Whose welfare state is it anyway?
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 by Kenny McBride Posted in Benefits, Citizen's income, Corporate Social Responsibility, Fairness, Inequality, Livelihoods | 1 Comment »As the American presidential primary season gets underway, Ron Paul has received a great deal of attention for his libertarian approach to economics. In short, libertarian capitalism argues that any form of state intervention in economic matters distorts market forces and ...
One vote today could prevent debt agony for millions
Monday, December 12th, 2011 by Ben Morgan Posted in Benefits, Child poverty, Citizen's income, Debt, Livelihoods, Single parents, Welfare reform | 1 Comment »Today marks a pivotal moment for the UK's 60-year-old welfare system. The Welfare Reform Bill starts ‘Report Stage’ in the house of Lords today - a five-day debate, where the House decides whether to change the legislation by voting on amendments ...
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 ...
The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach: a bottom-up approach to overcoming poverty
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Attitudes, Benefits, Livelihoods | No Comments »This post first appeared on the ippr website. We’re used to hearing – depressingly often these days – about people living in poverty as being variously feckless, undeserving, or suffering from dependency: in short, as passive, unthinking victims. What if, instead, ...
Stop headline-chasing on benefit fraud – and concentrate on fixing the system
Friday, August 12th, 2011 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Attitudes, Benefits, Fairness, Inequality, Unemployment | 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 ...
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 ...
