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Category - social exclusion

13 Dec 2012

Cutting benefits is unfair and does not make economic sense

Ruth Lister, who is a peer, emeritus professor of social policy at Loughborough University and chair of the Compass management committee, has written a fine, short piece for the Guardian on benefits and uprating.
4 May 2012

Recession and welfare reform hits Northern Ireland hard says new report

People in Northern Ireland are caught between the impact of the recession and a programme of austerity and welfare reform, according to new research published on 2 May.
16 Aug 2011

We must engage with those who feel they have no stake

I returned last Friday from a week more or less out of reach of TV, radio and electronic communications to what feels like another country: A country convulsed by anger, outrage and anguish. A country in which the ‘old certainties’ of even ten days ago, now seem past their sell by date.
24 Sep 2010

Recession fuels poverty and unemployment harder in Scotland

A new report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) shows that Scotland’s unemployment rate is back to 1996 levels.
8 Jul 2008

Childhood experiences 'hold key to homelessness' says report

A new generation of children risks becoming socially excluded and even homeless unless urgent action is taken to tackle poor and abusive parenting head on, a report warns today.
19 Nov 2007

100 Poverty Hearings for Poverty Action Week 2008

Poverty Action Week will be a major opportunity to for local churches to discover and engage with poverty and social justice issues within their own communities.

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