Carla Cebula
@carlaonion.bsky.social
Lead analyst for Scotland at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Background in understanding social inequalities in education, now focused on poverty and inequality.
Background in understanding social inequalities in education, now focused on poverty and inequality.
Scotland Demands Better was the breath of solidarity and joy that was needed this weekend! Great to be there with my @jrf-uk.bsky.social colleagues, the End Poverty Scotland Group and our family and friends. Let's keep up the momentum!
October 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Scotland Demands Better was the breath of solidarity and joy that was needed this weekend! Great to be there with my @jrf-uk.bsky.social colleagues, the End Poverty Scotland Group and our family and friends. Let's keep up the momentum!
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📅 Happening tomorrow!
Colleagues @cdbirt.bsky.social @carlaonion.bsky.social @anniemckenzie.bsky.social will join thousands to march across Edinburgh as part of the #ScotlandDemandsBetter rally.
A life free from poverty is possible - and change happens when people stand together and demand it. 👇
Colleagues @cdbirt.bsky.social @carlaonion.bsky.social @anniemckenzie.bsky.social will join thousands to march across Edinburgh as part of the #ScotlandDemandsBetter rally.
A life free from poverty is possible - and change happens when people stand together and demand it. 👇
📢1 day to go!
What: #ScotlandDemandsBetter march & rally
Where: Edinburgh, assemble at the Scottish Parliament from 10am and then march onto The Meadows
Who: Everyone demanding a decent and dignified life free from poverty.
Why: Because change happens when we stand together and demand it
What: #ScotlandDemandsBetter march & rally
Where: Edinburgh, assemble at the Scottish Parliament from 10am and then march onto The Meadows
Who: Everyone demanding a decent and dignified life free from poverty.
Why: Because change happens when we stand together and demand it
October 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
📅 Happening tomorrow!
Colleagues @cdbirt.bsky.social @carlaonion.bsky.social @anniemckenzie.bsky.social will join thousands to march across Edinburgh as part of the #ScotlandDemandsBetter rally.
A life free from poverty is possible - and change happens when people stand together and demand it. 👇
Colleagues @cdbirt.bsky.social @carlaonion.bsky.social @anniemckenzie.bsky.social will join thousands to march across Edinburgh as part of the #ScotlandDemandsBetter rally.
A life free from poverty is possible - and change happens when people stand together and demand it. 👇
Reposted by Carla Cebula
Around 1 in 4 children in Scotland are living in poverty.
Poverty remains far too high, and people are feeling overlooked and ignored by politicians.
The next Scottish Parliament is an opportunity to build a better future for all children in Scotland. 🔽 1/4
Poverty remains far too high, and people are feeling overlooked and ignored by politicians.
The next Scottish Parliament is an opportunity to build a better future for all children in Scotland. 🔽 1/4
October 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Around 1 in 4 children in Scotland are living in poverty.
Poverty remains far too high, and people are feeling overlooked and ignored by politicians.
The next Scottish Parliament is an opportunity to build a better future for all children in Scotland. 🔽 1/4
Poverty remains far too high, and people are feeling overlooked and ignored by politicians.
The next Scottish Parliament is an opportunity to build a better future for all children in Scotland. 🔽 1/4
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On 6 Oct, we'll be launching our Poverty in Scotland report
⚙️ Building a Scotland where all children have the chance to flourish is an investment both in our children and our futures
Join us for the latest data and our hopes for the next Scottish Parliament: events.zoom.us/ev/Amsdg9QQK...
⚙️ Building a Scotland where all children have the chance to flourish is an investment both in our children and our futures
Join us for the latest data and our hopes for the next Scottish Parliament: events.zoom.us/ev/Amsdg9QQK...
September 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
On 6 Oct, we'll be launching our Poverty in Scotland report
⚙️ Building a Scotland where all children have the chance to flourish is an investment both in our children and our futures
Join us for the latest data and our hopes for the next Scottish Parliament: events.zoom.us/ev/Amsdg9QQK...
⚙️ Building a Scotland where all children have the chance to flourish is an investment both in our children and our futures
Join us for the latest data and our hopes for the next Scottish Parliament: events.zoom.us/ev/Amsdg9QQK...
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🚨STOP THE BUS🚨
We have a new vacancy in JRF's Scotland Team.
We're looking for a Senior Policy Adviser to join our brilliant team here.
Passionately believe we can deliver a better Scotland free from poverty? Then it could be 🫵
Details 👇🕑 10/8.
www.jrf.org.uk/careers
We have a new vacancy in JRF's Scotland Team.
We're looking for a Senior Policy Adviser to join our brilliant team here.
