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The processing time for the government’s Funeral Expenses Payment is decreasing, but the costs related to a funeral are still high.
A growing number of jobs are becoming less stable, with fewer benefits and stagnating wages. This is taking a significant toll on the psychological health of workers.
Social housing providers can help people get into work, with tailored, long-term support.
Yes, most jobseekers who receive Newstart payments are also eligible for other benefits. But in many cases this is just a few dollars a fortnight to help with expenses such as electricity bills.
From Ford to Facebook, companies have long used benefits to mold employee behavior – even incentivizing the ‘right’ kind of lifestyle.
Defensive responses on Twitter from the Department of Work and Pensions to the Channel 4 series Skint Britain appear tone-deaf.
The Finnish experiment will only fuel further debate on whether or not universal basic income is a good idea.
Numbers are largely viewed as holding the truth. But this is an unrealistic expectation.
The government has had to rethink its roll-out of Universal Credit – but small tweaks to the system won’t prevent people on housing benefit from being evicted.
The desire to treat all those in poverty via one policy stems from the same impulses that led to reform of poor laws in the 19th century.
The concept of Universal Credit reveals something wider about the UK’s current political fixation on debt.
Young people are being put off claiming benefits – and it’s costing both them, and society.
The system of welfare conditionality that underpins Universal Credit is ineffective at moving people off social security and into work.
A new study has highlighted the damaging psychological impact of welfare conditionality on disabled people.
The best way to help young people into work is to listen to their aspirations, and cater to their needs.
No longer can young people invest in their education and work their way into secure employment. The health impacts of this job insecurity are profound.
Administrative errors and negative stereotypes lead landlords to discriminate against people on housing benefit.
The universal basic income movement has a major problem: both critics and even many supporters don’t understand how much it would really cost.
A long read on the decimation of British jobcentres – and why it puts the rollout of Universal Credit at risk.
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Professor in Social Policy, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Salford
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Kent
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Social Policy, Lancaster University
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Professor of Social Policy, University of York
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Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Sociology in the School of Social Policy, Sociology, and Social Research, University of Kent
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Geography, Durham University
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Reader in Employment and Head of the Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor of Social Policy, University of York
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Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Maynooth University