High rural poverty rates are driven largely by fuel and transport costs.
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Poverty impacts your mental health as much as your daily life and your physical wellbeing.
Evidence shows that benefits sanctions push people into worse jobs, with long term negative effects.
The CJEU’s ruling on benefits access for some EU nationals could have stark implications for millions of people.
Spare a thought for Britain’s veterans navigating the minefield that is the UK’s benefits system.
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 new study has highlighted the damaging psychological impact of welfare conditionality on disabled people.
Advice saves lives and provides vital support to people seeking benefits, but severe cuts mean vulnerable people are at risk.
The universal basic income movement has a major problem: both critics and even many supporters don’t understand how much it would really cost.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ latest analysis of the impact of government benefits and taxes on household income shows this reduces income inequality by more than 40% in Australia.
Perpetual uncertainty and changes to the way disability benefits work take a heavy toll on claimants.
Designed to ease budgetry pressures, households in Scotland on Universal Credit can now opt for a fortnightly payment instead of being paid monthly.
New research on implicit attitudes to people who receive benefits shows how pervasive hostility towards them is.
It’s about housing, transport, benefits, pay, and the culture of work.
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Salford
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Reader in Employment and Head of the Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University
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PhD Candidate, University of Hertfordshire
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Professor Medical Sociology, University of Essex
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Research fellow, University of Bristol
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Research Fellow, Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor), King's College London
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Reader in Clinical Psychology and Public Voice Scholar, University of Essex
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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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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor in Social Policy, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Law, University of York
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Researcher in Geography, Uppsala University
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Senior Lecturer and Manager of the Rural Policy Centre, Scotland's Rural College
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Professor of Planning, Newcastle University, Newcastle University