The Single Tier State Pension
These are interesting times for debate on the reform of the tax and benefits system. By the time you read this Newsletter the Government’s consultation period on the future of Read More
These are interesting times for debate on the reform of the tax and benefits system. By the time you read this Newsletter the Government’s consultation period on the future of Read More
Bloomsbury, 2011, ix + 198 pp, pbk, 1 849 66351 9, £19.99 In the 1970s, a group of ideologically inspired economists captured the ears and minds of politicians. The central Read More
Policy Press, 2011, vii + 326 pp, pbk, 1 847 42432 7, £23.99, hbk, 1 847 42433 4, £65 New Labour’s social policy exhibited considerable continuities with the previous Conservative Read More
Ashgate, 2010, 321 pp, pbk 1 4094 0698 3, £35 The chapters of this book started life at a conference organised by the European Centre in Vienna, and it is Read More
Seismo, 2010, 204 pp, pbk, 2 88351 049 4, 38 SFr We normally only review books in English, but with this edited collection we make an exception, not because it Read More
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has published Universal Credit: A Preliminary Analysis. Their researchers write: ‘Our empirical analysis in Sections 4 and 5 illustrates well the constraints all governments face Read More
Kate Green MP writes in the Winter 2010/11 edition of the Fabian Review: In Labour’s current policy review, I’ll be arguing that universal benefits have an important role to play Read More
Policy Press, 2010, xii + 311 pp, hbk 1 861 34794 7, £60, pbk 1 861 34793 0, £19.99. Not only is this a most useful textbook, but it is Read More