Cuts and caps to benefits have always harmed people, not helped them into work

Patrick, Ruth and Reeves, Aaron ORCID: 0000-0001-9114-965X (2025) Cuts and caps to benefits have always harmed people, not helped them into work. British Politics and Policy at LSE (14 Mar 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In its effort to get more people back into work, the Labour Government has hinted at a series of cuts to sickness and disability support. Ruth Patrick and Aaron Reeves argue that this approach is misguided and goes against a host of evidence which suggests that cutting or caping people’s benefits pushes them deeper into poverty and further away from the labour market.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Sociology
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2025 16:06
Last Modified:	14 Apr 2025 16:06
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127924

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