This report shows that despite promising to devolve power, the Coalition government's flagship welfare-to-work programme does nothing to change one of the most highly centralised welfare systems in...
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The share of poor households accounted for by working households has been increasing in the UK over the last decade, with more than half of poor children living in working households before the...
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This collection of short essays draws on international experiences and approaches of personalisation. It focuses on the role of the personal adviser as a way to explore how policy can reach its goal...
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The Welsh Assembly Government has made asset-based welfare a key part of its long-term efforts to tackle child poverty. It has established a 'Child Trust Fund Cymru' that will place a Welsh premium...
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ippr's innovative research with 58 low-income families in London, Newcastle, Nottingham and Glasgow aimed to understand what the expansion of household debt has meant for the lives of low-income...
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This paper reports the results of research designed, in part, to examine how low-income families manage their budgets. Having a store of 'rainy day money' can increase a low-income family's...
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This report sets out a wider agenda for policymakers and practitioners. It reviews UK policies for older people and international practice, as well as the priorities of older people in urban versus...
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Welcome to the second edition of the Youth Tracker - a quarterly newsletter looking at how Britain's young people are faring in the recession, and what we can do to support them. The aim of the...
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This report opens up the policy debates surrounding population ageing beyond the traditional realm of healthcare and pensions. It explores how the well-being of older people can be incorporated into...
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Persistently high levels of low pay and in-work poverty in the UK reveal a blind spot in the Government's otherwise impressive record on employment and poverty. This report makes the case for a...
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