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The surprising truth about benefits stigma in Britain
This article was originally posted on the LSE Politics & Policy blog - it’s a co-written post by me, Kate Bell and Declan Gaffney, based on our new report on the stigma of claiming benefits that came out last week. If you don’t pay … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, political attitudes, poverty, public opinion, welfare payments
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Sickness benefits, suspicion, and anxiety
In a guest post, Kayleigh Garthwaite talks about her recent research with sickness benefit claimants. Prompted by a hostile email from a GP after speaking about her research recently on national radio, Kayleigh reflects on the real barriers that sickness benefit … Continue reading
The misreported death of solidarity in Britain
It’s rare for journalists to be waiting for social research with baited breath, pens poised and column inches left blank in anticipation. But the annual release of the ‘British Social Attitudes’ series does just that, a testament to just how … Continue reading
Paul Gregg: new ideas for disability, employment and welfare reform
While cuts to benefits and services will affect most people in the UK, disabled people have arguably been ‘the hardest hit’ - but while this makes the newspapers on a regular basis, academics have been slower to try and piece together … Continue reading
The Cost of a Disabled Sibling
If you have brothers or sisters, then you already know that an important piece of your childhood experience is out of your control. You cannot control whether your siblings are kind or cruel, generous or stingy, and you certainly cannot … Continue reading
Inequality Roundup, Stories in the News
Today I want to post a roundup of some items in the news that piqued my interest, we have poverty measurement, disabilities, spending on children in the US, Medicaid and mortality, getting high schoolers to go to college, and health/income … Continue reading
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Tagged children, disability, health, health insurance, higher education, poverty
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Welfare conditionality and disabled people: a democratic deficit
In a guest post, Jenny Morris explains piece-by-piece why the dominant all-party UK story on incapacity is wrong. The piece was originally posted on her blog, jennymorrisnet.blogspot.com. This is the start of a renewed focus on disability issues on the … Continue reading
We’re Living Longer, Why Aren’t We Working More?
All welfare states – generous and restrictive –grapple with the question of how to design disability benefits. When benefits are large relative to market wages, and the criteria for disability are fairly loose, individuals with moderate health impairments that could … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, cross-national research, disability, employment, health, welfare payments
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