Means-testing is not inevitable
The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s budget statement on the 29th October [1] contained nearly thirty mentions of Universal Credit, the major change being a one thousand pound increase in the Read More
The topic of welfare and the Welfare State is vast and well documented at CBIT.
We have long argued that the majority of current means-tested benefits, like Universal Credit, are not only expensive to run, but also demeaning humiliating to those who use them.
We believe that a Citizens Basic Income (also known as Universal Basic Income) is a better way to tackle poverty and financial insecurity.
It is a simple concept: A regular payment to all citizens, no questions asked. Everyone gets it as a right of citizenship.
Below you can explore the topic of welfare and the Welfare State and its relation to Citizens Income.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s budget statement on the 29th October [1] contained nearly thirty mentions of Universal Credit, the major change being a one thousand pound increase in the Read More
The BBC reports that the Universal Credit rollout will be delayed again and that changes might be made to the means-tested and work-tested benefit. Paul Spicker has written a commentary Read More
B. Guy Peters, Policy Problems and Policy Design, Edward Elgar, 2018, 1 78643 134 9, hbk, x + 172 pp, £65. The eBook is priced from £22 from Google Play, ebooks.com and other Read More
Jane Millar and Roy Sainsbury (eds), Understanding Social Security, 3rd edition, Policy Press, 2018, xviii + 273 pp, pbk, 1 4473 3947 2, £28.99 Some new editions are slightly updated Read More
The London School of Economics has published a new article, Why benefit sanctions are both ineffective and harmful, based on research about the UK’s sanctions regime: … Without a major rethink, millions of Read More
Paul Spicker has written a new blog about problems related to Universal Credit: The problems that he lists include the muddled system for verification, which cannot be done online the Read More
Michael Adler, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment? Benefit sanctions in the UK, Palgrave Macmillan, xii + 171 pp, 3 319 90355 2, hbk, £44.99 The title of this timely book Read More
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