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Home2018December

Month: December 2018

Sex workers want rights, not rescue. Dr Kate Brown explains why and how.
50th Anniversary Blog Series

No 41: Rights not rescue – What social policy can learn from sex workers

December 13, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Kate Brown During National Anti-trafficking Week in October 2016, the UK’s anti-trafficking commissioner reported that “more victims [are] being identified, referred for appropriate support and restored of their freedom”. In the same week, an […]

Delivery drivers are amongst those harmed by Universal Credit's failure to adequately support the self-employed.
50th Anniversary Blog Series

No 40: How the social protection system can fail the self-employed

December 10, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Kevin Caraher and Enrico Reuter Rachel Mantell, a self-employed management consult, earns more than £100,000 per year, can afford to spend £6,000 on holidays, and is sharing her good fortune by hosting refugees in […]

Child poverty has increased under austerity while support services and welfare have been cut.
50th Anniversary Blog Series

No 39: Austerity adversely targets children in need

December 3, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

By Harriet Churchill In October Prime Minister Teresa May spoke again about her desire to tackle burning injustices and her belief in the good government can do. She pledged austerity is over. Yet despite evidence […]

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