Dan Paskins
Save the Children UK Exec Director - UK Impact
Vice-Chair, End Child Poverty
Chair, Civic Power Fund
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- Two pieces of advice for people worried about SEND reforms, from the successful campaign to scrap the 2 child limit: 1/ Ignore every single media story with unnamed "sources" 2/ You can trust that the decision-makers at the Department for Education genuinely have children's best interests at heart
- Latest from me, and one of the most important pieces on Special Needs I've written so far: "In fifteen years of political journalism, I don’t think I have seen anything quite like this: a mad game of briefing, counter-briefing and official stonewalling." maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/why-the-po...
- This is such a good example of how to apply systems thinking to solve public policy challenges in new ways, both innovative and clearly written
- Terrific report on that by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social for Labour Together, this:
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- Reposted by Dan PaskinsIt’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
- Great organisation - if you are looking for a trustee opportunity then do have a look at this one
- Great piece. I worked on Big Local and would add that another lesson is about how long term, large scale expendable endowments of grant funding are a very effective way of funding this kind of work and we should do more of this.
- New post just out: "Power to the People" Today we have a guest post from @jamestplunkett.bsky.social on how Labour can counter the "Britain is Broken" narrative by investing in civic life and giving people more control over their community. (Free to read) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/p...
- Reposted by Dan PaskinsGift link - we all need to read this. Shoot this Resistance into my veins! After 48 hours of torture, Dr. Christie wrote a forced confession — “the best thing I ever wrote,” he later told the BBC www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...
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- Such great news that the Scottish Child Payment for families with babies will go up to £40/week from 2027. Analysis below from our fab team in Scotland 👇
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- Teachers back scrapping the two child limit and believe it will help children's education inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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- This is also why "involving children in creating new institutions and renewing systems" is ultimately better than "defend the existing status quo which was developed decades ago" - even when we like the existing institutions and systems and they do good things
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- Reposted by Dan PaskinsThe older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
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- Here's my review of 2025. It's a story of how collective action helped lift over half a million kids out of poverty, and how even in the toughest of times a better future is possible. medium.com/@DanPaskins/...
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- Literally every expert in how to help children: pls get rid of 2 child limit, here is the evidence about why this would help children Government: ok we will get rid of 2 child limit and help children Journalists: why is the government putting party before country
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- Reposted by Dan Paskins📣New @jrf-uk.bsky.social analysis Scrapping the 2 child limit alone has reversed the projected decline in living standards by *more than half* for the bottom third of households 1/2
- This by @liamthorp.bsky.social is excellent
- Reposted by Dan PaskinsThe Chancellor made a bold claim today that this parliament will see the biggest reduction in child poverty since records began. If the Budget doc projection of child poverty falling by 400,000 is right, so is the claim. Removing the two child limit is pivotal to this reduction.
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- Reposted by Dan PaskinsWe welcome this bold action by the Chancellor to scrap the two-child limit. By the end of this Parliament, 450,000 children across the country will have been lifted out of poverty. Scrapping this unjust policy is the single most powerful step to reduce child poverty in a generation. 1/3
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- Reposted by Dan PaskinsWhy the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
- Reposted by Dan PaskinsPeople expect Labour to reduce child poverty- esp as years of cost of living crisis means hardship is a shared experience. Removing the two child limit is a crucial policy, and how it’s argued for matters for levels of support. Good from @luketryl.bsky.social www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...
- Reposted by Dan Paskins83% of the public agree that no child should be living in poverty in the UK www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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- Reposted by Dan PaskinsStormont’s Executive parties & Opposition stand united in a call - backed by so many in the community & voluntary sector - for the full scrapping of the 2-child limit! #everychildcounts @savechildrenuk.bsky.social @trusselluk.bsky.social
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