The Government’s flagship Universal Credit has come under fresh attack after MPs said “very little progress” had been achieved even though £700 million has been spent on the scheme since
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The Government’s flagship welfare reform could leave women vulnerable to domestic abuse, a parliamentary human rights watchdog has warned. Universal credit, which was rolled out nationwide on Monday, could expose
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An open letter to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith MP calls on Mr Duncan Smith to immediately suspend the roll out of Universal-Credit in Scotland,
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Senior figures from civic Scotland met in Glasgow yesterday to launch a new group which aims to examine the impact of welfare reforms on Scotland, and bring forward proposals to
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Charities expressed concern that the Chancellor has decided to freeze Universal Credit work allowances as part of a raft of welfare announcements. George Osborne said the allowance will be maintained
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This paper uses a service evaluation of a city-wide Advocacy Rights Hub, based in a northern-English city, as a vehicle to explore the shift in welfare provision away from regulated
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A paper examined the efficacy and ethicality of conditional forms of welfare in England and Scotland, bringing together evidence collected during the initial stages of an ongoing study on the
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A recent report The Impact of Welfare Reform on Third Sector Care and Support Services In Scotland from the Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) and the
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Fresh concerns over the impact of changes to the welfare system have been raised by the SNP after figures showed significant rises in the number of disabled people, women, lone
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A report examined how welfare reforms introduced in 2012 were affecting service demand and delivery of third sector social care and support services, including the impact on staff roles, welfare
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