work incentiveThe objectives of current UK policy for welfare reform are in conflict: on the one hand, the Government鈧瑂 determination to drive down the deficit with major cuts to public expenditure; and on the other, the introduc...
The Fountain of Love Credit Union: A Vibrant Microfinance Institution in a Hostile Inter-Ethnic Society The Fountain of Love Credit Union (FLCU) is a rare example of a vibrant microfinance institution in Indonesia. Located at the heart of a hostile inter-ethn... Rochman Achwam - 《Asian ...
Gingerbread has published a major academic report that looks at the impact on single parent families of the government's flagship welfare programme, universal credit. We are concerned that, far from achieving the reform's stated goal of "making work pay", many single parents could actually lose...
aUniversal Credit is a significant reform to welfare in the UK. The Department for Work & Pensions (the Department) will use Universal Credit to replace six means‑tested benefits for working-age households. The Department and HM Revenue & Customs spent £67 billion on these benefits in 201...
I recently went to one of the Stockport universal credit caseworker strike pickets. Not a bad morning, all told – picked up a few learnings re: the reasons why people still find the universal credit system a washout. Certainly, a lot of things fell into place when 2 striking caseworkers...
This submission draws from the above work carried out for the SSAC submission and from recent research projects on welfare reform in the North of England conducted by Professor David Etherington and Professor Martin Jones between 2016- 2019. We have undertaken work on the implications of the Stoke...
A recent report from Ofcom revealed that some two million UK households struggle to afford internet services. And only 1% of those on out-of-work benefits had signed up for low-cost broadband tariffs offered to those on low incomes. Hopefully, the removal of an installation charge can help ...
(2012) Universal Credit: A Preliminary Analysis of Its Impact on Incomes and Work Incentives, Fiscal Studies, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 39-71Brewer, M., Browne, J. and Jin, W. (2012a), "Universal Credit: A Preliminary Analysis of Its Impact on Incomes and Work Incentives", Fiscal ...
There are some differences in Apple’s categories and the categories in our Privacy Policy. For example: We use the category “transactional” to describe credit cards and other information that may be collected during a purchase as well as your purchase history and Apple uses the term “finan...
"We urge the United States to stop smearing and discrediting China, effectively safeguard a fair, open and non-discriminatory business environment, and work with others to formulate universal data security rules to enable orderly and free data flows around the world," said Mao....