Stop headline-chasing on benefit fraud – and concentrate on fixing the system
Friday, August 13th, 2010 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Welfare reform, livelihoods, uk poverty | 1 Comment »This week, David Cameron returned to one of the favoured themes of politicians looking for easy headlines – benefit fraud. With the welfare bill under pressure like no other area of public spending and with benefits already at historically low ...
Short selling on the optimism of our young people
Friday, August 13th, 2010 by Katherine Trebeck Posted in Welfare reform, attitudes, livelihoods, uk poverty | No Comments »David Cameron has said that in its spending cuts the ‘first thing’ the government should do is cut fraud and waste in the benefit system. The first thing? Really? Of course fraud anywhere should be stamped out – there is no ...
Let’s crack down on the real welfare cheats: wealthy tax evaders
Monday, August 9th, 2010 by Katherine Trebeck Posted in Welfare reform, attitudes | 6 Comments »Let’s crack down on the real welfare cheats: wealthy tax evaders Benefit cheats are held up as scroungers – with BBC even running a story about a man in a jive-dancing competition who was claiming disability benefits for an arthritic hip. But ...
Let’s watch our language when it comes to welfare
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 by Katherine Trebeck Posted in Welfare reform, attitudes | 3 Comments »Iain Duncan Smith has claimed there is a ‘culture of worklessness’ that prevents people getting jobs. But what he describes is not a “culture”- it’s a set of facts that mean that, even where people desperately want to work, doing ...
Surviving on a shoestring? Stuck in the benefits trap? Why not share your experiences with the world.
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 by Ciara Breen Posted in Welfare reform | 4 Comments »From our experience, the assumption that people living on benefits don’t want to work simply isn’t true. We know that trying to survive on a very low income in the UK is a tricky business. Which is why we are ...
Housing Benefit cuts will make people homeless and drive them away from jobs
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 by Richard Exell Posted in Welfare reform, child poverty, homelessness | No Comments »As specialist organisations have time to evaluate the likely effect of the Housing Benefit cuts, it is becoming clear that families will be forced into homelessness and child poverty will be exacerbated. The changes will force families to move away ...
