welfare reform

March 19, 2016

Iain Duncan Smith: the legacy

From the very beginning of his involvement in social security policy, Iain Duncan Smith got it wrong.
February 21, 2016

All Our Welfare by Peter Beresford

All Our Welfare : Towards participatory social policy by Peter Beresford
February 6, 2016

'Working Welfare' - working the poor to death?

Recently, the government's Fit For Work (FFW) service tweeted, 'For 300,000 people, sic
February 5, 2016

Reforming welfare from a distance

A young man I know, David, (not his real name) is heartbreakingly eager to work and has a mild learning disability.
January 27, 2016

Welfare reform - from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm

Winston Churchill said, "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." This would seem to describe perfectly the government's approach to welfare reform.
January 18, 2016

Further DWP pressure on people with mental health problems?

Having just written about how current employment practices make the aim of getting a million disabled people into
January 12, 2016

Our government is failing to uphold our human right to food

Enough is enough. We can no longer tolerate families going hungry in the seventh wealthiest nation on the planet.
December 10, 2015

Disability, poverty, and the House of Lords

In the latest figures available for
December 7, 2015

'One more card' campaign highlights effect of benefit changes

UK Churches are encouraging people to add Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to their Christmas card list and include a personal greeting asking the minister to ensure that every family and child has enough this Christmas.
November 24, 2015

Terrorism or austerity - a death is a death

Why is the government so determined to protect British people from dying at the hands of terrorists, but completely unconcerned about British people dying as a result of its own policies?