The government’s weekly £20 top-up to Universal Credit payments, intended as a support measure during the pandemic, ends today and is expected to lead to a further 290,000 more children falling below the poverty line,according to the Legatum Institute think tankin London. Advertise...
This article critically evaluates and contests the flagship benefit delivery system Universal Credit for lone mothers by focusing on some of the ethical challenges it poses, as well as some key implications it holds for social work with lone mothers and their children. Universal Credit was first ...
Credit: PA One child every second will be affected by the widely opposed cut to Universal Credit (UC) on average over the next month, a charity has warned. Save the Children is one of a long line of charities, think tanks, unions and leaders from across the political spectrum hitt...
Numerically, women are disproportionately affected by the conditionality regime for main carers of children within Universal Credit. Under this new benefit, couples have to nominate as 'responsible carer' the person in the household primarily responsible for the care of dependent children. Lone parents...
A month or so ago,I rang some East London letting agentsto ask if they would let flats toN, a single mother who’d pay her rent with universal credit. I explained that N was homeless, living in an emergency hostel with her 2 very young children, and in need of a 2-bedroom flat in...
Gordon Brown has pleaded with the government not to go ahead with a £20-a-week cut to universal credit. The former prime minister said: "It is not too late for the government to spare millions of people the choice between heating and eating this winter." ...
The present cross-sectional study aimed to identify sex-specific characteristics and other factors for firstborn children’s emotions and behaviors during their mothers’ second pregnancy after the implementation of the two-child policy in China. Firstborn children aged 1.5–5 years old and their pre...
Effect of Universal Credit on young children's mental health: quasi-experimental evidence from Understanding Society Background: Child mental health has become an increasingly important issue in the UK, especially in the context of significant welfare reforms. Universal C... H Song,A Zhang,B Barr...
Universal Credit is an absolute disgrace who target the most vulnerable people on low or next no no income and then continue to harass them about their income.For gods sake, review this entire system as it’s just a means to penalise the poorest and most vulnerable of society. Date of ...
More on Universal Credit 'Worried' Gordon Brown calls for Universal Credit rethink in warning to government about millions of children in poverty Families on Universal Credit to receive hundreds more pounds from end of June Part-time workers to face benefit cuts if they don't look for more ...