Welfare Conditionality: Sanctions, Support and Behaviour Change, an ESRC-funded research project based at the University of York. Follow for updates on research
'We have no heating, you might have noticed … it was a choice between paying rent, making sure there was food on the table' �� powerful new blog from @PhilipFinn3
@MaynoothUni https://t.co/YyJpyCaO4E
Myself and @HeyRayGriffin reflecting on a strange political process of policy input - our thanks to @ais_tuite and @doyle_kenny and many others along the way.
"Prof Alston recommends that the UK government should: ‘Initiate an independent review of the efficacy of changes to welfare conditionality and sanctions introduced since 2012 by the Department of Work and Pensions’."
UN Special Rapporteur @Alston_UNSR calls for an independent review of UK welfare conditionality & sanctions. We agree, great to see our evidence cited in final report https://t.co/VcNAmGq4B5 @ProfPeteDwyer @lisa_scullion@DrSharonEWright @spsw @SHUSU_Research@UofGlasgow
I will be speaking about my investigation into poverty in the #UK with civil society at a side event around the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva at 10:30am on June 27. It will be live streamed here: https://t.co/fZ9YVMZpxd #UKPoverty