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Category Archives: Fairness and Equality
May 22 2013
Wealth inequalities have important consequences for people’s own lives and those of their children
1 CommentTweet While the UK is a rich and affluent nation, it is also a very unequal one. Previewing a new book written with colleagues and published today, John Hills discusses the political and economic issues raised by wealth inequalities, and how these are an important factor in inequalities of … Continue reading
Posted by: May 22, 2013
Tagged with: inequality, wealth
Apr 18 2013
The lack of attention by the government to the overlapping effects of April’s welfare changes is indicative of a poorly thought-through process
Leave a commentTweet Adam Tinson analyses the combined impacts of the individual changes to the social security system which have come into force this month. He focuses on four major changes: the bedroom tax, the replacement of council tax benefit, the overall benefit … Continue reading
Posted by: April 18, 2013
Tagged with: benefits, coalition, welfare
Apr 17 2013
The very fact that Thatcher can be lauded as the woman who broke the mould is indicative of the challenges which women still face in contemporary politics
Leave a commentTweet Anne Phillips reflects on the legacy which Margaret Thatcher, the UK’s first female Prime Minister, left for women. This debate has tended to be a polarised one, with sweeping claims made on the basis of what is, in essence, a … Continue reading
Posted by: April 17, 2013
Tagged with: Gender, Margaret Thatcher
Apr 11 2013
It is essential that we develop mechanisms which restrict the harmful consequences of unrestrained business activity
Leave a commentTweet Reflecting on the lessons we can learn from the financial crisis, Ian Adderley and Stephen Hockman argue that there is an urgent need to look at specific reforms to the legal framework within which business activity takes place. Only through doing … Continue reading
Posted by: April 11, 2013
Tagged with: capitalism, corporate ethics, responsible capitalism
Apr 10 2013
The government is dealing with increasing UK poverty by stigmatising the poor
1 CommentTweet Simon Wren-Lewis analyses the evidence regarding austerity and finds that government policy is creating a documented increase in poverty. However the government’s response to this growing problem amounts to little more than stigmatising the poor. I ended a recent … Continue reading
Posted by: April 10, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, political rhetoric
Apr 3 2013
Homelessness is rising as benefits are cut
1 CommentTweet Recently released statistics show a striking rise in homelessness in the UK. Deborah Garvie summarises this trend and explains how councils are struggling to cope with the number of people at risk of homelessness who are seeking their help. While … Continue reading
Posted by: April 3, 2013
Tagged with: homelessness, housing
Mar 13 2013
It is easy to be pessimistic about the British public’s willingness to win an end to poverty
Leave a commentTweet This blog is part of a series connected to the Social State project from the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (Class). The project looks at what Beveridge’s analysis of society can teach us about the Giant Evils of … Continue reading
Posted by: March 13, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, class, poverty, social state
