We spoke on a panel discussing Bright Blue’s new report proposing a minimum income for benefit recipients plus other reforms
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Targeting support to households hit by high energy bills
Targeting support to households is needed to combat the soaring energy prices that are affecting households differently
Universal Credit’s managed migration discovery phase: lessons and opportunities
We look at DWPs Universal Credit managed migration discovery phase report and outline lessons and opportunities for wider rollout
How one council identified three preventative ways to support residents in debt
Read new analysis on how to best support residents in debt. Three findings from our work with one London Borough can be adopted elsewhere.
Tackling economic inactivity amongst the UK’s working age adults
We critique recent policy announcements by Labour and the government on tackling economic inactivity, identifying common ground.
Low income households will still be worse off in April 2023 despite extra support
Low income households won’t be better off in April 2023 despite benefit uprating, wage increase and cost of living payments.
Policy in Practice wins with local government at Public Finance Awards 2022
Policy in Practice, along with its local government partners, won two major awards at the Public Finance Awards 2022 on 29 November and was a finalist in a third category
Autumn Statement 2022 and low income families
We review the Autumn Statement 2022 and what it will deliver for low-income households who will need support in 2023.
In-work poverty: Government can make work pay for three million working families on Universal Credit
Analysis by Policy in Practice shows that more needs to be done for working benefit claimants to be able to meet their living costs.
Universal Credit allows for uprating benefits in-year. The government should take advantage
Uprating benefits can be done using the inherent flexibility of Universal Credit. It should be used to ensure benefits keep up with prices
An inflation linked rise to benefits is the minimum needed to protect low income families
A rise to benefits of at least 10% is needed to keep families afloat. We find that benefits are worth 7.5% less now than 9 years ago
Your energy bills are NOT capped
We look at how the energy price cap affects different households and find that energy bills could jump to £11,000 for larger families