No 50: Why do high rates of poverty and economic inequality persist in the UK?
by Karen Rowlingson The UK is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and yet levels of poverty and economic inequality are extremely high. […]
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No 44: In it together: why receiving benefits is far more common than we think
by Peter Whiteford In January 2019 the Australian shadow spokesperson for employment services announced that the Australian Labor Party would reduce the number of job […]
No 38: What we can learn from Scotland’s approach to social security
by Ruth Patrick Too often, we are told that welfare traps people in dependency, discouraging individuals from making the right choices, and enabling a culture […]
No 33: Trade unions and social protection – why the strength of collective organisation matters for social security
by Elke Heins The recent strikes in defence of university staff pensions have surprised many with the powerful collective action displayed by members of the […]
No 30: Disabled people’s independence: the underfunding and commodification of support
by Kirstein Rummery Social policy has always distinguished between the ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ in responses to need. When the post-war welfare settlement was decided, the […]
No 27: Social security reforms have channelled welfare towards the rich: what research and policy agenda does this set?
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 […]
No 26: Personal Independence Payment – a fair deal for people with mental health problems?
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 […]
No 24: Social insecurity: a new consensus is needed to return security to the system
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 […]