The potential of a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) to contribute to gender equality is a
contested issue amongst feminist scholars. This article focuses on the nature of BIG as an …

This thesis explores how working-age social security money in the UK is understood and
used from the perspective of its recipients, using an approach that emphasises the 'social …

In the UK alone, millions of individuals receive in-work benefits (IWBs), and these form a
substantial part of total government spending. Previous research has given attention to the …

Universal benefits1 and services bind society together and can help maintain public support
for social provision. Most developed welfare states have a mix of different kinds of benefits …

The tax system can often seem a boring topic. Talk of thresholds and marginal rates,
allowances and tapers, and pretty soon people's eyes start to glaze over. Yet there is no …