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cobrien.bsky.social
Professor of Law, University of York
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Are you ready for a new challenge? Why not apply to be our next Chief Executive... #CharityJob #WelfareCharity #AdviceSector #ChiefExecutive

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submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: The DWP consultation into plans to slash billions of pounds from disability benefits has been ruled unlawful in a damning High Court ruling. Mr Justice Calver repeatedly described the consultation held in autumn 2023 as “misleading”, “rushed” and “unfair” www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

submitted 43 days ago • 11 comments

R (Clifford) v SSWP [2025] EWHC (Admin) decides today that the 2023 WCA consultation, run by the Department for Work and Pensions, was unlawful.

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

Also a film in which a woman not marrying is somehow a more shocking fate than lots people dying, and in which we discover that being an ‘old maid’ is somehow bad for… your eyesight? 🤓😂

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: Strong evidence has emerged that the DWP hid the true reasons for its planned cuts to disability benefits Documents disclosed in a legal challenge also suggest up to 100,000 disabled people could be pushed into poverty by the changes By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

submitted 71 days ago • 11 comments

Here is a starter pack with organisations, academics, journalists working on EU citizenship, free movement rights and EU citizens in the UK. Still very draft and many not here yet. Let us know if you or others are missing (sorry!), we'll keep adding. go.bsky.app/EAGyge2

submitted 97 days ago • 3 comments

Sorry, promise I’ll stop posting about this now… but in case anyone is interested in some details www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Congratulations to the fantastic team at the EU Rights & Brexit Hub! As Charlotte stressed, we cannot take any rights for granted, especially with the government disputing that the EU Settlement Scheme confers Withdrawal Agreement rights. Grateful to collaborate with you on holding power to account!

submitted 99 days ago • 2 comments

Diolch, Dan!!

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

We won the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize for Outstanding Public Policy Impact last night. An inspiring evening, learning about projects making profound differences, highlighting the power of research (see: Yvonne McDermott Rees; @richardmoorhead.bsky.social; and many more)

submitted 99 days ago • 11 comments

Noooooooooo?!?!?! 😵😵😵

submitted 100 days ago • 16 comments

This is an incredible book by a real rising star, and it’s OPEN ACCESS! Out April 2025, run don’t walk!!

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

The essential starter pack

submitted 105 days ago • 4 comments

With farm owners protesting today over the prospect of paying a highly discounted inheritence tax, I'm sure you've seen quotes about how they "feed the nation". But nobody is talking about the migrant workers who actually pick the crops on horticulture farms, so here's a short thread about them.

submitted 102 days ago • 19 comments