Helping hands

Blog: Social security changes could help free people to prosper

David Eyre, Communications Officer, The Poverty Alliance Clilck here to see our consultation response We built our social security system so that everyone — especially those who most need it — can have stability and freedom to prosper and thrive in an uncertain world.  But for too long, successive governments have weakened our social security … Read more

Helping hands

Consultation response: Social Security Amendment Bill

We built our social security system so that everyone — especially those who most it — have stability and freedom to prosper and thrive in an uncertain world. For too long, successive governments have weakened our social security system, so that more and more people are being allowed to fall into unjust poverty. There has … Read more

Health inequalities session

Guest blog: Improving health – can radical income policies make an impact?

Olivia HamiltonMRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences UnitSchool of Health & Wellbeing University of Glasgow In collaboration with the Poverty Alliance, our team at the University of Glasgow have been running a project to explore ways in which income related policies might be able to reduce health inequalities. This is particularly important given the current … Read more

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