by Jane Millar Fifty years ago, in 1967, means-testing was just a small part of our social security system. Supplementary Benefit had been introduced in 1966 (replacing National Assistance) but was as much, if not […]
by Nicola Yeates For those of us in ‘Brexit Britain’, it is sometimes easy to forget that the planned withdrawal of the UK from the EU is a countervailing global trend. Deeper regional cooperation and […]
by Hartley Dean The role of the Social Policy academic has in several respects always been ambiguous. The object of her scholarship may variously be regarded as a discrete discipline or as a multi- or […]
by Alan Walker Social policy has neglected ageing and, as a result, it has vacated what should have been a leading role in responding to one of the biggest challenges facing the world. This neglect […]
by Pete Alcock My summer reading this year included a new biography of Clement Attlee, leader of the post-war Labour administration generally credited with the introduction of the British welfare state — Citizen Clem by […]
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