Women lose out under Universal Credit proposals
Monday, June 13th, 2011 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Benefits, Equality, Gender, Welfare reform | No Comments »This post first appeared on Left Foot Forward. In legislating to pay benefits in a single, household-level payment, the government risks harming children’s well-being, reducing gender equality, and increasing vulnerability to financial abuse. Universal Credit aims to consolidate a range ...
Exploring the links between poverty and ethnicity
Monday, June 6th, 2011 by Helen Barnard Posted in Equality, UK poverty | 2 Comments »I have spent a good part of the last couple of years developing a new programme for JRF, focusing on the relationship between poverty and ethnicity. It's been fascinating and lots of people have been incredibly generous with their time ...
‘Technically feasible’ and ‘morally right’ – latest from the Robin Hood tax campaign
Thursday, April 28th, 2011 by Oxfam UK Poverty Posted in Attitudes, Cuts, Equality, Fairness, Inequality, Robin Hood Tax, UK poverty, UKPP news, Unemployment, Welfare reform, Wellbeing | No Comments »It’s been a busy, important and successful couple of months for the Robin Hood Tax campaign. Increasingly widely recognised as an idea ‘whose time has come’ (to quote from a recent article by economist Ha-Joon Chang and researcher Duncan Green), ...
‘Why Social Inequality Persists’
Thursday, April 21st, 2011 by Oxfam UK Poverty Posted in Attitudes, Equality, Fairness, Inequality, Livelihoods, UK poverty, Unemployment, Welfare reform, Wellbeing | No Comments »Speaking at the RSA, leading social commentators Danny Dorling and Kate Pickett discuss the persistence of injustice and the unacknowledged beliefs that propagate it.
Might we gain empathy through truth?
Thursday, April 21st, 2011 by Katherine Trebeck Posted in Attitudes, Equality, Fairness, Inequality, UK poverty, Wellbeing | No Comments »On Saturday I joined over three hundred people in the ornate Glasgow City Chambers for the Poverty Truth Commission Final Gathering, the culmination of a two year project led by the Church of Scotland based on the principles of the ...
Destitution challenge – two days in
Thursday, April 14th, 2011 by Hannah Lucas Posted in Asylum-seekers, Attitudes, Cuts, Equality, Fairness, Livelihoods, Migrants, Refugees, UK poverty, Voluntary work | 1 Comment »So Marianne and I are 2 days in to the destitution challenge and so far surviving. Marianne turned her nose up at the rice and sweetcorn we ate for lunch yesterday and I was jealous of our housemates eating curry ...
