This week’s most read: Universal Credit, Sharia Councils and the privatisation of the Royal Mail
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
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Look Left: Universal Credit, the Bangladesh garment worker tragedy and another blow for the ‘greenest government ever’
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
Five things the coalition won’t tell you about Universal Credit
The professed aim of the introduction of Universal Credit is to boost the personal responsibility of claimants, smooth the passage to work and prepare out-of-work claimants for their next job. There are a number of problems with Universal Credit, however – problems which haven’t been given anywhere near the amount of coverage by the press that they warrant.
JRF: Universal Credit is a “significant challenge” to poor families and will affect women more
The Universal Credit represents a “significant challenge” to low-income families and is likely to affect women “disproportionately”, according to a JRF report.
Women lose out under Universal Credit proposals
A single, household-level payment for benefits risks harming children’s well-being, reducing gender equality, and increasing vulnerability to financial abuse.
The weirdness at the core of Universal Credit
As the details emerge of the government’s big ticket welfare reform, the introduction of Universal Credit, it looks as if for once the hubristic language might be justified.
Universal Credit – we still haven’t been told who will lose
It is still very far from certain whether the government’s Universal Credit proposals will be able to deliver its aim of a simpler, less complex welfare system.
Many will be worse off under Universal Credit
Last week’s welfare reform white paper included the following graph, claiming to show that “many households will receive more under Universal Credit than under the current system”; at first viewing, the graph does appear to show small weekly gains for those in lower income deciles, and insignificant losses for those higher up the income distribution. But all is not as it seems.
Five proven benefits of Universal Basic Income
As the debate rolls on about UBI, we look at the proven benefits of a welfare scheme that provides a level of economic security to everyone and how the evidence so far does not necessarily support critics’ concerns.
EXCLUSIVE: Voters support a universal basic income
44% of respondents support the idea of a universal basic income compared to 23% who oppose it.