poverty
Boris Johnson cannot disown the mental health impact of the Universal Credit cut
'I’ve seen how policy is developed at the highest levels of government, but also how it plays out in the day-to-day lives of people at the margins of our society. Decisions made in the abstract at the top have painfully real consequences at the bottom.'
Universal credit cut breaches human rights law, says UN envoy
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says that the universal credit cut will impose the ‘biggest overnight cut to the basic rate of social security since the foundation of the modern welfare state.’
Prof Prem Sikka: The political system doesn’t work for the poor and marginalised
'One reason for the persistence of inequalities is that too many legislators are far removed from the social world inhabited by marginalised people'.
GCSE results: Gap between poorer and wealthier students continues to widen
There was a widening of the gap for poorer students on free school meals, who scored on average 0.1 of a grade lower compared with 2019.
Why constitutional reforms ought to be the centrepiece of the next general election campaign
'There is no charter of people’s rights and parliament is weak and unable to hold government to account.'
The 2011 riots ten years on: Four myths and the realities
'It’s important to reflect on what happened and how it happened. This is especially so, given the myths that surrounded these events. These are the same myths that surround all waves of riots.'