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Are migrants “taking advantage”? | Social Policy
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Paul Spicker: commentary and updates. Introduction to Social Policy. July 21, 2015. Are migrants “taking advantage”? Headline trumpets, “Migrants take advantage of generous welfare state”. The basis for this is a briefing paper. By Migration Watch which uses Labour Force Survey statistics to break down the receipt of certain benefits by country of origin. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). August 29, 2016.
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Crackers: a comparison of UK spending on benefits with other countries | Social Policy
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Paul Spicker: commentary and updates. Introduction to Social Policy. June 22, 2015. Crackers: a comparison of UK spending on benefits with other countries. George Osborne and Iain Duncan Smith have been writing in the papers to say that the UK’s spending on benefits is “crackers”. They’re quoted. When the UK is compared to other OECD countries, its expenditure starts to look at little more moderate. The figures are here. June 22, 2015 - 1:52 pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. A draf...
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Why EVEL is the wrong approach | Social Policy
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Paul Spicker: commentary and updates. Introduction to Social Policy. July 20, 2015. Why EVEL is the wrong approach. Third, devolution is not a good reason to reduce the authority of regional representatives within Parliament. The government has promised further devolution to English regions, for example enabling a new Manchester-centred authority to act on policing and transport. Should that mean that Manchester MPs shouldn’t vote on transport and policing issues in Parliament? Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Social policy: commentary and updates. Introduction to Social Policy. Free movement demands planning: both the EU and the UK government have muddied the water on managing immigration. A House of Commons briefing paper. The Migration Observatory at Oxford. We should let more migrants in. They should apply in their own countries through the proper channels. So … what do the proper channels in Syria look like? They come with no identity papers. A standard part of fleeing the country is that you dump pap...
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Social security |
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Social policy: commentary and updates. Introduction to Social Policy. This blog includes discussion of issues in British social security policy, along with new material to complement my book, How Social Security Works. There’s nothing new about the gig economy. An article in the Economist. Unemployment: a problem of industry. This will do the opposite. The DWP Green Paper,. ESA is supposed to be a sickness benefit. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has announced. B) the limitation is such that...
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Social policy: commentary and updates. Introduction to Social Policy. Italy proposes a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme. The Italian Government has proposed. A petition to the European Parliament. I have prepared a petition on change.org. As the first step to presenting a petition to the European Parliament. Here is the text. Our European citizenship is a fundamental right. Please defend it. We are citizens of the European Union. In the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. The answer is (a) becau...
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Scotland |
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Social policy: commentary and updates. Introduction to Social Policy. Budgeting for the Scottish Welfare Fund. The Scottish Welfare Fund, for those who hail from other pairts, is the national scheme that replaced the Social Fund when England moved to local welfare assistance. The headline figures for the Fund. A draft response to the consultation on Social Security in Scotland. I’ve drafted a response to the consultation: here is a link to the document. It should not be assumed that citizens must registe...
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Social policy: commentary and updates. Introduction to Social Policy. There’s nothing new about the gig economy. This will do the opposite. ESA is supposed to be a sickness benefit. Benefits for people with mental illnesses. Budgeting for the Scottish Welfare Fund. Belgium vetoes CETA; it’s about something more than meat. Questions are raised about the validity of the WCA. Troubled families: a programme without a rationale. Michael Higgins speaks about the treatment of citizens in poverty. Introduction t...
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