Passionately believe we can deliver a better Scotland free from poverty? Then it could be 🫵
Details 👇🕑 10/8.
www.jrf.org.uk/careers
Careers
Do you want to help build a fairer future, free from poverty? Join us and use your skills to make a real difference.
www.jrf.org.uk
July 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🚨STOP THE BUS🚨
We have a new vacancy in JRF's Scotland Team.
We're looking for a Senior Policy Adviser to join our brilliant team here.
Passionately believe we can deliver a better Scotland free from poverty? Then it could be 🫵
Details 👇🕑 10/8.
www.jrf.org.uk/careers
We have a new vacancy in JRF's Scotland Team.
We're looking for a Senior Policy Adviser to join our brilliant team here.
Passionately believe we can deliver a better Scotland free from poverty? Then it could be 🫵
Details 👇🕑 10/8.
www.jrf.org.uk/careers
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Shaymaa Abulebda, an influential writer & scholar from Gaza, should soon be starting a PhD at the University of Edinburgh [part of which is an internship at Comma]. Instead she lives in a tent in al-Mawasi displacement camp in the ruins of southern Gaza.
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
July 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Shaymaa Abulebda, an influential writer & scholar from Gaza, should soon be starting a PhD at the University of Edinburgh [part of which is an internship at Comma]. Instead she lives in a tent in al-Mawasi displacement camp in the ruins of southern Gaza.
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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The Prime Minister told senior MPs today he wants to reduce child poverty this parliament
The most cost effective way to do that is to end the two child limit and take action on the benefit cap - actions that also target help to families in deep poverty. Read more ⬇️
www.jrf.org.uk/child-povert...
The most cost effective way to do that is to end the two child limit and take action on the benefit cap - actions that also target help to families in deep poverty. Read more ⬇️
www.jrf.org.uk/child-povert...
Three policies to reduce child poverty this parliament
This briefing sets out which children are at greatest risk of such severe and acute poverty, and what a child poverty strategy must include to address it.
www.jrf.org.uk
July 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Prime Minister told senior MPs today he wants to reduce child poverty this parliament
The most cost effective way to do that is to end the two child limit and take action on the benefit cap - actions that also target help to families in deep poverty. Read more ⬇️
www.jrf.org.uk/child-povert...
The most cost effective way to do that is to end the two child limit and take action on the benefit cap - actions that also target help to families in deep poverty. Read more ⬇️
www.jrf.org.uk/child-povert...
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Actually around 50,000 people will be pulled into poverty by remaining cuts in Bill - based on Govt’s impact assessments. @jrf-uk.bsky.social previously showed how DWP sleight of hand underplayed true poverty impact – same applies to this latest publication. 🧵1/3
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Welfare bill will now lift 50,000 out of poverty after U-turns, assessment finds
Revised bill passed after UK government rowed back on cuts will mean fewer rather than more people in relative poverty in 2030
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Actually around 50,000 people will be pulled into poverty by remaining cuts in Bill - based on Govt’s impact assessments. @jrf-uk.bsky.social previously showed how DWP sleight of hand underplayed true poverty impact – same applies to this latest publication. 🧵1/3
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Govt admits remaining cuts will pull at least 150,000 people into poverty by 2029. But its new impact assessment is again misleading – it could be more like 250,000. (Same reason as why Govt’s previous poverty assessment understated the impact – see: bsky.app/profile/iain...) 2/7
DWP is using a sleight of hand in its disability benefit cuts impact assessment: Actual increase in poverty is closer to 400,000, not the 250,000 in the impact assessment.
Quick thread explaining why. 🧵1/7
Quick thread explaining why. 🧵1/7
June 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Govt admits remaining cuts will pull at least 150,000 people into poverty by 2029. But its new impact assessment is again misleading – it could be more like 250,000. (Same reason as why Govt’s previous poverty assessment understated the impact – see: bsky.app/profile/iain...) 2/7
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Today Govt confirmed changes it will make to planned cuts to disability benefits. But Govt will still ask MPs to vote for large, arbitrary cuts to disabled people’s incomes that will increase poverty. The Bill should be opposed. Here’s why. 1/7
June 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Today Govt confirmed changes it will make to planned cuts to disability benefits. But Govt will still ask MPs to vote for large, arbitrary cuts to disabled people’s incomes that will increase poverty. The Bill should be opposed. Here’s why. 1/7
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Better homes. Better services. A thriving natural environment. Join the march for all of us. Edinburgh - 25 Oct. #WeDemandBetter scotland-demands-better.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Better homes. Better services. A thriving natural environment. Join the march for all of us. Edinburgh - 25 Oct. #WeDemandBetter scotland-demands-better.com
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I want to see non-disabled people shouting about the disability benefit cuts. If you spoke out about trans rights, abortion rights, or migrant rights in recent weeks? Good on you! If you aren’t doing the same for disabled people, ask yourself why.
