Welfare Boris Johnson is wrong to downplay the impact on families from the Universal Credit cut Rising inflation and surging energy bills come as the government takes £20 a week off families in the Universal Credit cut 6 October 2021 by Torsten Bell …investing. There is plenty the Government can do to ease Britain’s cost of living crunch. It has rightly targeted jobs support at workers struggling to find work after furlough. More… READ MORE
Covid-19· Welfare Safe harbour? Six key welfare policy decisions to navigate this winter 7 October 2020 by Karl Handscomb …individuals, one who was furloughed and the other who was not and claimed JSA instead, the difference in outcomes is stark indeed: the former receives 80 per cent of previous… READ MORE
Covid-19· Welfare No work, no pay Supporting unemployed people through coronavirus 1 April 2020 by Mike Brewer and Karl Handscomb …mean a better recovery in the future. These include government-backed loans or grants for certain businesses, a job retention scheme for firms who want to furlough their workers for the… READ MORE
