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This time is different – Universal Credit’s first recession
This latest report from UK think tank Resolution Foundation assesses the welfare system and its effect on
The decades of disruption
This latest report from UK think tank IPPR looks at the welfare settlement needed to tackle new
Working through it
This latest report from UK think tank Reform looks at the UK's Job Retention Scheme in comparison
Household debt and problem debt in British cities
This latest report from UK think tank Centre for Cities looks at levels of debt in people
Public service futures
This latest report from think tank the Fabian Society and the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)
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Government is quietly shifting costs of public services on to individuals. Where government can get people to pay directly for…
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Our CEO, Philippa Stroud established the Social Metrics Commission with the sole aim of developing new measures of poverty for…
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The social care system is in need of reform, at present people are not protected from the catastrophic costs that…
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The long implementation of Universal Credit (UC) has been far from smooth and we’ve become all too used to negative…
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The National Minimum/Living Wage system has become too complicated, making unintentional non-compliance a problem, and is in danger of becoming…
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In 1974, the Labour government established a Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth, which was known as…
Read moreDemos is excited to announce the launch of a new report from academic Ben Baumberg Geiger and Demos think tank, which…
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This research paper looks at what people put in and take out from the welfare state over their lifetime, updating…
Read moreThe idea of a universal basic income (UBI) is that the state should give to all citizens (or residents) a…
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