The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has warned of more difficult decisions to come. Xinhua/Alamy October 25, 2022 Raising benefits in line with earnings will make the poor worse off – here’s why Daniel Edmiston, University of Leeds and Kate Summers, London School of Economics and Political Science Affordability is a question of political and policy priorities. If we want a fair and adequate social security system, we cannot continue cutting the resources of those who already have the least.
Andy Rain/EPA March 3, 2021 Universal credit: extending the £20-a-week uplift isn’t enough – our research shows the whole system needs an overhaul Lisa Scullion, University of Salford; David Robertshaw, University of Leeds; Kate Summers, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Robert de Vries, University of Kent Although Rishi Sunak is extending the weekly £20 uplift, the government has missed an opportunity to given the benefits system the overhaul it needs