The government’s planned reforms contain some good ideas – but the challenges are huge.
- Reader in Employment and Head of the Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University
Requiring low-paid, part-time workers to increase their hours or take on multiple jobs can have adverse physical and mental health impacts.
Record numbers of people are in work but the number of those in employment and in poverty is also rising.
Social housing providers can help people get into work, with tailored, long-term support.
Young people are being put off claiming benefits – and it’s costing both them, and society.
A study has revealed how former Armed Forces personnel can get ignored and mistreated by an unsympathetic social security system.
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