June 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I want to see non-disabled people shouting about the disability benefit cuts. If you spoke out about trans rights, abortion rights, or migrant rights in recent weeks? Good on you! If you aren’t doing the same for disabled people, ask yourself why.
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📢 Join our team! ⭐️
We're looking for an Impact & Learning Manager to help us better understand, evaluate, and amplify the impact of our work in Scotland.
📅 Closing date: 17 June
Full details ⬇️
jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/jobs/vacancy...
We're looking for an Impact & Learning Manager to help us better understand, evaluate, and amplify the impact of our work in Scotland.
📅 Closing date: 17 June
Full details ⬇️
jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/jobs/vacancy...
Save the Children
jobs.savethechildren.org.uk
June 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
📢 Join our team! ⭐️
We're looking for an Impact & Learning Manager to help us better understand, evaluate, and amplify the impact of our work in Scotland.
📅 Closing date: 17 June
Full details ⬇️
jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/jobs/vacancy...
We're looking for an Impact & Learning Manager to help us better understand, evaluate, and amplify the impact of our work in Scotland.
📅 Closing date: 17 June
Full details ⬇️
jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/jobs/vacancy...
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240,000 children are in poverty in Scotland.
Every one of them is a reason for all political parties to deliver a better Scotland.
📝 We have published a toolkit to ensure that each party's manifestos is up to the task of meeting the child poverty reduction targets: www.jrf.org.uk/child-povert....
Every one of them is a reason for all political parties to deliver a better Scotland.
📝 We have published a toolkit to ensure that each party's manifestos is up to the task of meeting the child poverty reduction targets: www.jrf.org.uk/child-povert....
June 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
240,000 children are in poverty in Scotland.
Every one of them is a reason for all political parties to deliver a better Scotland.
📝 We have published a toolkit to ensure that each party's manifestos is up to the task of meeting the child poverty reduction targets: www.jrf.org.uk/child-povert....
Every one of them is a reason for all political parties to deliver a better Scotland.
📝 We have published a toolkit to ensure that each party's manifestos is up to the task of meeting the child poverty reduction targets: www.jrf.org.uk/child-povert....
All political parties agreed to the Scottish Child Poverty Reduction targets in 2017.
240,000 children in Scotland are in poverty.
@jrf-uk.bsky.social have launched a toolkit to ensure that the manifestos of these political parties will meet these targets by the end of the next parliament.
240,000 children in Scotland are in poverty.
@jrf-uk.bsky.social have launched a toolkit to ensure that the manifestos of these political parties will meet these targets by the end of the next parliament.
June 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
All political parties agreed to the Scottish Child Poverty Reduction targets in 2017.
240,000 children in Scotland are in poverty.
@jrf-uk.bsky.social have launched a toolkit to ensure that the manifestos of these political parties will meet these targets by the end of the next parliament.
240,000 children in Scotland are in poverty.
@jrf-uk.bsky.social have launched a toolkit to ensure that the manifestos of these political parties will meet these targets by the end of the next parliament.
Reposted by Carla Cebula
The UK is among the worst nations in Europe for child poverty.
In the UK, 11% of 15-year-olds reported they had skipped a meal in 2022 because there wasn't enough money to buy food.
In the Netherlands and Finland, this number was 3%.
In the UK, 11% of 15-year-olds reported they had skipped a meal in 2022 because there wasn't enough money to buy food.
In the Netherlands and Finland, this number was 3%.
May 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The UK is among the worst nations in Europe for child poverty.
In the UK, 11% of 15-year-olds reported they had skipped a meal in 2022 because there wasn't enough money to buy food.
In the Netherlands and Finland, this number was 3%.
In the UK, 11% of 15-year-olds reported they had skipped a meal in 2022 because there wasn't enough money to buy food.
In the Netherlands and Finland, this number was 3%.
Reposted by Carla Cebula
The government says its cuts to disability benefits are part of a “moral mission” to get more people working.
But analysis shows fewer than 100,00 are expected to start work by the end of the parliament.
Meanwhile around 3m will have disability & health related benefits cut. 1/4
But analysis shows fewer than 100,00 are expected to start work by the end of the parliament.
Meanwhile around 3m will have disability & health related benefits cut. 1/4
May 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The government says its cuts to disability benefits are part of a “moral mission” to get more people working.
But analysis shows fewer than 100,00 are expected to start work by the end of the parliament.
Meanwhile around 3m will have disability & health related benefits cut. 1/4
But analysis shows fewer than 100,00 are expected to start work by the end of the parliament.
