After the WCA: Competing visions of disability and welfare

After several near misses, the era of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) may be coming [...]

An ‘interface first’ bureaucracy: Interface design, universal credit and the digital welfare state

The front-line of the welfare state is increasingly not a letter, phone call or face-to-face [...]

Universal credit: incomes, incentives and the remaining roll-out

What has been the impact of universal credit on incomes and work incentives? What challenges [...]

Old age tendencies – the impact of tax and benefit changes on intergenerational fairness ahead of the 2024 general election

In this Spotlight we look at the impact of spending, tax and benefit decisions taken [...]

Ratchets, retrenchment and reform – The social security system since 2010

Spending on social security as a share of GDP has risen slightly since the financial [...]

How the UK’s social security system stopped tackling poverty

The cost of living is the most important issue for many voters this election. It’s [...]

Disability benefits: lessons from the front line

The disability benefits system is broken. It has not adapted to a world where disability [...]

Under strain – Investigating trends in working-age disability and incapacity benefits

The benefits bill is frequently the subject of intense political debate. But since the pandemic, [...]

In credit? Assessing where Universal Credit’s long roll-out has left the benefit system and the country

With neither of the main parties wanting to scrap Universal Credit, whoever wins the election [...]

Disability Benefits system to be overhauled as consultation launched on Personal Independence Payment

The Modernising Support Green Paper will explore how our welfare system could be redesigned to [...]