Matthew Oakley is Head of Economics and Social Policy at Policy Exchange. Follow Matthew on Twitter. Child poverty matters. Few people would argue that the state does not have a role to play in ensuring that children do not grow up in poverty. The dilemma for policy makers is that “child poverty” means different things to different […]
Matthew Oakley is Head of Economics and Social Policy at Policy Exchange. Follow Matthew on Twitter. The last week has been a mixed one for the UK economy and the coalition. Labour market statistics published last Wednesday showed the labour market faring remarkably well with a hat-trick of good news in falling unemployment, falling inactivity […]
Matthew Oakley, Head of Economics and Social Policy at Policy Exchange. In recent days there has been a renewed cry of outrage over the use of workfare type schemes for the unemployed. The schemes, which have been in use in the US for decades and have been tried in various guises in the UK since […]
Matthew Oakley is Head of Economics and Social Policy at Policy Exchange. Follow Matthew on Twitter. The debate around the government’s welfare reforms is set to rage all week. Whatever the arguments for and against, one undisputable fact that is not used enough is that we are currently paying close to £100 billion a year to working […]