Koldo Casla
@koldocasla.bsky.social
Leire eta Nahiaren aita; Dad of two • Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School & Human Rights Centre @universityofessex.bsky.social • Politics, Law, Social Rights • Author ‘The Social Right to Property: Social Function & Human Rights' ✍️ 📖
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Most households subject to the two-child limit already have at least one adult in work.
Of the minority of households that are not in work, more than nine-in-ten have a child under three or a disabled family member with additional care needs, making any return to the labour market challenging.
Of the minority of households that are not in work, more than nine-in-ten have a child under three or a disabled family member with additional care needs, making any return to the labour market challenging.
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Most households subject to the two-child limit already have at least one adult in work.
Of the minority of households that are not in work, more than nine-in-ten have a child under three or a disabled family member with additional care needs, making any return to the labour market challenging.
Of the minority of households that are not in work, more than nine-in-ten have a child under three or a disabled family member with additional care needs, making any return to the labour market challenging.
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The threat to 400 jobs at Essex, in the lead up to Christmas is nothing short of cruel.
We stand with every member affected. We will fight this.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1427...
We stand with every member affected. We will fight this.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1427...
Staff fury as University of Essex threatens to slash 400 jobs
The University and College Union has today (Tuesday 2 December) condemned plans by the University of Essex to axe 400 jobs and close its Southend campus.
www.ucu.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The threat to 400 jobs at Essex, in the lead up to Christmas is nothing short of cruel.
We stand with every member affected. We will fight this.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1427...
We stand with every member affected. We will fight this.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1427...
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The University of Essex has announced it is looking to cut staff and close one of its campuses as it looks to create a more “sustainable” future. Juliette Rowsell reports
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/essex-close-southend-campus-and-cut-400-jobs
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/essex-close-southend-campus-and-cut-400-jobs
Essex to close Southend campus and cut 400 jobs
University says it has been forced into making ‘decisions we could have never previously imagined’ after steep drop in international student numbers
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The University of Essex has announced it is looking to cut staff and close one of its campuses as it looks to create a more “sustainable” future. Juliette Rowsell reports
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/essex-close-southend-campus-and-cut-400-jobs
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/essex-close-southend-campus-and-cut-400-jobs
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It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing @balaraj.bsky.social and other UN experts raise concerns over homes rented out by English social landlord. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UN experts raise concerns over homes rented out by English social landlord
Exclusive: Letter says L&Q appears to have systematically failed in its duty to provide adequate standard of living
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing @balaraj.bsky.social and other UN experts raise concerns over homes rented out by English social landlord. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"The Online Safety Act’s primary role is to stop children viewing harmful content, but it does nothing to stop tech being designed to keep children engaged, as both consumer and product, in this, arguably very harmful way." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
Technology’s cost to our kids
Digitisation has changed childhood for the worse
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"The Online Safety Act’s primary role is to stop children viewing harmful content, but it does nothing to stop tech being designed to keep children engaged, as both consumer and product, in this, arguably very harmful way." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
To truly tackle child poverty, the UK needs to end no recourse to public funds. theconversation.com/to-truly-tac...
To truly tackle child poverty, the UK needs to look again at migration policy
No recourse to public funds restrictions mean that families cannot access any benefits regardless of need.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
To truly tackle child poverty, the UK needs to end no recourse to public funds. theconversation.com/to-truly-tac...
The two-child limit failed – all it did was increase poverty. Besides being cruel and stereotypical, there has been almost no noticeable impact on fertility, nor have there been changes to employment. Prof Ruth Patrick. theconversation.com/the-two-chil...
The two-child limit failed – all it did was increase poverty
The controversial policy was a product of the UK’s austerity period.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The two-child limit failed – all it did was increase poverty. Besides being cruel and stereotypical, there has been almost no noticeable impact on fertility, nor have there been changes to employment. Prof Ruth Patrick. theconversation.com/the-two-chil...
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El avance de la España segregada: así se empuja a los inmigrantes a los barrios más pobres www.eldiario.es/desalambre/a...
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
El avance de la España segregada: así se empuja a los inmigrantes a los barrios más pobres www.eldiario.es/desalambre/a...
70% of the additional spending from removing the 2-child limit will go to families who are in work.
Work is not 'the' solution to welfare dependence.
Many people do work, often more than one job, but they and their children remain poor.
Something is broken.
@ippr.org www.ippr.org/media-office...
Work is not 'the' solution to welfare dependence.
Many people do work, often more than one job, but they and their children remain poor.
Something is broken.
