The next government should restore the value of benefits to cover the costs of living.
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Ever since the welfare state was established in 1948, Britain’s elected leaders have grappled with how to pay for and deliver social care.
The UK benefits system does not systematically cater for the basic household needs of healthy eating and domestic energy.
The film is run through with an unflinching belief in the power communities wield and the tangible limits they face.
Governmental support is failing the country’s most vulnerable households. Politicians need to act now.
People on benefits are borrowing from the government to pay for essentials like power bills and car repairs. But repayments leave them with even less than before.
Without state investment, strategic consideration and political support, the lessons learned since the start of the pandemic on the importance to society of a place to call home will be lost.
If Congress and the White House fail to take action, Social Security beneficiaries would see a sudden 23% cut in their monthly checks in 2034.
More than half of working-age adults over 50 with a work-limiting disability didn’t receive any benefits from Social Security in 2016.
The program’s expenses are rising rapidly as baby boomers retire and health care costs grow.
My new report for the royal commission examines why the practice of income averaging is so problematic.
Robodebt should never again be framed as a technological glitch or a legal oversight. It was the active and direct exploitation of people’s vulnerability.
More than 41 million people rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to buy their groceries. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, the program ramped up.
As a woman living on the disability support pension put it: ‘You don’t have the flexibility that a rich person has to respond to crisis, so you have to beg for help. And you know you’ll be judged’.
Social Security is increasing benefits by 8.7%, beginning in January 2023, to offset the surging cost of living in the US.
In addition to improving health and education outcomes, school feeding programmes bring social protection and help develop local agricultural economies by boosting local farming activities.
Higher Social Security benefits can significantly reduce the odds of an older person’s being food insecure.
As Zimbabwe heads for 2023 presidential elections, there are key things voters should watch out for in the social protection promises made by candidates.
Study shows that agriculture, one of the most important sectors, did not decline in 2020 compared to its historical trend. Service sectors were hit hard in each of the five countries.
There’s a crucial need to connect the most vulnerable people with public services in order to tackle systemic poverty and disadvantage. An integrated approach is key.
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University
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Director, Center for Tax and Budget Policy at the Baker Institute, Rice University
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Reader in Employment and Head of the Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Executive Associate Director of the Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, UMass Boston
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Lecturer in Law, University of Birmingham
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Honorary Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, Australian National University
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Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Laurent Chambaud is a Friend of The Conversation.
Médecin de santé publique, École des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP)
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Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Monash University
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Associate Professor in the Practice of Finance, Emory University
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Director of the International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration