Tag: John Hills

New child poverty measures could allow government to shirk its responsibilities

New child poverty measures could allow government to shirk its responsibilities

Abandoning the child poverty targets will damage the interests of disadvantaged children, and represents a significant step back in attempts to make Britain a fairer society, argue Kitty Stewart, Tania Burchardt, John Hills and Polly Vizard. Similar PostsBook Review: Strangers at our Door by Zygmunt BaumanThe survival of power sharing and devolution through another crisis is […]

Book Review: Good times, bad times: The welfare myth of them and us

Book Review: Good times, bad times: The welfare myth of them and us

 Two-thirds of UK government spending now goes on the welfare state and where the money is spent – healthcare, education, pensions, benefits – is the centre of political and public debate. Good Times, bad times says this debate is dominated by the myth that the population divides into those who benefit from the welfare state […]