‘The two-child limit denies child allowances in universal credit (UC) and tax credits worth up to £3,455 per year to third or subsequent children born after April 2017. Abolishing the two-child limit is the
We will put an extra £1.7bn a year into work allowances – the amount someone can earn before their benefit payment begins to reduce. We are increasing the work allowance on Universal Credit by £1,000 per year, helping 2.4 million families. Universal Credit has always ensured work pays...
Benefits and rights are an inseparable part of citizenship in modern society. Welfare states have developed social security safety nets consisting of various benefits such as unemployment allowance, maternity leave, and guaranteed minimal income. Under-utilization or non-take-up of social benefits and ...
This person was a universal credit case manager who, funnily enough, was on a Stockport PCS picket line, striking for better pay.I was interviewing strikersand talked with this case manager at length. Actually – this person talked to me at length. I mostly stood there wondering why I’d ...
(income-based Job Seekers Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, housing benefit for working age claimants, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit) which are known as ‘legacy benefits’ into a single payment. Figure1describes the rollout of UC across Great...
‘Healthy Meals Allowance’ form, which also captured FSM eligibility information. While some staff reported that this initial communication work was resource-intensive it was not seen as barrier to the feasibility of UFSM. Once up and running, school staff reported that the ongoing management of ...
Zelleke (2008) argues that the introduction of a BI would foster Fraser’s universal caretaker model whereas care allowances would fall in line with the caregiver parity model which maintains the gendered division of unpaid work. Again, this claim depends on the impact of reduced paid work on...