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The COVID-19 Crisis and Universal Credit in Glasgow: September 2021

City economies, Commentary, Coronavirus / COVID-19, Dr Sarah Weakley, Glasgow, Laura Comincini, Poverty, Welfare & social security, Working paperBy Social Sciences CommunicationsSeptember 9, 2021

The fourth and final working paper in the series on Universal Credit in Glasgow and Scotland this paper reports on trends over the COVID period and considers the implications for policy and practice.

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The COVID-19 Crisis and Universal Credit in Glasgow: January 2021

City economies, Commentary, Community Resilience and Addressing Disadvantage, Dr Sarah Weakley, Glasgow, Poverty, Welfare & social security, Working paperBy Social Sciences CommunicationsJanuary 19, 2021

Third working paper that uses publicly available Department for Work and Pensions data on Universal Credit in Glasgow and Scotland to investigate the income crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The COVID-19 Crisis and Universal Credit in Glasgow: September 2020

City economies, Commentary, Community Resilience and Addressing Disadvantage, Dr Sarah Weakley, Glasgow, Poverty, Welfare & social security, Working paperBy Social Sciences CommunicationsSeptember 10, 2020

The scale of the challenges faced by people on low incomes in the COVID-19 crisis is becoming clearer This paper updates Universal Credit figures to July 2020 and highlights new areas of concern.

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New Policy Scotland working paper: The COVID-19 Crisis and Universal Credit in Glasgow

City economies, Commentary, Community Resilience and Addressing Disadvantage, Dr David Waite, Dr Sarah Weakley, Glasgow, Poverty, Welfare & social security, Working paperBy Social Sciences CommunicationsJuly 15, 20202 Comments

This working paper looks at the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on unemployment and the labour market in Glasgow, illustrated with a focus on Universal Credit data.

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Building the community economy in Scotland: supporting learning and action

By Social Sciences CommunicationsJuly 13, 2020

This Discussion Paper supports understanding of the key elements and options for an emerging participatory research agenda to support, inform and critically consider the development of the community economy in Scotland and more widely. It does this by offering a range of frameworks to support dialogue and participatory research on building such an economy, and…

An independent Scotland’s currency options redux: assessing the costs and benefits of currency choice

Austerity, Economics, Independence, Professor Ronald MacDonald, UK, Working paperBy Social Sciences CommunicationsSeptember 11, 2014

Paper demonstrating that all of the currency options available to an independent Scotland come with the price tag of an austerity programme.

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