Lucy Mort
Principal Research Fellow at IPPR. Work on migration and cohesion. Care about creating a fairer and more just world.
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- Apologies, I haven't been here for a while - but @jacquibroadhead.bsky.social has convinced me that it's a worthwhile place to be, so hello 👋
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- One provider out, another with its own chequered history in. Meanwhile, costs continue to climb. This Times article cites @ippr.bsky.social research: annual costs per person have risen from £17k to 41k since 2020. ⏳2026 is a critical opportunity to break free from a failing system. bit.ly/4hGnWTW
- This time last week I spoke at the Home Affairs Select Committee about fixing our asylum accommodation system. We urgently need to shift power regionally and locally, improve safeguarding, and move away from mass sites - towards community solutions that work for everyone.
- The asylum accommodation system is in urgent need of reform. It’s costing far too much while failing to provide people fleeing war and persecution with the safe, clean environments they need. 📺 @lucyhbmort.bsky.social speaking to Home Affairs Committee 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJVF...
- ICYMI: See also this wonderful write up of our report in the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
- Last week, @josephinewy.bsky.social and I published a report on childcare - specifically, how migrant families with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) are locked out of childcare support, pushing them deeper into poverty and holding back their children. 🧵👇
- Last week, @josephinewy.bsky.social and I published a report on childcare - specifically, how migrant families with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) are locked out of childcare support, pushing them deeper into poverty and holding back their children. 🧵👇
- I wrote a blog about the UK’s citizenship & settlement policies - and how both the Conservatives & Labour are making decisions that will trap people in precarity without solving anything. A quick thread on why this matters 🧵👇
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- New report on childcare from @jodier.bsky.social and @jamie-ohalloran.bsky.social. Highlights that many families are excluded from essential childcare provision, including those with no recourse to public funds. Look out for detailed research from @josephinewy.bsky.social on this in the new year!
- The asylum stats reiterate the fact that too many people are still stuck in woeful hotels. This is costing the gov't a hell of a lot and is no good at all for people living in them. We need local & regional bodies to be put in the driving seat - getting people out of hotels and into communities.
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- This ep of File on 4 is well worth a listen. It features people who feared for their lives when rioters targeted hotels in the summer & highlights @ippr.bsky.social analysis that finds the cost of asylum accom has more than doubled pp in just 5 years from £17k to £41k. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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- The NAO reports that the Home Office 'cut corners' and - in the process - spent WAY over the odds on a building that was completely unfit for use as accommodation. I'd like to say I'm surprised, but alas... www.itv.com/news/2024-11...
