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Author Royston, Sam,
Title Broken benefits : what's gone wrong with welfare reform / Sam Royston.
Publisher Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017.
Copyright date ß2017


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Descript 1 online resource (xii, 387 pages) : illustrations
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Contents Intro; BROKEN BENEFITS; Contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; About the author; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introducing the benefits system; 1. Introduction; What exactly are 'benefits'?; What is 'broken' about the benefits system?; The benefits system is changing; Fixing the benefits system; What next?; 2. The makings of a 'British revolution': A brief history of benefits; Poor relief before the Poor Law; The Poor Law; Welfare from 1800 to 1945; The Beveridge Report, 1942; Some things change, some things stay the same; Conclusion; 3. What are benefits for?
Providing a 'minimum' safety net'Levelling the playing field' between households with different levels of need; Promoting socially desirable behaviours; Conclusion; Part II. Mapping it all out -- The mechanics of the benefits system; 4. Benefit entitlements for people with no other income or savings; Support for personal living costs: the 'personal allowance'; Extra help if you have a partner; Support for children; Help with housing costs; Extra help if you are off work due to illness, or have a disability; Support for carers; Universal Credit; The 'benefit cap'; Conclusion.
5. Contribution-based benefit entitlements for people with no other income or savingsContribution-based Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance; The 'old' State Pension; The 'new' State Pension; Contribution-based benefits and Universal Credit; Treatment of contribution-based benefits as taxable income; Conclusion; 6. How support changes on moving into work; 'Out-of-work' benefits; Means testing for people not receiving out-of-work benefits; Universal Credit; Universal benefits; Conclusion; Part III . A thousand cuts; 7. A freeze is as good as a cut.
Below-inflationary uprating, 2010-20Freezes to children's benefits; Freezing help with housing costs; Benefit rises below inflation and 'protection' for the sick and disabled; Conclusion; 8. 'Unlimited' welfare; What is 'unlimited' welfare?; The 'two-child limit' for Child Tax Credit and the child element of Universal Credit; The 'benefit cap'; The Local Housing Allowance cap; Is it right to cap benefit entitlements?; Conclusion; 9. Welfare reform and the 'family test'; Poverty and the 'family test'; Cuts to Child Tax Credit; Disabled child additions within Universal Credit.
Cuts to support for young single parents under Universal CreditNew families; The 'family test' and the 'couple penalty'; Conclusion; 10. Cuts to Employment and Support Allowance and the 'limited capability for work' component of Universal Credit; About Employment and Support Allowance and 'limited capability for work' in Universal Credit; Changes to Employment and Support Allowance entitlements -- removal of the 'work-related activity' component; The impact of removing the work-related activity component on in-work support in Universal Credit.
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ISBN 1447333276 (electronic bk.)
9781447333272 (electronic bk.)
9781447333289 (ebook)
1447333284 (ebook)
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Author Royston, Sam,
Subject Public welfare -- Great Britain.
Welfare recipients -- Employment -- Great Britain.
Descript 1 online resource (xii, 387 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
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Contents Intro; BROKEN BENEFITS; Contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; About the author; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introducing the benefits system; 1. Introduction; What exactly are 'benefits'?; What is 'broken' about the benefits system?; The benefits system is changing; Fixing the benefits system; What next?; 2. The makings of a 'British revolution': A brief history of benefits; Poor relief before the Poor Law; The Poor Law; Welfare from 1800 to 1945; The Beveridge Report, 1942; Some things change, some things stay the same; Conclusion; 3. What are benefits for?
Providing a 'minimum' safety net'Levelling the playing field' between households with different levels of need; Promoting socially desirable behaviours; Conclusion; Part II. Mapping it all out -- The mechanics of the benefits system; 4. Benefit entitlements for people with no other income or savings; Support for personal living costs: the 'personal allowance'; Extra help if you have a partner; Support for children; Help with housing costs; Extra help if you are off work due to illness, or have a disability; Support for carers; Universal Credit; The 'benefit cap'; Conclusion.
5. Contribution-based benefit entitlements for people with no other income or savingsContribution-based Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance; The 'old' State Pension; The 'new' State Pension; Contribution-based benefits and Universal Credit; Treatment of contribution-based benefits as taxable income; Conclusion; 6. How support changes on moving into work; 'Out-of-work' benefits; Means testing for people not receiving out-of-work benefits; Universal Credit; Universal benefits; Conclusion; Part III . A thousand cuts; 7. A freeze is as good as a cut.
