Benefits and work blogs

A fair first step: The Fair Repayment Rate — and what’s left to do to tackle the hardship caused by Universal Credit deductions

29 May 2025

Earning more, but worse off: if the government is serious about tackling child poverty, fixing free school meals has to be on the menu

15 May 2025

The UK suffers from stark health inequalities, and disability benefit cuts will make them worse

29 April 2025

The Universal Credit review needs to ensure benefits meet people’s needs

29 April 2025

Do plans to reform disability benefit assessments go far enough?

24 April 2025

Why efforts to get more disabled people into work are flawed

10 April 2025

Disability benefit cuts will cause widespread hardship, no questions asked

27 March 2025

Race against time: how short deadlines to return PIP forms are harming disabled people

12 March 2025

Focus on the causes, not the symptoms: the forthcoming disability benefits green paper could exemplify a new approach to welfare - instead it is likely to apply the same old tools to a problem we don’t yet fully understand

10 March 2025

Short-sighted savings won’t fix health and disability benefits

19 February 2025