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Does truth matter?
If you’re reading this blog, then you’re probably interested in ‘the truth’ – by which I mean that you’re interested in the way the world really is, rather than pretending it’s the way you want it to be. We tend … Continue reading
Immigration and reciprocity
There’s been so many claims about benefits lately in the UK that it’s difficult to know where to start in responding to them. Rather than talk about Mick Philpott (about which enough has been said elsewhere) or the question of … Continue reading
The red rag of health incentives
In this guest post, Harald Schmidt from the University of Pennsylvania takes apart the media furore about a proposal (at least as reported) to cut payments to unhealthy benefit claimants if they didn’t go to the gym – using the insights gained … Continue reading
‘The State of Welfare’ on the BBC: a missed opportunity
In a guest post from Declan Gaffney – re-posted from his personal blog L’Art Social – he picks apart a repeated false claim about what we know about benefit fraud, in the midst of an otherwise welcome BBC report. This is perhaps our last … Continue reading
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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The Coalition, benefit cuts, and income inequality
This is a piece that first appeared in One Society‘s ‘half-term report’ on the Coalition Government and inequality (references and footnotes available in the full report). The whole (short!) edited volume is also worth a read, containing articles by Kate … Continue reading
The positive and negative consequences of the welfare state
In a previous post, I argued that people had exaggerated the extent to which public support for the benefits system had fallen in Britain. Here, I want to look at another aspect of this that also came out recently – … Continue reading
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
