Policy briefings
Mark Dobson and Gavin Parker, authors of 'Slow Planning?' research how time is manipulated to serve political interests and how this impacts planning practice.…Read more
This briefing, based on the new book Community Work, by Karen McArdle, Sue Briggs, Kirsty Forrester and Ed Garrett, is about how important theory is to policy and practice, especially when we as practitioners are concerned with issues such as poverty and working towards social justice.…Read more
Liz Loyde, author of Unpaid Care Policies in the UK, shows the role and purpose of policies on unpaid care and their place within the wider context of health and social care policies over the past three decades.…Read more
Clive Sealey, author of 'Applying Social Policy to Criminal Justice Practice', shows how criminal justice practice must move away from a narrow emphasis on crime and criminality, to a wider focus that attends to the social policy needs of individuals, groups and communities.…Read more
Ed Atkins, author of 'Just Energy Transition', shows how the existing energy model must do more to support those vulnerable to climate change. …Read more
Thom Brooks, author of 'Reforming the UK’s Citizenship Test', exposes the serious failings of the UK Citizenship Test and argues that a new test is required that corrects its errors, is fit for purpose and enjoys wider public support for what is expected of new citizens…Read more
In this policy briefing, Marcos González Hernando and Gerry Mitchell, authors of 'Uncomfortably Off', explain why it is in the top 10% of earners' best interest to pay attention to inequality.…Read more
Based on Camilla Lewis’ book 'COVID-19, Inequality and Older People', this policy briefing provides new insights into the challenges facing older people in the COVID-19 pandemic.…Read more
In this policy briefing, Richard Machin sets out recommendations for how UK housing and social security policy can be improved for displaced Ukrainians.…Read more
This policy briefing by Kate Andersen, the author of 'Welfare That Works for Women?', is particularly relevant at the current time given that the UK government has recently further expanded welfare conditionality with the aim of increasing moves into paid work.…Read more