@ippr.org www.ippr.org/media-office...
‘Budget for Benefit Street’ claim refuted by numbers, reveals IPPR | IPPR
70 per cent of the cash from abolishing the two-child limit goes to kids whose parents are in workEconomic benefits from scrapping two child limit can outw
www.ippr.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
70% of the additional spending from removing the 2-child limit will go to families who are in work.
Work is not 'the' solution to welfare dependence.
Many people do work, often more than one job, but they and their children remain poor.
Something is broken.
@ippr.org www.ippr.org/media-office...
Work is not 'the' solution to welfare dependence.
Many people do work, often more than one job, but they and their children remain poor.
Something is broken.
@ippr.org www.ippr.org/media-office...
"Mientras que las élites políticas franquistas sí vieron limitada su influencia, los líderes económicos mantuvieron en gran medida sus posiciones privilegiadas." en @agendapublica.es agendapublica.es/noticia/2041...
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Mientras que las élites políticas franquistas sí vieron limitada su influencia, los líderes económicos mantuvieron en gran medida sus posiciones privilegiadas." en @agendapublica.es agendapublica.es/noticia/2041...
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Is it true that only high income people live in expensive homes? Mainly yes.
Of the people living in band F-H homes in England, 3 in 4 are in the top half of incomes, so any tax rises aimed at them would be largely progressive.
And boy, could Council Tax do with being more progressive!
Of the people living in band F-H homes in England, 3 in 4 are in the top half of incomes, so any tax rises aimed at them would be largely progressive.
And boy, could Council Tax do with being more progressive!
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Is it true that only high income people live in expensive homes? Mainly yes.
Of the people living in band F-H homes in England, 3 in 4 are in the top half of incomes, so any tax rises aimed at them would be largely progressive.
And boy, could Council Tax do with being more progressive!
Of the people living in band F-H homes in England, 3 in 4 are in the top half of incomes, so any tax rises aimed at them would be largely progressive.
And boy, could Council Tax do with being more progressive!
Exclusive FOI data reveals the ex-prisoners are in temporary accommodation in London—and councils seem unsure whether they pose a risk. The Covert Councillor @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
Are councils housing sex offenders alongside homeless families?
Exclusive FOI data reveals the ex-prisoners are in temporary accommodation in London—and councils don’t seem to know if they pose a risk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Exclusive FOI data reveals the ex-prisoners are in temporary accommodation in London—and councils seem unsure whether they pose a risk. The Covert Councillor @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
Catalunya debate la prohibición de la compra de viviendas para especular. www.eldiario.es/1_c2b239?utm...
Catalunya debate la prohibición de la compra de viviendas para especular
Varias iniciativas en el Parlament y en el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona reclaman que en las zonas de alquiler tensionado no puedan adquirirse pisos que no tengan como destino ser residencia habitual
www.eldiario.es
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Catalunya debate la prohibición de la compra de viviendas para especular. www.eldiario.es/1_c2b239?utm...
"This isn’t a story about university losing its value. It’s a story about Britain becoming a lower wage economy." Sean Brophy theconversation.com/university-s...
University still pays off – even in lower-wage Britain
This isn’t a story about university losing its value. It’s a story about Britain becoming a lower wage economy.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"This isn’t a story about university losing its value. It’s a story about Britain becoming a lower wage economy." Sean Brophy theconversation.com/university-s...
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With @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social, @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social, @koldocasla.bsky.social, Friends Families Travellers, @renecassin.bsky.social above — colleagues from @justfairuk.bsky.social and @amnestyuk.bsky.social were missed.
November 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
With @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social, @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social, @koldocasla.bsky.social, Friends Families Travellers, @renecassin.bsky.social above — colleagues from @justfairuk.bsky.social and @amnestyuk.bsky.social were missed.
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Glad to join friends in the UK’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Network meeting with the Ministry of Justice today to follow up on the UN CESCR’s review earlier this year.
More here on the network: justfair.org.uk/campaigns-2/...
More here on the network: justfair.org.uk/campaigns-2/...
November 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Glad to join friends in the UK’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Network meeting with the Ministry of Justice today to follow up on the UN CESCR’s review earlier this year.
More here on the network: justfair.org.uk/campaigns-2/...
More here on the network: justfair.org.uk/campaigns-2/...
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Fully repealing the two-child limit on benefits is by far the best way to ensure fewer children grow up in poverty.
Half measures have been mooted – from moving to a three-child limit to exempting working families – but they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
Half measures have been mooted – from moving to a three-child limit to exempting working families – but they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Fully repealing the two-child limit on benefits is by far the best way to ensure fewer children grow up in poverty.
