The controversial policy was a product of the UK’s austerity period.
- Professor in Social Policy, University of Glasgow
Do Rachel Reeves’ sums add up?
The two child limit and benefit cap leave many families living with extreme financial insecurity.
Many of the measures already implemented to reduce government spending have actually pushed people further away from the labour market.
At the height of the pandemic, the government temporarily paused welfare conditionality, but claimants continued to seek work at just the same level as when conditionality was in place.
The two-child limit urgently needs to go – the future of the UK’s children depend on it.
Academic experts break down the policy highlights in the 2024 king’s speech.
The temporary increase to benefits was a lifeline for families during the pandemic.
Defensive responses on Twitter from the Department of Work and Pensions to the Channel 4 series Skint Britain appear tone-deaf.
Designed to ease budgetry pressures, households in Scotland on Universal Credit can now opt for a fortnightly payment instead of being paid monthly.
From April, single parents will have to look for work when their youngest child turns three.
Individual cases that seem on the outside to be morally problematic are difficult to assess, and shouldn’t also be held up as the norm.
In Italy, a homeless man was excused by the supreme court for stealing food. In the UK, people living in poverty are fined for it.
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