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Home2018October

Month: October 2018

Scotland's Social Security bill holds important lessons for Westminster.
50th Anniversary Blog Series

No 38: What we can learn from Scotland’s approach to social security

October 15, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Ruth Patrick Too often, we are told that welfare traps people in dependency, discouraging individuals from making the right choices, and enabling a culture of irresponsibility and inactivity. This lazy, stigmatising narrative has been […]

What will social policy in the UK look like in 50 years? Rod Hick offers five suggestions.
50th Anniversary Blog Series

No 37: Social Policy’s next 50 years

October 9, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

By Rod Hick The Social Policy Association’s (SPA’s) 50th anniversary blog series has demonstrated the rich variety of topics examined by social policy scholars. While some have examined contemporary policy issues, others have looked back […]

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