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The design of the welfare system is of vital importance in providing support to families and ensuring that work pays. With the ongoing introduction of Universal Credit, perhaps the most far-reaching welfare reform in 70 years, the need to get the right interaction between benefits, taxation and support for services such as childcare is more pressing than ever. Our work examines the impact of the current benefits system on the living standards of UK families, and explores practical improvements that could be made in the future.

Contacts

Adam Corlett

Principal Economist
T: 0203 372 2960
E: adam.corlett@resolutionfoundation.org

Alex Clegg

Economist
T: 0203 372 2920
E: alex.clegg@resolutionfoundation.org
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What should the Government prioritise when tackling its welfare trilemma?

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U-turn if you want to – a sensible culture of government allows politicians to reverse their mistakes. But also U-turn with care. With too many swerves, leaders lose their grip…
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Publications

No workaround

Assessing the impact of the Spring 2025 disability and incapacity benefit reforms on employment

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In March, the Government released its Pathways to Work Green Paper, setting out a package of welfare reforms that amounted to a net reduction in spending of £4.8 billion in…
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Limited ambition?

An assessment of the rumoured options for easing the two-child limit

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Abolishing the two-child limit would be the most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty; if it is not scrapped, we project that 4.8 million children (34 per cent) will be…
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Events

Britain’s new safety net

Where are the Government’s welfare reforms heading?

In late March, the Government announced a huge shake-up of disability and health-related benefits. What are the likely employment and poverty effects from the reforms? What do the proposed changes…
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Happy new tax year 2025

Tax, utility bill and social security changes in April 2025

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April brings with it a series of tax, benefit and bill rises. We examine what these changes will mean for households and the overall outlook for disposable incomes in 2025-26.
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Publications

Unsung Britain bears the brunt

Putting the 2025 Spring Statement in context

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This briefing note analyses the choices the Government has made in the context of an awkward backdrop to the 2025 Spring Statement.
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Publications

Delivering the undeliverable

Five principles to guide policy makers through reforming incapacity and disability benefits

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The Government is set to announce a “radical” Green Paper on health-related benefit reform this Spring, and more immediate benefit cuts are expected ahead of the Spring Statement on 26…
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