Widening the poverty trap door

Article Abstract:

Over 150 social policy academics have collaborated on expressing concerns about the UK government green paper on welfare reform. They maintain that the proposals for welfare reform avoid any commitment to providing job opportunities despite supporting the priority of income from earnings wherever possible. Other problems with the reforms include their failure to address the particular problems faced by ethnic minorities in finding work, the undervaluing of unpaid caring work done in the home, and the failure to address the effect of economic recession on job opportunities.

Welfare reform

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The commission's loss could be the UK's gain

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The UK government should carry out a review of the European Union educational exchange programme and reassess the position of higher education in Europe, with the resignation of the European Commissioners having brought the concepts of accountability, democracy and fairness to the fore. Educational exchanges are advantageous for British students, but other European Union students should be given wider access to education in the UK. Training and education could benefit from the appointment of a new European Commission.

International aspects, Column, European Union. European Commission, Educational exchanges

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