Spotlight report by Dr Sarah Hadfield on how Universal Credit could better support victim-survivors of domestic abuse.

People are being forced into a ‘cycle of debt, poverty and homelessness’, a charity chief said

How a failure to uprate housing support is causing hardship for low-income renters

Since its introduction in 2013, Universal Credit (UC) has gradually replaced legacy benefits, including Employment and Support Allowance…

Evidence and insights from Citizens Advice, highlighting three key ways the Access to Work scheme could be improved to better support disabled people to work.

This blog has been co-written by Maddy Rose, Senior Policy Researcher, and Victoria Anns, Policy Researcher.

Dr Sarah Hadfield, Visting Fellow at The School of Social Policy and Criminology, The Open University. — Labour has consistently claimed that it is banning [...]

Dr Sarah Hadfield, Visting Fellow at The School of Social Policy and Criminology, The Open University. Labour has consistently claimed that it is banning “exploitative” [...]