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@suzyg.bsky.social
Neuroscience, autism, child development, education, conceptual modeling. Still channeling Fullmetal Alchemist's Mei Chang.
@paulbivand.bsky.social
Labour market stats wonk: default mode: cynical. Boosts are not endorsements and may be ironic. Also on avian-dinosaur-site @PaulBivand
@melwilkes.bsky.social
Currently working on support for working carers in DBT, previously IPPR, The Work Foundation and Scope
@officialedballs.bsky.social
Dad, cook, pianist, economist, Harvard, King's London, Holocaust Fdn co-Chair, NCFC, podcaster, retired dancer, former Cabinet minister, sometimes on TV & Radio
@hollycameron.bsky.social
Charity policy and influencing. Currently Good Policy consultant • Formerly at Macmillan, Teenage Cancer Trust and Rethink • Trustee of the PANDAS Foundation • PA to two small boys • Lover of health policy, equality and potatoes. www.goodpolicy.co.uk
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy with @leviyonit. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE, coming in September 2025
@adamscorer.bsky.social
CEO at National Energy Action. Energy. Poverty. Housing. Lurks on social media.
@sarah-batty.bsky.social
Welfare Rights & Benefits Expert adviser/trainer. Team Leader in local govt. Also BenefitsTraining Co. Interested in social security policy, anti-poverty. Teessider, socialist, clarinet player.
@millieqed.bsky.social
Historian, Univ. Southern Denmark, working on the history of the British Welfare State. Erstwhile Birmingham, Warwick, LSHTM.
@claire-ainsley.bsky.social
Director PPI project on Centre-left Renewal; Chair Building Back Britain Commission & WPI Strategy; author ‘The New Working Class’; Exec Director of Policy for Labour and Keir Starmer 2020-22
@catherinehale.bsky.social
Independent research and policy consultant on disability employment and social security. Founder, Chronic Illness Inclusion. #pwME and survivor of medical abuse. Mum of 2 teenagers.
@chrisgoulden.bsky.social
Using evidence for social and economic change at Youth Futures Foundation, the What Works Centre for Youth Employment
@mindtheflap.bsky.social
Autistic autism policy wonk who should probably think about other things more often. Walking stereotype alert: I like trains and Doctor Who. Views my own. She/Her. https://mindtheflap.wordpress.com/
@greatnorthmum.bsky.social
World-class procrastinator. Interests: inclusive education, neurodiversity, SEND, psychology, inequalities, politics. Child health programme manager in NHS by day. Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow @arcnenc.bsky.social. GMBPsS. 🌍 Newcastle upon Tyne
@daisy-sands.bsky.social
Social justice campaigner. Head of Campaigns and Public Affairs @jrf-uk.bsky.social. Pragmatic idealist, if ever there were a thing.
@dr-know.bsky.social
Researcher for hire in health, digital, inequalities, mental health, implementation, coproduction, codesign #AltAc. On about games, books, cats, telly. Cis, Always #LWithTheT She/her
@ryanshorthouse.bsky.social
Founder & Chair, Bright Blue | Deputy Chair, Transforming Access and Student Outcomes (TASO) | Commissioner, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) | Senior Visiting Fellow, King’s College London & University of Bath
@dominiccampbell.bsky.social
Partner at Impossible Ideas | previously @Georgetown Fellow | Founded FutureGov | Hackney ex-pat in Washington DC | #utb
@the-chez.bsky.social
Senior news reporter for Yahoo News UK, focusing on benefits, work and social affairs at large. Sheffield dweller, accent enthusiast and unofficial Mr Blobby correspondent.
@dangoyal.bsky.social
Fighting for health equality. Medical Doctor and Researcher. Host of The Debrief podcast. My substack is here: https://dangoyal.substack.com?r=1lppfd&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
@praneshippr.bsky.social
Research Fellow at IPPR thinking about a fairer, sustainable and more productive economy
@rcolvile.bsky.social
Director of CPS, editor-in-chief of CapX, columnist for The Sunday Times, author of The Great Acceleration. Politics, policy and parenting.
@ashwin-kumar.bsky.social
Director of Research & Policy @IPPR.bsky.social and Professor of Social Policy, Policy Evaluation Research Unit, Manchester Metropolitan University. Economist: incomes, poverty, the labour market & microsimulation modelling
@eleanormia.bsky.social
Political reporter for the i Paper covering UK politics and policy.
@steveakehurst.bsky.social
Politics, policy, public attitudes. Work in polling and comms. Director, Persuasion UK. ex- Shelter, civil service and various other things. 🏳️🌈 https://persuasionuk.org/about https://strongmessagehere.substack.com/
@patrick-pme.bsky.social
YouGov guy earning paychecks by researching public opinion, projecting elections, doing MRPs, running campaign and comms testing and development, figuring out how AI can help measure public opinion, and being a talking head in the media.
@unitesharon.bsky.social
General Secretary of Unite the Union, Britain and Ireland's biggest Union. Join Unite at: http://unitetheunion.org/join | https://linktr.ee/sharon.graham
@ayazmanji.bsky.social
Campaigner, policy person, and welfare rights adviser. Currently working on social security and disability with Trussell. Previously at Mind, Stonewall, and the Women & Equalities Committee. (He/Him)
@luketryl.bsky.social
Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
@iaindale.bsky.social
LBC Radio presenter Gob on a Stick Serial book editor Co-host of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast
@giwlkings.bsky.social
Working towards a world in which women of all backgrounds have fair and equal access to leadership. Based at Kings College London. Chaired by Julia Gillard.
@pollardtom.bsky.social
Head of Social Policy at NEF | Previously at Mind & DWP | Particular focus on mental health, poverty & social security | NHS Mental Health Social Worker
@nearlylegal.co.uk
Solicitor. Done housing law since 2006. The Guardian says top 5 for squalor. Legal Aid Housing Lawyer of 2018. Co-author of Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. ‘Not an academic authority’ - Judge Carr. https://nearlylegal.co.uk
@class507.org.uk
Let's preserve a Merseyrail class 507 EMU for future generations to enjoy. See https://www.class507.org.uk/ for more info on our plans
@kevadams.bsky.social
Here for the music, synths, film, TV, astronomy and good book chat #MDANT Synths, all kinds of devices and electronic music are main obsessions but guitarist in a past life Left wing. Aneurin Bevan was right ✊ @ KevinAdams in “the other place”
@stevesilberman.bsky.social
Award-winning science writer, author of the New York Times bestseller "NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity," and an upcoming book on cystic fibrosis, "The Taste of Salt."
@profstevegriffin.bsky.social
Professor of Cancer Virology, University of Leeds. Co-Chair, Independent SAGE
@lewisgoodall.com
Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12. Website: lewisgoodall.com Email: [email protected] Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
@tomchivers.bsky.social
"Far too nice to be a journalist," per Terry Pratchett. Lead writer on Semafor's Flagship newsletter. DMs open; chiversthomas(a)gmail. Latest book, Everything is Predictable: geni.us/EIPBook Podcast, The Studies Show: https://www.thestudiesshowpod.com
@samfr.bsky.social
Writes the most popular UK politics Substack (samf.substack.com) Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State" out now. (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Senior fellow: Institute for Government