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Category Archives: Public Services and the Welfare State
May 21 2013
Crime rates in the UK have been falling, but the reversal of policies that contributed to this trend means that ‘something will give’
Leave a commentTweet Mirko Draca explains the factors behind falling crime rates in the UK, examining research he and colleagues have conducted. The evidence suggests that education and labour market policies, and increased spending on police resources are amongst the reasons for this trend. … Continue reading
Posted by: May 21, 2013
Tagged with: crime, labour market
May 20 2013
It is time for more action on the issue of mental health
Leave a commentTweet In the developed world, mental illness causes more misery than physical illness. Yet, as Richard Layard explains, there is far too little attention focused on this important problem. New treatments have been developed to treat mental illness but more priority … Continue reading
Posted by: May 20, 2013
Tagged with: mental health
May 8 2013
What drives people’s perceptions of their health system? In the UK, overall satisfaction with the NHS is closely associated with GP performance
1 CommentTweet Surveys of satisfaction with the NHS tend to prompt discussion about reform. Research by Irene Papanicolas, Jonathan Cylus and Peter Smith investigates what determines people’s satisfaction with their health system and why it is oftentimes erratic. International comparisons show that overall satisfaction … Continue reading
Posted by: May 8, 2013
Tagged with: health systems, NHS, satisfaction surveys
May 1 2013
We have set up a system in which immigrants and natives are forced into conflict over access to a limited supply of social housing
Leave a commentTweet Alan Manning examines what is behind the rise in UK-born whites’ perception of discrimination against them in the allocation of social housing. This is not because there is discrimination in reality, but because the supply of social housing has not … Continue reading
Posted by: May 1, 2013
Tagged with: immigration, social housing
Apr 29 2013
The new benefit cap has the potential for unintended consequences, particularly for families in the south east
Leave a commentTweet Kate Webb analyses the impact of the benefit cap which recently came into force. She observes that its failure to take regional variation into account means that unintended consequences at a regional level are inevitable, with the most likely instance … Continue reading
Posted by: April 29, 2013
Tagged with: benefits, homelessness, housing, Shelter, welfare
Apr 15 2013
While any benefits from the changes to the NHS can at best be long term, the political costs are immediate
Leave a commentTweet One year on from its adoption, Rudolf Klein argues that only one thing is certain about the Health and Social Care Act: it will be a vote loser for all parties in the coalition government. Predictions of disaster will … Continue reading
Posted by: April 15, 2013
Tagged with: Health and Social Care Bill, NHS reform
Apr 11 2013
Anti-immigrant feeling is at least partially linked to wider debates about ‘scrounging’ and reciprocity rhetoric
Leave a commentTweet Ben Baumberg argues that people’s views on migrants claiming benefits are more complex than is commonly understood. Surveys reveal that a large part of the concern about migrants claiming benefits is about a lack of contribution. This isn’t about payments … Continue reading
Posted by: April 11, 2013
Tagged with: benefits, immigration, political rhetoric
Apr 4 2013
The British class system is becoming more polarised between a prosperous elite and a poor ‘precariat’
6 CommentsTweet Mike Savage discusses the results of the largest British class survey ever conducted. It shows that class divisions remain very powerful and are becoming more entrenched. There is a growing gulf between the elite and the lower classes, and … Continue reading
Posted by: April 4, 2013
Tagged with: class, inequality, precariat, social capital
