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Members of UKAJI were among the more than 100 individuals and organisations giving written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee in its scrutiny of the Social Security (Scotland) Bill. The Bill sets out seven principles for Scottish social security, including the principle that social security is a human right. This post gives … Continue reading
By Robert Thomas and Joe Tomlinson In September 2017, the Work and Pensions Committee launched an inquiry into how the assessment processes for Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payments (PIP) are handled by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) contractors ATOS, Capita and Maximus, and how the application, assessment and appeals processes for … Continue reading
By Nick O’Brien In this article (published in Political Quarterly), Nick O’Brien argues that Ken Loach’s film, I, Daniel Blake, invites deep reflection on the relationship between the individual and the state, and, more particularly, on the role of administrative justice in restoring a re-imagined sense of citizenship. Drawing on earlier debates from the 1950s, as well … Continue reading
Welfare Conditionality welcomes proposals for papers from those working within and beyond the social sciences on any aspects of welfare conditionality and associated debates for an international conference, Welfare Conditionality: Principles, Practices and Perspectives, to be held at the University of York on 26-28 June 2018. Welfare conditionality makes access to collective public welfare benefits … Continue reading
UK Parliament Parliament was dissolved on 3 May prior to the General Election on 8 June. A number of Bills received Royal Assent before dissolution, including the Criminal Finances Bill and the Digital Economy Bill. The JCHR has published an interim report calling on the Government to bring forward legislation in the next Parliament to … Continue reading
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