(2011) Chidcare in Universal Credit: Will work pay for single parents? Journal of Poverty and Social Justice. 19(3), 289-294.Davey, C. and Hirsch, D. (2011), Childcare in Universal Credit: will work pay for single parents? Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 19, 3: 289-94....
childcareUniversal Creditwelfare statecouplesHelping parents meet the cost of childcare is an important policy objective in the UK and there are various financial subsidies available. For low-income working parents, this support is increasingly provided through Universal Credit, the main means-tested ...
The introduction of Universal Credit, a new social assistance benefit for working age people in the UK, constitutes radical welfare reform and entails a significant intensification and expansion of welfare conditionality. Numerically, women are disproportionately affected by the conditionality regime for mai...
This system is not fit for purpose. I have never been in debt in my life, universal credit paid me money that I thought I was entitled to, then decided that I was not entitled to it after all. Now I have been told I have to pay back £1000. I'm a 59 year old, on my own...
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49 Some programs are also onlyavailable online: The child tax credit application for households that don’t regularly file taxes, for example, is only offered through an online portal. 50 And sometimes, as was the case during the COVID- 19 pandemic, online access is the only type of ...
To understand how well Universal Credit is (or isn’t) working, we decided to go to PayPlan clients for an informed opinion on the matter.*
Universal Basic Income vs. Guaranteed Minimum Income: What you need to know about cash transfer programs.Credit: ViCKY Leta / Mashable Give a Buckis Mashable's deep dive into Universal Basic Income — an idea gaining currency in a time of pandemic and mass unemployment. Now more than ever, ...
Thisrelationshipmeansmanyofthesamegroupsthataredisproportionatelyofflinearealsomorepronetohealthproblemsandasubsequentneedforhealthcare.Theriseoftelehealthhasincreasedtheaccessibilityofhealthcare,particularlyforthosewho’dotherwisefaceaprohibitivelylongcommute,whoseworkhoursareinflexible,orwhohavenomoneyforchildcare—inotherwo...
Give Directly will be transferring money to 21,000 Kenyans. Credit: MIT Sloan School of Management For the next 12 years, MIT Sloan associate professor Tavneet Suri will be part of a team collaborating with the nonprofitGive Directlyto study the effects of implementing a universal basic income...