Welfare

Dealing with debt

3 February 2012 | Francis Maude

The Cabinet Office Minister outlines plans to reduce debt to government as a new taskforce publishes an interim report showing the current extent of the problem Read more

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Dilnot’s not for diluting

2 February 2012 | Caroline Glendinning

Cross-party talks are about to start on funding long-term care in England. A positive start would be implementing the recommendations of the Dilnot Commission in full Read more

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Battling it out on welfare

27 January 2012 | Claudia Wood

The House of Lords opposition to the Welfare Reform Bill is testament to the hard work of campaigners and a victory for reason over negative rhetoric Read more...

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Byrne, Beveridge and welfare myths

9 January 2012 | Claudia Wood

By jumping on the coalition’s anti-scroungers welfare bandwagon, Labour’s Liam Byrne has squandered a chance to make progressive changes to the welfare system Read more

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Restoring fiscal sanity to the US

5 January 2012 | David M Walker

The United States faces a financial crisis, with soaring debt levels and trillions of dollars in unfunded health and social security obligations. Radical reform is required to avert disaster argues the country’s former comptroller general Read more

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A job well done

19 December 2011 | Rebecca Riley and Jonathan Portes

Jobcentre Plus has gradually been moving people from benefits to jobs, showing that structural labour market reform can make a difference Read more

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Pensions: assessing the cost of auto-enrolment delay

12 December 2011 | James Lloyd

While the postponement of plans obliging all employers to enrol their employees in workplace pension schemes may help small businesses, it will deter people from saving and shore up future costs Read more

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Osbornomics: is everyone included?

29 November 2011 | Claudia Wood

The Chancellor’s growth and jobs initiatives must be made to work for all unemployed people, including the most vulnerable Read more...

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Digging housing out of a hole?

21 November 2011 | John Perry

The government’s new housing strategy does not quite live up to the hype. But at least it recognises that the issue has to move way up ministers’ ‘to do’ list  Read more

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Universal Credit: winners and losers

17 November 2011 | Vidhya Alakeson

Iain Duncan Smith has found an extra £300m for childcare in his Universal Credit, but women who want to work longer hours will lose out. The result is only going to make households worse off Read more

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