by Archive | Dec 13, 2013
On 12 December 2013 Paul Litchfield finally released his Year Four report on the operation of the government’s Work Capability Assessment (WCA) system. On 12 December 2013 Paul Litchfield finally released his Year Four report on the operation of the...
by Archive | Dec 13, 2013
Commenting on the publication today of the report Welfare that Works: Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Simon Barrow, co-director of the Christian think-thank Ekklesia, said: “We welcome this latest research and report from the Spartacus network, with whom...
by Archive | Dec 13, 2013
In 2008, the then Labour government introduced a new out of work sickness benefit, Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), to replace the old Incapacity Benefit (IB). In 2008, the then Labour government introduced a new out of work sickness benefit, Employment and...
by Archive | Dec 12, 2013
Critical Religion at the University of Stirling is among the subject areas offering Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Awards under the Doctoral Training Partnership Scotland schemes in the Arts and Humanities. Critical Religion at the University of...
by Archive | Dec 12, 2013
It is unusual for politicians to admit that a policy they believed in and helped implement was not just wrong, but actually did harm. It is even more unusual for them to make a very public apology. But this is what the Swedish Green Party did last month, on the policy...