Gig economy transfers risks to workers and power to bosses
It’s not just apps – this is a long-term trend
Kate Bell
Kate is a freelance policy consultant, and is also studying for at the LSE; she was formerly Director of Policy Advice and Communications at Gingerbread and has been a Visiting Fellow at the Center for American Progress.
A concerted policy effort can bring down teen pregnancy rates, new stats show
We need to be careful about always seeing teenage pregnancy as a social evil, writes Kate Bell, former Director of Policy Advice and Communications at Gingerbread.
Budget 2010: Protect those hit hardest by the recession
The target to halve child poverty by 2010 looks certain to be missed. But the Budget should contain measures to protect the incomes of poor working families.
New polling shows public perceptions of single parents still out of line with the facts
New polling shows that the public still significantly underestimate the number of single parents who have a paid job & overestimate the number of teenage mums.
Child poverty figures are bad news
Yesterday’s report on severe child poverty confirms DWP’s official poverty figures. Between 2004-05 and 2007-08 the number of children living in poverty increased.
Maternity rights are key to employment
Catherine Hakim’s says extending maternity rights is bad for women and employers. But evidence shows that they increase the likelihood of returning to work.
Heffer: Underclass of single parents lead to criminality
Simon Heffer in today’s Telegraph (“The underserving poor will be Cameron’s biggest headache”) repeats the myth of: “an underclass of single parents that sociological surveys since Charles Murray have shown lead to poverty, criminality and underachievement by their children.” In fact,test