Jane Millar (University of Bath) In November 2010 the government published Universal Credit: welfare that works, which set out proposals for [...]
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Policy Briefing: Tackling inequality on the road to a just society
Simon Willis (The Young Foundation) Inequality is an urgent and complex problem. It is deeply entrenched in all areas of life. [...]
Read morePOLICY BRIEFING: Gender Matters in Research
Di McNeish and Sara Scott (DMSS Research) Recently we have been working on two projects – both fundamentally concerned with gender [...]
Read morePolicy Briefing: Basic Income – a benefits system for our society, today and tomorrow
Malcolm Torry (Citizen’s Income Trust) What kind of society do we live in? What kind of society will we live in: [...]
Read morePolicy Briefing: Scotland’s Health – Could independence help rescue the ‘sick man of Europe’?
Kat Smith, Jeff Collin, Mark Hellowell and Rob Ralston (University of Edinburgh) In the Scottish government White Paper setting out [...]
Read morePolicy Briefing: Ten-year-old children on the adult labour market – Bolivia breaks ground
Sam Okyere, University of Nottingham “You are saying we are children and so we cannot work on this farm, but there [...]
Read morePolicy Briefing: Trojan Horse, the media and the Ofsted inspectorate
Jacqueline Baxter, Open University After months of speculation, media hype and political posturing, Ofsted finally released its reports into the 21 [...]
Read morePolicy Briefing: Care.data and the Future of the NHS
James Wilson, UCL Care.data sounds good on paper. Commissioning of healthcare services will be more efficient and more accurate. Massive new [...]
Read morePolicy Briefing: What Books Can Do Behind Bars
Sarah Turvey, University of Roehampton The Justice Secretary recently created a near-perfect storm of protest over what has become known as [...]
Read moreGetting the balance right? Scotland’s strengthened homelessness legislation and homelessness prevention
Figure. Scotland: Types of Household applying for Homelessness Assistance, April - September 2011 Isobel Anderson, University of Stirling In November 2012, the [...]
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