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What can the UK learn from Germany’s welfare sanctions reforms?

4 September 2023

It’s time to rethink Council Tax Support

14 August 2023

The youth penalty: lower pay, lower benefits, higher sanctions

7 June 2023

Benefit sanctions aren’t working — but how did we get here?

19 April 2023

The smallest violin….Why does the tax system treat single parents as less?

16 March 2023

Can local welfare ever be more than a quick fix?

7 March 2023

The Where’s Wally Fund: The Household Support Fund

17 January 2023

The Cinderella benefit: Local Housing Allowance

8 December 2022

Benefits will rise with inflation in April — does this mean job done?

30 November 2022

Could the solution to the childcare crisis have a ‘silver’ lining?

23 November 2022

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