Below-inflationary uprating, 2010-20Freezes to children's benefits; Freezing help with housing costs; Benefit rises below inflation and 'protection' for the sick and disabled; Conclusion; 8. 'Unlimited' welfare; What is 'unlimited' welfare?; The 'two-child limit' for Child Tax Credit and the child element of Universal Credit; The 'benefit cap'; The Local Housing Allowance cap; Is it right to cap benefit entitlements?; Conclusion; 9. Welfare reform and the 'family test'; Poverty and the 'family test'; Cuts to Child Tax Credit; Disabled child additions within Universal Credit.
Cuts to support for young single parents under Universal CreditNew families; The 'family test' and the 'couple penalty'; Conclusion; 10. Cuts to Employment and Support Allowance and the 'limited capability for work' component of Universal Credit; About Employment and Support Allowance and 'limited capability for work' in Universal Credit; Changes to Employment and Support Allowance entitlements -- removal of the 'work-related activity' component; The impact of removing the work-related activity component on in-work support in Universal Credit.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 1447333276 (electronic bk.)
9781447333272 (electronic bk.)
9781447333289 (ebook)
1447333284 (ebook)
Author Royston, Sam,
Subject Public welfare -- Great Britain.
Welfare recipients -- Employment -- Great Britain.

Subject Public welfare -- Great Britain.
Welfare recipients -- Employment -- Great Britain.
Descript 1 online resource (xii, 387 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Intro; BROKEN BENEFITS; Contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; About the author; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introducing the benefits system; 1. Introduction; What exactly are 'benefits'?; What is 'broken' about the benefits system?; The benefits system is changing; Fixing the benefits system; What next?; 2. The makings of a 'British revolution': A brief history of benefits; Poor relief before the Poor Law; The Poor Law; Welfare from 1800 to 1945; The Beveridge Report, 1942; Some things change, some things stay the same; Conclusion; 3. What are benefits for?
Providing a 'minimum' safety net'Levelling the playing field' between households with different levels of need; Promoting socially desirable behaviours; Conclusion; Part II. Mapping it all out -- The mechanics of the benefits system; 4. Benefit entitlements for people with no other income or savings; Support for personal living costs: the 'personal allowance'; Extra help if you have a partner; Support for children; Help with housing costs; Extra help if you are off work due to illness, or have a disability; Support for carers; Universal Credit; The 'benefit cap'; Conclusion.
5. Contribution-based benefit entitlements for people with no other income or savingsContribution-based Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance; The 'old' State Pension; The 'new' State Pension; Contribution-based benefits and Universal Credit; Treatment of contribution-based benefits as taxable income; Conclusion; 6. How support changes on moving into work; 'Out-of-work' benefits; Means testing for people not receiving out-of-work benefits; Universal Credit; Universal benefits; Conclusion; Part III . A thousand cuts; 7. A freeze is as good as a cut.
Below-inflationary uprating, 2010-20Freezes to children's benefits; Freezing help with housing costs; Benefit rises below inflation and 'protection' for the sick and disabled; Conclusion; 8. 'Unlimited' welfare; What is 'unlimited' welfare?; The 'two-child limit' for Child Tax Credit and the child element of Universal Credit; The 'benefit cap'; The Local Housing Allowance cap; Is it right to cap benefit entitlements?; Conclusion; 9. Welfare reform and the 'family test'; Poverty and the 'family test'; Cuts to Child Tax Credit; Disabled child additions within Universal Credit.
Cuts to support for young single parents under Universal CreditNew families; The 'family test' and the 'couple penalty'; Conclusion; 10. Cuts to Employment and Support Allowance and the 'limited capability for work' component of Universal Credit; About Employment and Support Allowance and 'limited capability for work' in Universal Credit; Changes to Employment and Support Allowance entitlements -- removal of the 'work-related activity' component; The impact of removing the work-related activity component on in-work support in Universal Credit.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 1447333276 (electronic bk.)
9781447333272 (electronic bk.)
9781447333289 (ebook)
1447333284 (ebook)
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