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Welfare policy was outside the scope of the #CareReview. But increasing welfare benefits may well be the most powerful preventative safeguarding action we could take NIHR SPHR LivUniPHPS The independent review of children's social care The Lancet Public Health Ben Barr bit.ly/3avyet5

I accidentally wrote a title that reads like parody – but really enjoyed working with colleagues on this exploration of the logic and dark logic of child protection systems monitoring doi.org/10.1017/S00472…. Journal of Social Policy NIHR SPHR LivUniPHPS Ben Barr @SL_Wickham

"We would definitely starve ourselves before we gave up them children. But then again how long could we continue to live like that". Listen for the stories behind the numbers.

THREAD 1/7 👇🏽 Our new report with NHSA shows that children living in the North of England are among the most vulnerable to rising living costs. #ChildoftheNorth thenhsa.co.uk/2023/01/childr…

very disappointed in my old friend here

🥳 First paper of my PhD is published! 🥳 read all about trends and inequalities in UK council’s spending since austerity: doi.org/10.1186/s12889… #savelibraries #parksmatter Davara Kate Mason Ben Barr Institute of Population Health LivUniPHPS NIHR SPHR

Local government budget cuts have contributed to worsening mental health in England - especially cuts to planning and community development services rdcu.be/dhV1x Ben Barr Davara Kate Mason Institute of Population Health LivUniPHPS NIHR SPHR

Ease please share. We hit the news stands today to herald the launch of the publication #FreeloavesonFridays at 6.30pm in The Foundling Museum. 100 care experienced authors speak truth: from a chef to a UN Diplomat. Find it online theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

My sister can now recite Where The Wild Things are by heart. Am on track with my auntie goals.

Poverty and children entering the care system: new research led by ⁦Davara⁩ ⁦LivUniPHPS⁩ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2024/06/13/how…

We know that rising poverty leads to more children entering care. But what do Children’s Services policymakers have to say about it? Our new paper explores: shorturl.at/Ua6sW. NIHR SPHR Child Welfare Inequalities Network Ben Barr University of Liverpool

Pleased to share our paper showing broad Black ethnic group have large #infantmortalityrate not socially patterned. Remains high for all whether rich or poor. Others socially patterned #poverty. Hanna Creese Paul Norman G.J. Melendez-Torres David Noël 🇪🇺 Taylor-Robinson @Philip McHale NIHR SPHR

Great to see our modelling study looking at the impact of reducing child poverty on health inequalities getting picked up in the media today. Full paper available in JECH_BMJ here ➡️ doi.org/10.1136/jech-2…

Lifting the two-child limit is a necessary first step in a broader child poverty strategy as demonstrated by academic co-directors Kate Pickett and Prof David Taylor-Robinson of University of Liverpool. Read their #childpoverty editorial in The BMJ Davara bmj.com/content/387/bm…

A self-evidently bad idea. And there's also the evidence - yes, sure enough, bad idea doi.org/10.1016/j.chil…

*NEW* More than 10,000 children have been pulled into poverty by the two-child limit since the election. The government should scrap it at the Budget. #AllKidsCount

See how we're evaluating the Welsh basic income pilot: #PLOSONE: The basic income for care leavers in Wales pilot evaluation: Protocol of a quasi-experimental evalu ... dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…