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Research shows sanctions regime failing by even its own standards

Commentary, Dr Sharon Wright, Employment and labour market, Research project - outputs, Welfare & social securityBy adminNovember 2, 2016

About a study that found that welfare sanctions not only create ‘widespread anxiety’ in claimants but saw some people forced to turn to crime to survive after seeing their benefits cut.

Practitioner Blog: Johanna Spiers, Welfare Reform Third Sector Co-ordinator, GCVS

Commentary, Glasgow Council for Voluntary Sector, Johanna Spiers, Third sector, Welfare & social securityBy adminJune 29, 2016

Description of a project experimenting with approaches ‘To increase citizen participation in the welfare reform agenda’.

Tackling Britain’s Misleading Benefit Sanctions Statistics

Commentary, David Webster, Welfare & social securityBy adminJune 29, 2016

A review of the effectiveness of sanctions’, i.e. withdrawals of benefit, against claimants of Jobseeker’s Allowance.

Hands of a woman who is taking a £2 coin out of a purse

Credit where it’s due?

Commentary, Health, Martin Taulbut, NHS Health Scotland, Welfare & social securityBy adminJune 29, 2016

Martin Taulbut, Public Health Information Manager, NHS Health Scotland, discusses Universal Credit, public health and the Scottish labour market.

9th June – Welfare Reform Network – Welfare Conditionality Social Security in Scotland

Seminar, Welfare & social securityBy adminMay 31, 20161 Comment

Event to present First Wave findings from the ESRC ‘Welfare Conditionality: Sanctions, Support and Behaviour Change’ project.

Social Support and Migration in Scotland Dissemination Event

Immigration, Launch, Welfare & social securityBy adminJanuary 22, 2016

Events sharing data and insights from researchers working on the Social Support and Migration in Scotland (SSAMIS) project.

Welfare Reform Network event launch summary

Carla McCormack, David Webster, Dr Sharon Wright, Launch, News & Blog, Poverty Alliance, Welfare & social securityBy adminApril 13, 20152 Comments

Summary of the launch of the Policy Scotland Welfare Reform Network with the event ‘Sanctions in Scotland: evidence, policy in practice and impacts’.

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