This briefing paper seeks to shine a light on the benefit sanctions regime in universal credit by analysing publicly available data from the Department for Work and Pensions.
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Jobs & skills
Public services
IPPR
Fair work can provide people with a decent standard of living, a sense of purpose and a means of contributing to society. But for too many people in Scotland, work fails to deliver decent living standards or the security on which to build a good life.
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Jobs & skills
Scotland
IPPR Scotland
In this paper we trace the emergence of a poorly understood social challenge and one which symbolises Britain’s broken ‘social settlement’: the continued rise in working poverty since the beginning of this century.
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Jobs & skills
Equality
Future Welfare State
IPPR
New research reveals the scale of the job losses under the Chancellor’s new Job Support Scheme and the Job Retention Bonus when the furlough scheme winds up at the end of the month.
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Economy
Jobs & skills
Centre for Economic Justice
Coronavirus response
Future Welfare State
IPPR
We are entering a period of high unemployment with stifled job creation. The government's response to the unemployment crisis so far relies on a quicker bounce back in economic activity than either the Office for Budget Responsibility or the Bank of England are predicting.
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Jobs & skills
Coronavirus response
Future Welfare State
IPPR
Injuries are the leading cause of preventable death in children and young people. As such, they present a significant cost to individuals, society, and the economy. Although the UK has been a world leader in injury prevention policy, austerity and a lack of strategy have hampered further improvement.
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Business
Centre for Economic Justice
IPPR
The UK has experienced a decade of austerity. While this has not resulted in a dramatic decrease in public spending in absolute terms, it does represent the longest pause in real-terms spending...
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Jobs & skills
IPPR
Future Welfare State
Households in income crisis, who cannot afford to pay two or more of their essential bills, are having to make the choice between heating their homes or buying food. This report argues sets out the...
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Jobs & skills
Not enough is being done by businesses or government to prevent people leaving work and moving onto sickness benefits; the result is a stubbornly high number of employment support allowance and...
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Jobs & skills
Business
New Skills at Work
Report
This report looks at the potential effectiveness and value of taking an 'invest to save' approach to the new Work and Health Programme. The ‘hardest-to-help’ have been left behind by employment...
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Jobs & skills
IPPR North
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