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Graphic: 08.05.17
Unfair Burden of Cuts
Since 2010 the UK Government has announced a series of severe cuts to benefits and to local government and social care.
Graphic: 08.05.17
Unfair Targeting of Cuts
Since 2010 the UK Government has carried out a series of cuts or 'welfare reforms' reducing the incomes of disabled…
Graphic: 08.05.17
Government Cuts
Since 2010 the UK Government has increased funding in some areas, protected funding in other areas and severely…
Graphic: 08.05.17
Benefit Fraud is Tiny
Benefit fraud is minuscule; in statistical terms it is insignificant. Tax fraud and tax avoidance are the real…
Graphic: 08.05.17
Poor Pay Different Taxes
The poor pay a higher rate of tax than the rich. Essentially the poor are paying higher taxes, because they are paying…
Graphic: 08.05.17
Inequality and Poverty
In 2016 the poorest 6.5 million individuals in the UK lived on an average of £51 per week after tax, that's about…
Graphic: 08.05.17
The Poor Pay the Most Tax
The very high levels of indirect taxes mean that the poorest 10% of the population pay about 11% more in tax than the rest…
Graphic: 08.05.17
Real Cost of Benefits
Spending on benefits and pensions is often exaggerated by politicians by only referring to the gross cost, before…
Graphic: 08.05.17
Inequality Growth
The UK is one of the most unequal developed countries in the world. Inequality effectively doubled in the 1980s &1990s…
Graphic: 06.05.17
Disabled People Hit by Multiple Cuts
Part of the report Counting the Cuts in 2014, which calculated the cumulative impact of the UK's austerity policies on…
Film: 27.04.17
Cuts Target Disabled People
Dr Simon Duffy explains to Anton French Films how Government policy has targeted cuts on disabled people.
Paper: 21.04.17
State Crime by Proxy
In this paper Mo Stewart continues her research into the links between the DWP, Atos Healthcare & Unum Insurance.
Article: 21.03.17
Abolishing the NHS Market
In this powerful essay David Zigmond eviscerates the Internal Market which is choking the NHS to death.
Article: 15.02.17
Time to Stand Up and Be Counted
Don Derrett urges us as individuals to stand up and stand against this new wave of intolerance and brutality, wherever…
Paper: 01.02.17
Derbyshire Unemployed Workers' Centres
Part of a larger network of TUC Unemployed Workers' Centres, this is Derbyshire's Annual Report for 2016.
Article: 19.01.17
Blowin' in the Wind
Steve Griffiths rewords a Bob Dylan classic - a reflection on our crazy times where injustice and hatred seem to fuel…
Article: 16.01.17
The Welfare State and Community
Cormac Russell argues that welfare reform in isolation of the enlargement of the commons is naive and…
Paper: 29.09.16
Political Literacy and Civic Thoughtfulness
Henry Tam describes the principles that must underpin any coherent and decent community.
Paper: 29.09.16
Legal Literacy in Adult Social Care
Belinda Schwehr, a leading expert in social care law, explores the declining standards in legal literacy which are…
Article: 18.08.16
Data on Social Care in England
Simon Duffy pulls together some of the key data relevant to the Centre's submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry on…
Article: 08.08.16
A Career in Adult Social Care
Virginia Moffatt reviews her 30 year career in adult social care in England and the journey from institutional…
Story: 07.08.16
Devon County Council Supported Living Service Review
An anonymous account of how one service provider saw services for people they support cut after a new round of…
Story: 04.08.16
Care Cuts: Indignity & Uprootedness
An anonymous account of the reality of social care for one man with complex disabilities in the United Kingdom.
Paper: 02.08.16
The Psychological Impact of Austerity
This report from Psychologists Against Austerity shares well-established psychological research that directly…
Slide: 24.07.16
The Politics of Poverty
In this presentation for an Anti-Poverty Conference organised by Bolsover CVP, Simon Duffy explores some of the myths…
Paper: 19.07.16
Life in Bolsover Today
Inequality in the UK has doubled in a generation and the consequences are felt most harshly in places like Bolsover as…
Article: 19.07.16
Exploring the Meaning of Poverty
Poverty isolates and divides us. It leaves us thinking we are not good enough and we are too poor to spend time with…
Paper: 19.07.16
A Troubling Truth
Dr Claudia Gillberg reflects on her own experience of living with the chronic illness, myalgic encephalomyelitis or…
Article: 15.05.16
Totally Wrong List
An overview of all the Government policies which harm or disadvantage people with learning disabilities in England.
Paper: 13.04.16
In the Expectation of Recovery
George Faulkner's report outlines how misleading medical research has been used to support disability cuts.
Slide: 05.04.16
Farewell to Welfare
Simon Duffy gave this talk on the demise of the welfare state under the leadership of the UK's Conservative Party at the…
Article: 22.03.16
Open Letter to Stephen Crabb
Ekklesia and the Centre for Welfare Reform have published a letter to Stephen Crabb calling for an end to policies…
Article: 22.03.16
The Problem with Mandatory Reconsideration
Eri Mountbatten outlines the worrying results from a recent survey of it's members by the National Association of…
Slide: 21.03.16
What Went Wrong with the Welfare State?
Simon Duffy gave this talk at a Bishop's Breakfast in Bolton setting out why the welfare state is essential to justice,…
Article: 02.02.16
The Search for Suitable Housing
The hurdles Jane Gregory, her family and her daughter had to overcome in order to get a home to live in despite official…
Paper: 06.10.15
Peace, Sustainability & Inclusive Citizenship in Colombia
David Towell and colleagues offer a framework for exploring how education needs to be transformed to play its part in…
Slide: 04.10.15
What's Wrong with Welfare Reform
A presentation given to bishops' spouses about Women Centred Solutions and what went wrong with welfare reform.
Slide: 03.10.15
Marking the Political Parties
The Results of Learning Disability Alliance England's Citizen Jury held before the General Election in May 2015.
Paper: 28.07.15
Spartacus ESA Mythbuster
Members of Spartacus Network bust the dangerous myths and misinformation that has grown up around ESA.
Paper: 30.04.15
Quality Checking Government
A survey by the Learning Disability Alliance England on the impact of the UK Government on people with learning…
Film: 04.03.15
Who Benefits?
Kofi Sampaney, Marvin Blair, Alexander James, Tyrone Paul and Mark Williams made this short documentary to describe…
Film: 01.02.15
What Went Wrong with Welfare Reform?
Simon Duffy explores the reality of welfare reform in the UK.
Graphic: 20.08.14
Keys to Citizenship - Love
Keys to Citizenship graphic - love is the 7th key to citizenship.
Graphic: 20.08.14
Keys to Citizenship - Life
Keys to Citizenship graphic - life is the 6th key to citizenship.
Graphic: 20.08.14
Keys to Citizenship - Help
Keys to Citizenship graphic - help is the 5th key to citizenship.
Graphic: 20.08.14
Keys to Citizenship - Home
Keys to Citizenship graphic - home is the 4th key to citizenship.
Graphic: 20.08.14
Keys to Citizenship - Money
Keys to Citizenship graphic - money is the 3rd key to citizenship.
Graphic: 20.08.14
Keys to Citizenship - Freedom
Keys to Citizenship graphic - freedom is the 2nd key to citizenship.
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