Chi usa i buoni pasto lo sa bene: otto euro non bastano più per coprire il costo di un pranzo fuori casa. Basta fare due conti: una pasta al bar costa in media 7-8 €, aggiungi una bottiglietta d’acqua e un caffè e sei già sopra i 10 €. Per chi lavora tutti i giorni [...] Continua a leggere Buoni pasto, novità sugli importi in arrivo: fino a 500 € in più in busta paga su Lavoro e Diritti.| Lavoro e Diritti
Poverty is just not as exciting as people want it to be.| People's Policy Project
GDP is up, but who’s better off? Clive Lewis, Norwich South MP, argues poverty is growing, wages lag, rents soar. And that’s not prosperity The post Richness of life can’t be measured in GDP – what happened to joy? first appeared on East Anglia Bylines.| East Anglia Bylines
Social Security’s Trust Fund Is Not a Savings Account When Social Security was first established, Congress created a special fund—the Old-Age and Survivor’s Insurance Trust Fund,[1] or OASI—as a means of keeping Social Security’s finances separate from other government taxes and spending. Since the program’s inception, all Social Security taxes have been credited to Social... The post EPIC Explainer: Social Security’s Trust Fund appeared first on EPIC for America.| EPIC for America
Elisabetta Ciani, utilizzando i dati EU-SILC 2006–22 relativi a 6 Paesi europei (Italia, Irlanda, Spagna, Germania, Francia, Paesi Bassi), indaga come cambia la distribuzione dei redditi tenendo conto dei costi o dei benefici associati all’abitazione di residenza. Povertà e disuguaglianza si accentuano se si includono i costi dell’abitazione, mentre tendono a ridursi, soprattutto nei Paesi ad alta diffusione della proprietà, se si aggiungono i fitti imputati. La dinamica della distrib...| Etica ed Economia
Also this week: Fighting for disability rights and Labour at a crossroads.| New Statesman
The Labour government was elected on a promise of economic growth but already this vision is faltering. IF researcher, Toby Whelton, argues that a low-growth economy is the inevitable result of a gerontocratic society. Growth, growth, growth Insofar as the current government had an overarching economic vision for the country, it was economic growth. One… Read more » The post Britain will never have high growth as long as it panders to the grey vote appeared first on Intergenerational Found...| Intergenerational Foundation
Mike, Research Community member The post Mike’s experience: PIP, mental health and work appeared first on Money and Mental Health Policy Institute.| Money and Mental Health Policy Institute
05/07/2024. London, United Kingdom. Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer poses for a photograph following her appointment to Cabinet by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street. P…| Westminster Confidential
Hi, Due to my own M.E. and other personal issues this week, I have just resorted to asking AI how disabled people in Scotland will be impacted by the proposed welfare cuts by the Government in Westminster. I had previously seen people who live in Scotland saying they won’t be impacted so I was surprised ... Read more The post Impact of Liz Kendall’s Proposed Welfare Cuts in Scotland first appeared on ME Foggy Dog.| ME Foggy Dog
The transit world has talked itself into a nonsense understanding of revenue tradeoffs.| People's Policy Project
I don't know why this is being so obfuscated.| People's Policy Project
Financial disparities across colleges in Oxford make it that student welfare provisions are a lottery and University support is not enough to make up| Cherwell
A deep dive into the Survey of Income and Program Participation.| People's Policy Project
More on this fake thing.| People's Policy Project
The flimsiest of possible excuses for cutting Medicaid.| People's Policy Project
A review.| People's Policy Project
Sense provided evidence for a report which said the DWP was providing 'unacceptably poor service' to disability benefits claimants| Big Issue
The French advocacy group, La Quadrature du Net (“LQDN”) have challenged the use of a scoring algorithm by the French welfare system for certain recipients of family benefits. The case, which will be heard by the Conseil d’État (France’s highest administrative court), raises interesting arguments about algorithmic processing in public administration and the issue ofRead More| MediaLaws
Dr Stacey Rand is a Senior Research Fellow at the PSSRU, University of Kent. Her research interests include quality and safety of care, the impact of support for unpaid (family/friend) carers, and quality of life outcome measurement and application in adult social care. She has recently stepped into the role of Programme Lead for the… Continue Reading Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT)| PSSRU
Growing up, I have consistently been the child who asks “why”. Why shouldn’t I run with scissors? Why do chickens have 2 legs and cows have 4? Why do I have to learn maths if I wa…| Naturally Speaking
Some good. Some bad. A lot of meh.| People's Policy Project
I’m angry. I’m so angry it woke me up this morning. And I’m angry about being angry because I can’t channel the...| LRB Blog
Una inchiesta di Openpolis induce ad aprire una seria riflessione sul depotenziamento del welfare universale di Federico Giusti Una recente inchiesta di Openpolis evidenzia la disparità di accesso ai servizi per minori nelle varie regioni italiane (1). Due considerazioni preliminari si ren| IN THE NET
Medicare Part D for All!| People's Policy Project
No redistribution of factor payments will ever obviate the need for the welfare state.| People's Policy Project
Understanding objections to the Biden economy.| People's Policy Project