Lessons from lockdown: valuing our voluntary and community sector
In an earlier blog on lessons from the lockdown period, we reflected on the incredible power of communities, and the necessity of resourcing them properly […]
Month: November 2020
‘Stay at home’: how poor housing adds to the misery of COVID-19 lockdown
I noticed the participant’s voice was cracking and the presence of long silences after my questions. “I can sense you’re getting upset”, I said. “I […]
Universal Credit: evidence and experience by Fran Bennett
Universal Credit has dominated the social security landscape in the UK over the past ten years. Whether you see it as the answer to claimants’ […]
Challenging policy problems and what researchers can do about them by Raj Patel
Many social policies can be difficult to formulate and implement well because they depend on a level of knowledge, mobilisation, governance and policy control that […]