Monthly Archives: June 2016

Are there neighbourhoods where benefit claims aren’t stigmatised?

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Ben Baumberg Geiger

According to one commentator in The Times, an underclass of benefit claimants is “now contaminating the life of entire neighbourhoods—which is one of the most insidious aspects of the phenomenon, for neighbours who don’t share those values cannot isolate themselves”. … Continue reading →

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Just how common is benefits stigma in Britain?

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Ben Baumberg Geiger

To (loosely) coincide with my paper on benefits stigma coming out in the Journal of Social Policy, I’ve written a short summary on the LSE Politics and Policy blog. (Long-running readers of the blog will see that this is a developed version of … Continue reading →

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