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Issue 29 // 16th October 2024
Allan Reynolds examines how mental health patients expressed anxiety about the transition from Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence Payment, rooted in negative experiences with the Work Capability Assessment, highlighting the broader harmful impacts of harsh welfare policies. Read more of the article
Issue 29 // 16th October 2024
Daphne Hall suggests that Labour's proposals offer a holistic approach to employment support, shifting the DWP's role toward helping people. However, issues like the NHS and adult social care, which impact the nation's health, also need urgent attention. Read more of the article
Issue 29 // 16th October 2024
People with serious mental illnesses (SMI) face unemployment rates of 75-85% and rely on inadequate benefits. Kendall Atterbury argues that as automation reduces job opportunities, stigma against those with psychiatric disabilities increases, highlighting the need to address the structural barriers they face in employment. Read more of the article
Issue 29 // 16th October 2024
Niall Cooper and Jane Perry emphasise the importance of including individuals with lived experience in reforming the employment support system to effectively address economic inactivity and enhance welfare policies. Read more of the article
Issue 28 // 23rd July 2024
At the start of a new government, the latest issue of the Futures of Work blog considers what Labour can or should do to address the myriad problems they have inherited, and turn their slogan of change into actions both for those in work and those unable to work. Read more of the article
Issue 28 // 23rd July 2024
On the Futures of Work blog, Ellie Farmahan describes the success of Living Wage UK in putting £3 billion into the pockets of workers over the last 20 years, and what still needs to be done to ensure more workers have security and enough to live on. Read more of the article
Issue 28 // 23rd July 2024
On the Futures of Work blog, Martin Quinn argues that place matters in regional development priorities if interventions are to be effective in growing work opportunities outside London. Read more of the article
Issue 28 // 23rd July 2024
On the Futures of Work blog, Katy Jones highlights how the existing ‘any jobs’ approach to welfare taken by successive governments pushes people into poor-quality work which they then often struggle to get out of. Read more of the article
Issue 28 // 23rd July 2024
Frederick Harry Pitts shows that policies like the New Deal for Working People and their potential for accelerated rollout offer Labour a chance to campaign effectively, turning narrow marginal wins into secure Labour seats for a second term. Read more of the article
Issue 27 // 29th April 2024
Takis Iliopoulos considers how local suppliers, even in countries with low wages and labour standards, can wield power from their critical position in global supply chains. Read more of the article
