Ignoring Britain’s poor is not only morally bad, it’s economically unsound
Thursday, January 19th, 2012 by Ben Morgan Posted in Citizen's income, Inequality, Labour rights, Livelihoods, Robin Hood Tax, Unemployment, Welfare reform | No Comments »This post first appeared on Open Democracy. Chill winds are sweeping Britain’s economy with a general expectation that poverty will increase in the coming years, and that poverty reduction targets will be missed. Alarm bells rang loudly after hints that the ...
Either we’re at war or all in it together – not both
Monday, January 16th, 2012 by Katherine Trebeck Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Fairness, Labour rights, Unemployment, Wellbeing | 4 Comments »Our Prime Minister has kicked off 2012 by announcing a pledge to half the amount of red-tape and calling health and safety laws a ‘monster’. This is part of a promise he made last year to wage ‘war’ on the ...
Would ‘Early Action’ deliver better and cheaper public services?
Friday, December 2nd, 2011 by Will Horwitz Posted in Cuts, Livelihoods, Unemployment, Young people | 1 Comment »Yesterday’s Autumn statement reconfirmed what many have long suspected: there is no imminent prospect of a boom in public spending to match that of the New Labour years. Yet as spending on public services dwindles the needs of those who ...
Raising benefits in line with prices is the very least we can do
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Benefits, Citizen's income, Cuts, Fairness, Fuel poverty, Livelihoods, Unemployment | No Comments »Last week, rumours abounded that the Treasury was considering increasing benefits by less than the rate of inflation. The inflation figure for September tends to be used each year as the reference point for raising benefit and pension levels in ...
Whose Economy? Starting the conversation towards a fairer Scotland
Monday, November 7th, 2011 by Mike Danson Posted in Cuts, Inequality, Livelihoods, Unemployment, Welfare reform, Whose Economy | No Comments »Several key messages were generated by the discussions in the Whose Economy? seminar series – which resulted in a series of papers now available here – and not the least of these was the importance of forensic social science in ...
My experience at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty
Thursday, October 27th, 2011 by Antony Metcalfe Posted in Citizen's income, Cuts, Homelessness, Livelihoods, Unemployment, Young people | No Comments »Last Thursday (20th October) the inaugural annual lecture of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Poverty – chaired by Kate Green OBE MP – took place in the Houses of Parliament. The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary ...
