New article with Jamie Redman, Kitty Stewart & Prof Ruth Patrick. The 2 child limit and benefit cap are causing children great harm in the here & now and are highly likely to have life long negative impacts. Strong evidence for why both policies need to go.
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Really looking forward to working with such a fab team on this new project that will explore devolved social security across the four nations.

My latest article shows that the Universal Credit conditionality regime harms mothers' employment prospects and caring responsibilities regardless of social class, but sometimes the negative effects are exacerbated for working class mothers cambridge.org/core/journals/…

We worked with the Observer to highlight shocking new stats on the 2-child limit.

This policy is pushing the most vulnerable families into poverty 20% of households affected have at least 1 disabled child, and 25% of all households are single-parents with a child under 3.

Tomorrow is an unhappy birthday, 7 years since the start of the two-child limit to benefit payments

We love birthdays 🎂 but this isn't one to celebrate 😔 today we are taking this message to Department for Work and Pensions

All political parties must pledge to scrap this Sibling Tax

#AllKidsCount

Benefit capped households won't see a penny more from today's benefit uprating. New briefing out today from Nuffield Foundation-funded Benefit Changes and Larger Families project shows the harms the cap causes and explains why families can't escape the cap. largerfamilies.study/publications/n…

Tomorrow is the 7th anniversary of the two-child limit. Listen to this letter from participants of the Nuffield Foundation-funded Benefit Changes and Larger Families project explaining why this policy needs to go. youtu.be/8kW-RhlSG4M

Report on the 2-child limit from Martin O'Neill concludes: 'The policy is unfair in multiple dimensions, while also being a policy that has
manifestly failed even on the terms by which it
is supposedly justified, and carries with it a
range of further negative consequences.'

Our third brief on the #costoflivingtheme by Kate Andersen was produced as part of her work on the Benefit Changes & Larger Families project. It shows that families affected by the benefit cap and/or two-child limit are experiencing extreme hardship: bit.ly/3wyrjKV

'This is a budget for higher earners – not people like me.. I would much rather see more support provided for public services, on which many people like me and my children are dependent.'

Read Aurora from Changing Realities reaction to #Budget2024

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My book shows the harm the UC conditionality regime causes mothers and their children. Despite the evidence here and elsewhere on conditionality and sanctions, requirements are getting more stringent. Lead carers of 3-12 year olds now required to job search for 30 hours/week.

Latest policy briefing from the Benefit Changes and Larger Families project reports on interviews conducted Nov 23-Jan 24. Shows going without on a daily basis has 'just become the normal thing now'. Both the two-child limit and the benefit cap need to go. largerfamilies.study/publications/c…

A must-listen letter to UK MPs from participants of the Benefit Changes and Larger Families project explaining why the two-child limit and the benefit cap need to be scrapped.

NEW RF research by Lalitha Try - Catastrophic caps: An analysis of the impact of the two-child limit and the benefit cap resolutionfoundation.org/publications/c…

Join Kate Andersen as she explores the impact of the two-child limit and benefit cap policies on families and parents during the cost of living crisis.

This online seminar takes place on 18 Jan and is part of the DWP LINK Seminar Series. Find out more: bit.ly/3HekRul

ICYMI blog from Prof Ruth Patrick Kitty Stewart
Kate Andersen Prof Emma Tominey on how policy lessons of Scottish Child Payment could help improve children's lives across UK. 'There is substantial evidence that generous child benefits are an effective way to reduce child poverty'👇

Autumn Statement: What Scotland’s policies can teach Westminster about fighting poverty

Read the full commentary here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

Can't wait to read this!

Households with a low income are at breaking point.

The UK's social safety net is failing and we can’t afford to ignore it. This party conference season we launch a crucial report on the UK's #costofliving crisis. NHSA

👉 Read the full report bit.ly/uoy-col

Thought-provoking paper on research project advisory group experiences “You think about it & get the ideas & then come to us. It would be nice to actually ask me where to go to & what to talk about, come up with an idea together. We could plan it together & all be treated as one”