The prime minister wants fixing the crisis in social care to be the defining mission of his premiership.
- Professor in Social Policy, Lancaster University
Social security policies have long been used as part of political strategising.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn claims they do. Two academics assessed the facts.
Changes to the benefits system delve into the pockets of the poor and will lead to more families and disabled people needing to use food banks.
Plans to stop universal credit payments in favour of a ‘national living wage’ will not address the long-standing poverty of many people in paid employment.
The policies and rhetoric around the drive to cut the welfare bill show the persistence of a 19th century approach to relieving poverty.
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