…continued from Part 1   The issues of implementation described before should largely go away once UC is finally rolled-out … Continue reading “Universal Credit: what went wrong? (Part 2: the design)”

As the United Kingdom looks to reform its policies for dealing with the poor and unemployed, it should take notice … Continue reading “The work-vs-welfare trade-off”

Having won a majority, and with Labour’s new leader polling worse than any in history, one might have expected a … Continue reading “George Osborne’s tax credit reforms are flawed”

Forget all the populist welfare crackdowns dominating the election headlines over the past week. These are small fry compared to … Continue reading “Universal credit holds promise – but it is just the beginning of welfare reform”

These are frustrating times to be a Guardian journalist. The welfare cuts, which the paper has been fighting so hard, … Continue reading “Fears about welfare overuse are not unfounded”

According to a review commissioned by the Department of Social Security, ‘the costs of travelling to work will … be … Continue reading “The impact of fuel duty on work incentives”

There is much to be said in favour of the coalition’s welfare reform bill. Perhaps its main achievement is that … Continue reading “Does the Welfare Bill really make work pay?”

Kosovo-style social cleansing, expelling the poor, even ‘final solution’ – the debate on Housing Benefit (HB) cuts has been accompanied … Continue reading “Housing Benefit cuts: too little bang for the buck”

Here at the IEA, it is something of a rule that if Hayek endorsed an idea then it probably wasn’t … Continue reading “A Hayekian solution to welfare reform”