Tag: poverty

Making Public Safety Net Programmes Work Better for Survivors of Domestic Violence

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This blog post is based on an article published in the Journal of Social Policy by Andrea Hetling, Vee Yeo, and Lillian McFarland. Public benefits are often the difference between crisis and stability for survivors of domestic violence. Abusers often use economic abuse to control their partners, limiting access to financial resources and trapping individuals… Continue reading Making Public Safety Net Programmes Work Better for Survivors of Domestic Violence

Why Labour have every reason to loosen the purse strings

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This blog post is based on an article published in the Journal of Social Policy by Elliott Johnson et al. The blog post is written by Elliott Johnson, Howard Reed, Anna Thew, and Matthew Johnson. Tax Reform and Economic Renewal: The Case for Basic Income Rachel Reeves describes the UK economy as being in its… Continue reading Why Labour have every reason to loosen the purse strings

Poverty is complex – should our policy responses be too? Moving beyond isolated policy solutions

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This blog post is based on an article published in Social Policy and Society by Heta Pöyliö. Poverty is a complex issue that requires expansive policy responses. In my recent study published in Social Policy and Society, I find that policies with different functions can work together to reduce the risk of poverty. Specifically, policy… Continue reading Poverty is complex – should our policy responses be too? Moving beyond isolated policy solutions

What are we really talking about when we use the term ‘food banks’?

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This blog post is based on an article published in the Journal of Social Policy by Maddy Sarah Power and Madeleine Baxter. Over the past 16 years food banks have come to represent much that is wrong and right about the UK: the cruelty of austerity initiated by the Coalition Government and the broader hollowing… Continue reading What are we really talking about when we use the term ‘food banks’?