Wednesday, July 27, 2022
While the COVID-19 pandemic and current cost of living crisis has exacerbated social inequalities and economic insecurity, it has also opened a window of opportunity to explore new forms of policy innovation to build back a fairer and more economically...
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Hundreds of thousands of people would be guaranteed up to 80% of their earnings for a maximum of six months if they lose their job, under furlough-style proposals to overhaul the current unemployment benefit system. Under the proposed scheme, people who...
Sunday, September 12, 2021
It was the devastation of the Second World War that gave birth to the UK’s welfare state, and now, argues Louise Casey, the covid-19 pandemic provides the government with a unique opportunity to fundamentally overhaul it.
Thursday, August 12, 2021
The furlough schemes introduced at speed in March 2020 have protected millions of jobs and livelihoods during the pandemic. While far from perfect, the schemes have been a lifeline for millions of workers– supporting over 14 million people. Rather than...
Thursday, April 1, 2021
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Everyone participates in the social contract every day, and we rarely stop to think about it. Yet social...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
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How do parties integrate the views of voters into their policy platforms? Drawing on a new study of social...
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Europe, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
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Monday, December 21, 2020
Climate change disproportionately impacts the world’s most impoverished. So, experts are asking, why can’t they receive direct compensation and support?
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Africa, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Asia, Bhutan, India, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom, Europe
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Monday, November 23, 2020
Christine Jardine, a Scottish politician who represents Edinburgh in the UK parliament, was not a fan of universal basic income before the pandemic hit. "It was regarded in some quarters as a kind of socialist idea," said Jardine, a member of the...
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Europe, Austria, France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom
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Monday, September 28, 2020
NGOs in the United Kingdom’s development sector face a fragile and uncertain future, despite the latest economic measures announced Thursday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak. The U.K.’s finances were thrown into disarray by the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought...
Monday, June 8, 2020
It looked like good news. Last week the Office for Budget Responsibility revised down its estimate of the cost of the coronavirus job retention scheme — that’s the scheme under which the government pays 80 per cent of the wages of furloughed workers — by...