NRPF, child poverty and health outcomes.
Researching the impact of the hostile environment on child development.
David Stark is a research Fellow at the University of Birmingham’s School of Social Policy.
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December 2, 2025 Natalia Farmer “The space and place we inhabit produce us.” – Elspeth Probyn (2003) When you think of social work, what comes to mind? Helping people. Fighting for justice. Making life better for those who need support. Perhaps so. However, social work does not exist in isolation. It is shaped by history,…
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Andrea E Williamson and Calum Lindsay Illustrations by Jack Brougham. People who have ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF) status in the UK are often invisible to public sector statutory services. Due to this citizenship status, they and their families do not have access to the care and safety nets that most of us take…
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David Stark, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham We were interested last week to read the Children’s Commissioner’s report on Growing Up in Poverty, which highlights the ‘Dickensian’ levels of poverty experienced by 1 million destitute children presently living in the UK. The report makes salient observations on the impacts of poverty on children’s and young…
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The question of immigration has occupied significant space in policy discourse over recent years, with successive administrations effectively staking electoral fortunes on their determination to ‘stop the boats’, and ‘take back control’ of the nation’s borders. The issue is invariably framed in terms of crisis and overload, with a series of punitive measures put in…
NRPF, child poverty and health outcomes. 