on #UniversalCredit recipients in work. Led by Katy Jones Decent Work and Productivity at Manchester Met Uni bit.ly/2y28qOR

Our paper on Conditionality and #migrants is one of the essential reading recommendations for Policy and Politics Journal policyandpoliticsblog.com/2019/07/24/upd…

Navigating the absurdity of Irish welfare - powerful new blog from Philip Finn Maynooth University bit.ly/2SoYusA

'We have no heating, you might have noticed … it was a choice between paying rent, making sure there was food on the table' – powerful new blog from Philip Finn Maynooth University bit.ly/2SoYusA

Good to share findings from Productivity NW+ Economic and Social Research Council Conditionality Forces in Mind Trust Educational Research research with the Lords Economic Affairs Committee Inquiry into Universal Credit Decent Work and Productivity at Manchester Met Uni Manchester Met RIBL Research & Innovation at Manchester Met

Productivity NW+ Economic and Social Research Council Conditionality Forces in Mind Trust Educational Research Lords Economic Affairs Committee Decent Work and Productivity at Manchester Met Uni Manchester Met RIBL Research & Innovation at Manchester Met Our Conditionality Universal Credit research is summarised here > bit.ly/2T3zFUB Prof Sharon Wright Prof Lisa Scullion Alasdair B R Stewart

Productivity NW+ Economic and Social Research Council Conditionality Forces in Mind Trust Educational Research Lords Economic Affairs Committee Decent Work and Productivity at Manchester Met Uni Manchester Met RIBL Research & Innovation at Manchester Met Our @Welcond paper for Social Policy & Admi nistration focusing on the impacts of welfare conditionality on people with mental health impairments is here > bit.ly/2KEYG3N

Special issue of Social Policy & Admi nistration edited by our own Del Roy Fletcher & Prof Sharon Wright featuring international perspectives on #welfareconditionality by our team members & others Katy Jones Prof Lisa Scullion Alasdair B R Stewart bit.ly/2uwhw8i