6th August 2018

A correspondence between Paul Spicker and Malcolm Torry

The following exchange has been constructed by reordering a blog post and email by Paul Spicker and a blog post comment by Malcolm Torry. From Paul Spicker 1. Do benefits Read More

3rd August 2018

August 2018 monthly update

The August 2018 monthly update can be found here.          

1st August 2018

The Work and Pensions committee questions Universal Credit household based payments

In a new report, the Work and Pensions Committee warns that single household payments of Universal Credit could put claimants living with domestic abuse at risk of harm. Read the Read More

1st August 2018

A Citizen’s Basic Income pilot could be in the next Labour Party manifesto

An article in The Independent says this: Labour is set to include a plan for the radical policy of a universal basic income in its next manifesto for a general election, Read More

31st July 2018

Noah Schaul’s degree dissertation on the financial feasibility of Citizen’s Basic Income

Congratulations to Noah Schaul on his degree at Utrecht University School of Economics. To read his dissertation on the financial feasibility of Citizen’s Basic Income, click here.       Read More

22nd July 2018

Taylor-Gooby and Leruth (eds), Attitudes, Aspirations and Welfare

Peter Taylor-Gooby and Benjamin Leruth (eds), Attitudes, Aspirations and Welfare: Social policy directions in uncertain times, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, xix + 317 pp, 3 319 75782 7, hbk, £79 What Read More

22nd July 2018

Dunlop, Radaelli, and Trein (eds), Learning in Public Policy

Claire A. Dunlop, Claudio M. Radaelli, and Philipp Trein (editors), Learning in Public Policy: Analysis, modes and outcomes, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, xxi + 360 pp, 3 319 76209 8, hbk, Read More

22nd July 2018

Ian Greener, Social Policy after the Financial Crisis

  Ian Greener, Social Policy after the Financial Crisis, Edward Elgar, 2018, vi + 217 pp, 1 78643 610 8, hbk, £75. The eBook is priced from £22 from Google Play, ebooks.com and Read More

22nd July 2018

Annie Lowrey, Give People Money

Annie Lowrey, Give People Money: The simple idea to solve inequality and revolutionise our lives, W.H. Allen, 2018, 263 pp, 0-753540577-5, pbk, £12.99 Imagine a check showed up in your Read More

22nd July 2018

Barrault-Stella and Weill, Creating Target Publics

Lorenzo Barrault-Stella and Pierre-Edouard Weill, Creating Target Publics for Welfare Policies: A comparative and multi-level approach, Springer, Cham, 2018, ix + 310 pp, 3 319 89595 6, hbk, £79 Every Read More