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:...
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We should be more understanding when people need financial help, because the reality is that most people claim social security benefits at some point in their lives, writes Dole Animator, Sue Watson.
Well what a few years it has been!
I had plans...
In 2011 I became part of a research project called ‘the lived experiences of welfare reform’. The group was formed by Ruth Patrick who was studying social policy at the University of Leeds. As part of Ruth’s research she wanted...