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The forgotten welfare gap in older age

Kingsley Purdam By Kingsley Purdam Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion, Health and Social Care Posted: October 6, 2017

As the winter months and colder weather approach, the University of Manchester’s Kingsley Purdam explains how welfare reform and austerity has affected the growing numbers of older people. Ongoing research into food insecurity shows older people are at risk of under-nutrition because of poverty, or because they don’t get the support they need to shop, […]

Tagged With: austerity, older people, Social Statistics, welfare reform

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How Lord Alf Morris gave me belief in the power of change

By Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson Filed Under: All posts Posted: November 18, 2016

The face of Britain’s Paralympic success and a tireless campaigner for the rights and recognition of disabled people, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is an inspiration to millions. Against a backdrop of ongoing cuts to welfare budgets and her continuing work influencing the UK Government’s Welfare Reform bills in the House of Lords, Dame Grey-Thompson visited The […]

Tagged With: disability rights, paralympics, sport, welfare reform

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Making shared housing work

Sue Heath By Sue Heath Filed Under: Featured, Health and Social Care, Whitehall Watch Posted: July 3, 2014

The Government wants people on housing benefit to share accommodation to bring down costs. But, Sue Heath warns, voluntary arrangements usually work better than compulsion. The Government’s welfare reform programme is penalising under-occupation of social rented accommodation that is paid for by housing benefit. One approach favoured by the Government is more sharing of accommodation […]

Tagged With: bedroom tax, Caroline Lucas, crisis, George Osborne, housing, Shared Accommodation Rate, shared housing, Under the Same Roof, welfare reform

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