Double Take is the Centre for Social Justice's new podcast, where we take the two hottest issues of the week, drag two researchers from the engine room of policy making, and get their double-take on those two top stories.
On Double Take, we find the two hottest stories off the week, pull our best researchers out of the engine room of policymaking, and get their take on the week's tales.
Head of Welfare Ben Gregg and Head of Housing and Communities Josh Nicholson take on two of the biggest stories this week:
- The Waitrose employee sacked after trying to prevent a shoplifter from stealing some easter eggs
- Welfare spending overtaking income tax revenue for the first time.
Learn more about Ben's Welfare 2030 project at welfare2030.org.uk Contribute to Josh's High Streets Call for Evidence at: centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/britains-broken-high-streets
2 Jan 2026
Hold The Phone: What age should children be on social media?📱
Listen to a star-studded panel discuss growing evidence of how social media is harming children and young people, and what government, schools, mental health professionals, and civil society can do together to address this national challenge.
This event came at a timely moment as the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill proceeded through the House of Lords, providing a space to examine the case for raising the age of access to social media, and to consider how policy can better safeguard the wellbeing and development of children.
The CSJ report, Change the Prescription, published last year, found that change is required to protect children from exposure to harmful online content, which can have a detrimental impact on their mental health. Read it at centreforsocialjustice.org.uk.
Panel:
Lord Nash, Former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for SchoolsSophie Winkleman, actress, charity patron, and campaigner
Simon Bailey CBE, QPM, DL, Chair of the International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute
Dr Becky Foljambe, NHS GP Partner and founder of Health Professionals for Safer Screens
Jonathan Hinder MP, Pendle and Clitheroe
2 Jan 2026
🏆CSJ Awards 2025 Podcast, Hosted by Sharon Gaffka
On November 17th, the CSJ and the CSJ Foundation held the annual CSJ Awards. The biggest names from showbiz, politics and philanthropy descended on Westminster to celebrate the best small charities of 2025. On the morning of the ceremony, the five winning charities talked to VAWG Activist and Broadcaster Sharon Gaffka about their work, what it's like being a small charity in 2025 and their asks of Government.
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