welfare state Articles

There is very little certainty in post-Brexit Britain, and seemingly little prioritised last week that remains politically pertinent today. But our population is ageing, and it is ageing rapidly. By 2050, it is projected that the number of people over 65 will have...

Too often, the actual effects of past policy decisions are not fully evaluated or even remembered in the public discourse, though doing so would tell us a lot about the wisdom of current decisions. Social Policy in a Cold Climate, the result of a mammoth research...

The idea of a universal basic income is not without merit and Christabel Edwards argues the case well as do others most notably the RSA who have been strongly advocating for the concept over last year. However, I would argue that three key questions need to be...

Like many others I have felt stung by recent critiques of the centre-left agenda, or lack thereof. This is partly a recognition of an uncomfortable truth. We have a lot of small ideas designed to make life better for working people, but we have nothing big; nothing to...