It is 80 years since Beveridge took on what he called the ‘five giants’ of want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness. His report has shaped British politics and society ever since its publication. As part of a project to assess where we stand today, Ashwin Kumar and I were commissioned to explore ‘idleness’.1 Is it a problem today? And if so, what should be done about it
This paper considers the issue of unemployment one of the most pressing issues facing the UK and oth...
Conor DarcyA new report followed a group of workers over a decade to see how their wages developed. ...
Relative poverty in the UK has risen massively since 1979 mainly because of increasing worklessness,...
It is 80 years since Beveridge took on what he called the ‘five giants’ of want, disease, ignorance,...
Adrian Beecroft’s report on employment law has angered many who feel his recommendations are partisa...
Unemployment has stood out as a crucial and controversial issue in the UK. Long term and unskilled u...
In this article, Andrew Dunn presents research which finds that many unemployed people prefer living...
There is no doubt that Beveridge saw idleness as the curse of unemployment that had afflicted so man...
In 1996 the UK made major changes to its welfare system for the support of the unemployed with the i...
This article shows that the unemployed are broadly supportive of welfare reforms which have led to i...
Full employment is a tenet of classic social democracy – but what if that just isn't applicable anym...
Recent welfare reforms in the United Kingdom have redrawn the parameters of active labour market pol...
Getting people into employment will not on its own ensure decent living standards and reduce poverty...
Responding to seemingly intractable levels of long-term unemployment and more recently arising from ...
Job quality has become a prominent issue in recent years - and with good reason, say Francis Green, ...
This paper considers the issue of unemployment one of the most pressing issues facing the UK and oth...
Conor DarcyA new report followed a group of workers over a decade to see how their wages developed. ...
Relative poverty in the UK has risen massively since 1979 mainly because of increasing worklessness,...
It is 80 years since Beveridge took on what he called the ‘five giants’ of want, disease, ignorance,...
Adrian Beecroft’s report on employment law has angered many who feel his recommendations are partisa...
Unemployment has stood out as a crucial and controversial issue in the UK. Long term and unskilled u...
In this article, Andrew Dunn presents research which finds that many unemployed people prefer living...
There is no doubt that Beveridge saw idleness as the curse of unemployment that had afflicted so man...
In 1996 the UK made major changes to its welfare system for the support of the unemployed with the i...
This article shows that the unemployed are broadly supportive of welfare reforms which have led to i...
Full employment is a tenet of classic social democracy – but what if that just isn't applicable anym...
Recent welfare reforms in the United Kingdom have redrawn the parameters of active labour market pol...
Getting people into employment will not on its own ensure decent living standards and reduce poverty...
Responding to seemingly intractable levels of long-term unemployment and more recently arising from ...
Job quality has become a prominent issue in recent years - and with good reason, say Francis Green, ...
This paper considers the issue of unemployment one of the most pressing issues facing the UK and oth...
Conor DarcyA new report followed a group of workers over a decade to see how their wages developed. ...
Relative poverty in the UK has risen massively since 1979 mainly because of increasing worklessness,...
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