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welfare

March 22, 2016

Opportunities and threats presented by the Budget U-turn

It's official.
March 19, 2016

A shocking resignation: the impact of Iain Duncan Smith's departure

A ministerial resignation is always dramatic.
February 21, 2016

All Our Welfare by Peter Beresford

All Our Welfare : Towards participatory social policy by Peter Beresford
February 17, 2016

The Welfare Trait

A talk on "how state benefits can 'warp' the personalities of the unemployed" was
November 26, 2015

The Autumn Statement and ESA claimants - some clarification

When George Osborne said in his Autumn Statement that the government would 'extend the same support and conditionality we currently expect of those on JSA to over 1 million more benefit claimants
October 28, 2015

David Cameron's mind-forg'd manacles

At Prime Minister's Questions today, David Cameron repeatedly stated that if the government did not cut tax credits, then that money would have to be cut from education or the NHS.
October 18, 2015

Tax Credits and the 'jobs miracle'

When Michelle Dorrell, an angry Conservative voter confronted a government minister on Question Time, planned cuts to tax credits went t
October 7, 2015

Iain Duncan Smith, cancer, and compassion

During his party conference speech, Iain Duncan Smith said he was motivated by compassion.
October 5, 2015

Conservative Party Conference - the mask slips

We're told that the Conservatives, freed from the limitations of Coalition government, can now pursue the policies they really believe in.
August 17, 2015

New WOW Petition calls for impact assessment on cuts for disabled and sick

The WOW campaign today launches a new e-petition to remind the government that they have failed to honour the parliamentary motion in support of the WOWpetition.