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Month: April 2018

Citizens' wealth funds have worked to return wealth to the public and balance inequality in many places. Can it work in the UK?

No 28: The people’s stake – could a UK citizens’ wealth fund tackle the inequality crisis?

April 30, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Stewart Lansley Politicians huff and puff, declare their principled opposition to the widening income gap but take no action. UK inequality levels are much […]

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How to Join the SPA

April 26, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

How do I join? To join the Social Policy Association please click here and follow the sign up instructions. Once submitted, the Membership Secretary will approve […]

Research shows that the British middle and upper classes have taken more in welfare in recent years than have the working class.

No 27: Social security reforms have channelled welfare towards the rich: what research and policy agenda does this set?

April 23, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Daniel Edmiston Seventy years ago, the National Assistance Act was passed as the final piece of the legislative jigsaw that saw the establishment of […]

Personal independence payment, or PIP, has proved disastrous for mental health patients.

No 26: Personal Independence Payment – a fair deal for people with mental health problems?

April 16, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Richard Machin ‘U-turn’, ‘Fiasco’, ‘Chaos’ – Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has been back in the news at the start of 2018 and the headlines […]

Conditional Cash Transfer or CCT programmes can do more harm than good.

No 25: The hidden injuries of conditional cash transfer programs

April 9, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Gerardo Arriaga 2018 marks the 21st anniversary of the first-of-its-kind Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program worldwide — a program that aims to alleviate poverty […]

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No 24: Social insecurity: a new consensus is needed to return security to the system

April 3, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 1

by Sarah Batty ‘Putting the security back into Social Security’ was the title of a series of national solution-focused workshops held in 2017 in which […]

Recent Posts

  • Blog: Promoting Connectedness Across Differences Through Social Mixing in West Lothian: Insights from Phase One of a Three-Phase Research Project
  • Event: What can the four UK nations learn from each other on health policy?
  • Event: Work and welfare: employment policy in Britain and beyond
  • Event: SPA Pension Policy Group annual public event on Wednesday, 20th May 3pm – 4:30pm
  • Blog: The Public-Private Mix in Pensions – A Comparative Perspective
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  • Event: Work and welfare: employment policy in Britain and beyond
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