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Monday, 13 April 2015

Welfare manifesto watch: Labour

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During this week, when most of the major UK parties are releasing their general election manifestos, I'll be taking a look at what each ...
Monday, 29 September 2014

Labour is ahead on welfare - what's going on?

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Some findings from an opinion poll caught my attention in yesterday's Sunday Times, with the graphic below showing who the public trusts...
Thursday, 25 September 2014

Unemployment and well-being

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Well-being is rising in the UK - and analysts argue that this is due to falling unemployment.  This is an easy link to make, given that une...
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Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Things can only get flatter. Why are Labour miserable at the prospect of power?

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A common observation from an assorted range of journalists is that the Labour conference this week in Manchester has all been a bit flat .  ...
Monday, 11 August 2014

Training programmes can improve the well-being of unemployed people - but there are hugely important caveats

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For the past three years, I have been exploring whether there is much we can do to counter one of society’s most devastating ills.  It is a...
Thursday, 19 June 2014

Labour's plans could destroy the welfare state, not save it

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For some years now, social democrats have faced a 'crisis of the welfare state'.  This is the dilemma of how to defend and protect s...
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Friday, 6 June 2014

There are better ways of helping long-term unemployed than punitive Help to Work

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Originally published on The Conversation and written with Adam Coutts There is now another slide in the UK towards American-style “workfa...
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