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The role of money guidance in preventing homelessness
This article is one of four published to mark the Money and Pensions Service’s Talk Money Week 2023. (Updated in…
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Our role in tackling health inequalities
This article is one of four published to mark the Money and Pensions Service’s Talk Money Week 2023. (Updated in…
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Throwing money at problems misses the mark
Of course money can help someone out of a crisis. But surely we can tackle the root causes too I…
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A bitter pill: the complexities of welfare reform
Changes to the Work Capability Assessment may save a bit of public money – but improving public health would be…
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Some Are Just More Equal Than Others
We can’t hope to end poverty and health inequality without understanding why people make the choices they do I was…
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Food for thought
We know that people in poverty have worse health outcomes. But where’s the sense in treating ill health without tackling…
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We, the Under-Served
To engage with people in hardship it’s best to employ people who’ve been there I always thought that if there’s…
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Missing out: £19bn of support goes unclaimed each year
A new report by Policy in Practice estimates that unclaimed income-related benefits and social tariffs is now £18.7bn a year.…
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Prevention: Measuring that which never happened
Removing the need for evictions, and helping tenants to tackle their debts, deserves investment You can’t count what hasn’t happened,…
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Getting through the data day
I am up to my ears in data. Sounds boring, doesn’t it? It really isn’t. There are two sets I’m…