Basic Income – the modern form of Social Security

Tying in with a theme of our meeting in Glasgow tomorrow, we are reproducing part of a blog by Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform. (Reproduced with kind permission of the author.) “Although the idea of Basic Income has been around for at least two and a Read more…

NAWRA meeting in Glasgow 1 Sept 2016

Our next meeting will take place on Friday 2 September 2016 at the Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JP. Agenda Meetings are free to attend and there’s no need to book a place.  However, you must be a member of NAWRA to attend the meeting. If you are not Read more…

UN condemns UK benefit sanctions regime

Our friend and colleague, Dr David Webster, writes: “I thought you would want to know about this important report from the United Nations, adopted on 24 June, which specifically condemns the current operation of the UK’s benefit sanctions regime. Below I have extracted the section on social security, with the Read more…

NAO sanctions study

Our colleague, Dr David Webster (University of Glasgow) has alerted us to the little known fact that the National Audit Office (NAO) is currently carrying out a study of the DWP’s benefit sanctions regime.  The terms of reference are at https://www.nao.org.uk/work-in-progress/benefit-sanctions/. The study will run until the autumn so there Read more…