Meanwhile around 3m will have disability & health related benefits cut. 1/4
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Comment from our Principal Analyst @rebeccaflorisson.bsky.social on zero-hour contract data from the ONS ⬇️
“Today’s data indicates a marked increase in the use of zero-hour contracts in the last year. There are now 1.17 million zero-hour contract workers, the second highest level on record. (1/7)
“Today’s data indicates a marked increase in the use of zero-hour contracts in the last year. There are now 1.17 million zero-hour contract workers, the second highest level on record. (1/7)
May 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Comment from our Principal Analyst @rebeccaflorisson.bsky.social on zero-hour contract data from the ONS ⬇️
“Today’s data indicates a marked increase in the use of zero-hour contracts in the last year. There are now 1.17 million zero-hour contract workers, the second highest level on record. (1/7)
“Today’s data indicates a marked increase in the use of zero-hour contracts in the last year. There are now 1.17 million zero-hour contract workers, the second highest level on record. (1/7)
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My reaction on behalf of @jrf-uk.bsky.social, on today's labour market statistics and the Government's plans to cut disability benefits. The threat of widespread hardship among disabled people, unable to replace the incomes they lose out on through work, is even starker.
May 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
My reaction on behalf of @jrf-uk.bsky.social, on today's labour market statistics and the Government's plans to cut disability benefits. The threat of widespread hardship among disabled people, unable to replace the incomes they lose out on through work, is even starker.
Reposted by Carla Cebula
Whilst grown adults in Reform come after Send pupils as “victims”, here’s 16 year old Niamdh Braid winning her right to a British Sign Language interpreter at school. Guess who the real losers are? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘The only thing we can’t do is hear’: the deaf pupil who beat Fife council in court
Niamdh Braid, 16, demanded her right to full education – and now hopes her success will inspire more deaf children to aim high
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Whilst grown adults in Reform come after Send pupils as “victims”, here’s 16 year old Niamdh Braid winning her right to a British Sign Language interpreter at school. Guess who the real losers are? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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As immigration dominates the headlines today, including disturbing comments made by those in political positions, such as the suggestion that people seeking safety ‘should be put in tents’…
We have one message and one message only:
We have one message and one message only:
May 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As immigration dominates the headlines today, including disturbing comments made by those in political positions, such as the suggestion that people seeking safety ‘should be put in tents’…
We have one message and one message only:
We have one message and one message only:
Around 80,000 children - the equivalent of all children 16 and under in Edinburgh - are living in very deep poverty.
The next Scottish Government needs to radically change the game if they are to reach the 2030 child poverty reduction targets.
The next Scottish Government needs to radically change the game if they are to reach the 2030 child poverty reduction targets.
April 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Around 80,000 children - the equivalent of all children 16 and under in Edinburgh - are living in very deep poverty.
The next Scottish Government needs to radically change the game if they are to reach the 2030 child poverty reduction targets.
The next Scottish Government needs to radically change the game if they are to reach the 2030 child poverty reduction targets.
Reposted by Carla Cebula
🧵 Exciting news – we’re now seeking expressions of interest for the Devolved Conversations part of our Safety Nets project!
April 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🧵 Exciting news – we’re now seeking expressions of interest for the Devolved Conversations part of our Safety Nets project!
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We're hiring a Policy Adviser!
You'll work across policy areas (work, care, housing and more) to generate ideas that address the challenges underpinning poverty in the UK.
📍 Hybrid (York/London)
Salary: £37,546.60 (+ LDN weighting)
9 Months FTC
Find out more and apply now: bit.ly/4jdaWGn
You'll work across policy areas (work, care, housing and more) to generate ideas that address the challenges underpinning poverty in the UK.
📍 Hybrid (York/London)
Salary: £37,546.60 (+ LDN weighting)
9 Months FTC
Find out more and apply now: bit.ly/4jdaWGn
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April 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We're hiring a Policy Adviser!
You'll work across policy areas (work, care, housing and more) to generate ideas that address the challenges underpinning poverty in the UK.
📍 Hybrid (York/London)
Salary: £37,546.60 (+ LDN weighting)
9 Months FTC
Find out more and apply now: bit.ly/4jdaWGn
You'll work across policy areas (work, care, housing and more) to generate ideas that address the challenges underpinning poverty in the UK.
📍 Hybrid (York/London)
Salary: £37,546.60 (+ LDN weighting)
9 Months FTC
Find out more and apply now: bit.ly/4jdaWGn
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Can anyone recommend any good articles by social policy scholars/sociologists/social researchers about the term 'hard working families' & how it is mobilised by the state, politicians and advocacy groups?
April 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Can anyone recommend any good articles by social policy scholars/sociologists/social researchers about the term 'hard working families' & how it is mobilised by the state, politicians and advocacy groups?