COVID-19 might have threatened to bring the scourge of homelessness to many more people in the UK. A swift response averted that crisis, but strong action on homes and work-creation is still needed to “Ride Out Recession” and prevent a descent into poverty, says John Bird (Lord Bird), founder of the The Big Issue and… Read more »
Tag: Poverty
Intergenerational poverty and conditional cash transfers in Brazil
Brazil’s Bolsa Família (Family Allowance) social welfare programme has clear intergenerational aspects, as João Cláudio Rocha Baeta Leal explains. A 24-year-old Brazilian public administrator currently doing an MSc on the Political Economy of Late Development at the London School of Economics, João Leal has carried out research in local development, poverty, democratic participation, government cooperation… Read more »
Intergenerational fairness: a North-South divide?
David Kingman looks at some new research to explore how intergenerational fairness plays out in different ways across the different regions of the UK
Children’s well-being in the UK: a cause for concern or celebration?
Junior researcher Chloe Wall examines recent ONS data and questions whether children’s quality of life really is improving in the UK
Is hidden homelessness among children and young adults reaching “crisis” levels?
David Kingman examines some evidence which suggests that young adults are bearing the brunt of England’s homelessness epidemic
Recent research paints a grim picture of child poverty in the UK
David Kingman looks at several recent pieces of research which suggest that the UK is sliding backwards on children’s and young people’s living standards
ONS: Over twice as many “avoidable deaths” in poor areas compared to rich ones
David Kingman looks at the findings of the latest ONS research into avoidable mortality in England and Wales
New evidence highlights serious long-term effects of Britain’s child poverty crisis
Child poverty is a rapidly growing problem in the UK, and some new evidence has shown how damaging it is for children’s long-term outcomes. David Kingman explains
Is this really the “end of austerity” for young people?
The new Conservative government under Theresa May will abandon the austerity agenda of her predecessors. That is at least the claim. David Kingman looks for the evidence