ANDREW HARROP: A Fabian Society review of recent evidence and projections reveals the scale of future spending pressures and the level of unmet need today
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SAM ROYSTON: Let’s transform social security
75 years on from the publication of the Beveridge report the world has changed enormously, and so have some parts of the welfare state...
Universal credit is a disaster on almost every level. Its implementation has been catastrophic, its design is deeply flawed and it provides too little for struggling families. But it is a disaster that can be rescued, with common sense and...
Exploring new models of taxation
After the financial crisis, when tax revenues collapsed and public deficits soared, social democrats sought new ways of pursuing social justice which were less reliant on public spending. They rightly focused on the reform of markets,...
For Whose Benefit? The everyday realities of welfare reform, Ruth Patrick, Policy Press, 2017, £19.99
Since the general election, poverty has been hitting the headlines. The most recent critics of Conservative welfare cuts have included PM Gordon Brown who has warned:...