Tag: social security

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’?

The Two-Child Limit Did Not Drive the Rise in Abortions in England and Wales

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This blog is based on an article published in the Journal of Social Policy by Christopher Grollman, Sophie Wickham, Kate Mason, Andy Pennington and Rebecca Geary. From April 2017 the government removed social security support for new third children in families receiving Universal Credit or Tax Credits. Larger families (those with three or more children… Continue reading The Two-Child Limit Did Not Drive the Rise in Abortions in England and Wales