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welfare state

May 27, 2020

UK must modernise and 'future-proof' our welfare state, says IPPR

The COVID-19 crisis has exposed deep failings in the UK’s welfare system which should be addressed as part of a long-term plan to rethink and 'future-proof' the welfare state, according to a new IPPR report.
April 14, 2020

Coronavirus is no reason for more austerity

Apparently, measures taken by the government in response to coronavirus mean the UK is now on course to have the largest budget deficit since World War Two.
February 8, 2020

Ruling by Dutch court 'stops government attempts to spy on the poor'

A Dutch court has ordered an immediate halt to a digital benefit fraud detection tool targeted at poor neighbourhoods in the Netherlands because it violated human rights norms.
October 18, 2019

World stumbling into a digital welfare dystopia, warns UN human rights expert

Digital welfare states risk becoming Trojan Horses for hostility towards social protection and regulation, said the UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston.
December 10, 2018

In the UK in 2018, we must defend our human rights

Decades ago, I joined Amnesty International. Naively, in those days I thought human rights were something that needed to be defended in other countries.
November 26, 2018

Quaker community urges faith groups to engage with politicans on Special Rapporteur's findings

As the UN Special Rapporteur on on extreme poverty and human rights unveiled his report last week, Quakers in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, issued a statement, calling on faith groups to engage with politicians on his findings.
July 25, 2018

Quakers ride from Cumbria to Downing Street for equality and the common good

Inspired by faith and disturbed by rising social and economic inequality, a group of Quakers are taking to their bikes and mobility scooters to ride from Cumbria to deliver a message to 10 Downing Street.
June 29, 2018

Bishop holds government to account for growth in foodbanks

Bishop says the state itself is driving its own citizens into poverty and leaving foodbanks to pick up the pieces.
October 12, 2017

Law Centre 'will not be complicit' in implementation of Universal Credit

Greater Manchester Law Centre says it will not assist in the implementation of Universal Credit, depite request from a local Jobcentre.
October 18, 2016

Stop trying to fix poor people – fix poverty

The news that the Troubled Families scheme