Half measures have been mooted – from moving to a three-child limit to exempting working families – but they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
Half measures have been mooted – from moving to a three-child limit to exempting working families – but they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
[email protected] v Czech Republic (191/2020), and FEANTSA v Belgium (203/2021), two key decisions by the European Committee of Social Rights on housing rights standards. Do not miss @padken.bsky.social's blogpost. www.housingrightswatch.org/content/new-...
New Decisions on FEANTSA Complaints Strengthen Housing Rights Standards
Professor Padraic Kenna Public and political debates on human rights often ignore commitments made by European States to uphold housing rights.
www.housingrightswatch.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
[email protected] v Czech Republic (191/2020), and FEANTSA v Belgium (203/2021), two key decisions by the European Committee of Social Rights on housing rights standards. Do not miss @padken.bsky.social's blogpost. www.housingrightswatch.org/content/new-...
Deseando participar el 20 de noviembre en el VIII Festival de Filosofía de Valladolid, donde conversaré con mis colegas Donald Bello-Hutt y Cristina Corredor sobre lo in/evitable de la guerra en las relaciones internacionales. Gracias a @uva-es.bsky.social Programa: valladolidpiensa.blogs.uva.es
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Deseando participar el 20 de noviembre en el VIII Festival de Filosofía de Valladolid, donde conversaré con mis colegas Donald Bello-Hutt y Cristina Corredor sobre lo in/evitable de la guerra en las relaciones internacionales. Gracias a @uva-es.bsky.social Programa: valladolidpiensa.blogs.uva.es
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Accueillir les enfants réfugiés de la guerre d’Espagne : une cause qui mobilisa la France des années 1930
Accueillir les enfants réfugiés de la guerre d’Espagne : une cause qui mobilisa la France des années 1930
Durant la guerre civile espagnole, près de 15 000 enfants réfugiés sont accueillis en France. Une cause qui suscite une grande mobilisation, de la gauche aux intellectuels catholiques.
theconversation.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Accueillir les enfants réfugiés de la guerre d’Espagne : une cause qui mobilisa la France des années 1930
más de 4 de cada 10 transacciones no son para vivienda habitual, lo que tensiona aún más los precios para quienes necesitan un techo bajo el que vivir. www.eldiario.es/economia/fam...
Familias o inversores: ¿quién compra viviendas en España con los precios disparados?
Un estudio de los agentes inmobiliarios señala que el 40% de las viviendas que se compran son para familias con hijos, mientras una de cada cuatro casas son para inversores y el 18%, para segundas res...
www.eldiario.es
October 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
más de 4 de cada 10 transacciones no son para vivienda habitual, lo que tensiona aún más los precios para quienes necesitan un techo bajo el que vivir. www.eldiario.es/economia/fam...
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📰 "En Europa no existe un único modelo de gobierno del poder judicial", una tribuna de @argeliaqueralt.bsky.social en @agendapublica.es
agendapublica.es/noticia/2028...
agendapublica.es/noticia/2028...
En Europa no existe un único modelo de gobierno del poder judicial
La Comisión de Venecia, el órgano consultivo del Consejo de Europa, ha emitido su dictamen respecto al informe de elección del CGPJ. La vocal del Consejo y colaboradora en 'Agenda Pública', Argelia Qu...
agendapublica.es
October 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
📰 "En Europa no existe un único modelo de gobierno del poder judicial", una tribuna de @argeliaqueralt.bsky.social en @agendapublica.es
agendapublica.es/noticia/2028...
agendapublica.es/noticia/2028...
"Their aim was just to understand these enjoyable, fascinating, unusual ideas, as articulated by these enjoyable, fascinating, unusual people — for no motive other than sheer curiosity." unherd.com/2025/10/i-mi...
I miss the great philosophers
unherd.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"Their aim was just to understand these enjoyable, fascinating, unusual ideas, as articulated by these enjoyable, fascinating, unusual people — for no motive other than sheer curiosity." unherd.com/2025/10/i-mi...
Some personal reflections on the International Day on the Eradication of Poverty cc @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social @atd4thworld.bsky.social hrcessex.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/e...
Ending Poverty Via Epistemic Justice
By Dr Koldo Casla (Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights Law at Essex Law School). We honour the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October. The extent to which th…
hrcessex.wordpress.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Some personal reflections on the International Day on the Eradication of Poverty cc @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social @atd4thworld.bsky.social hrcessex.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/e...