Social security should act as a collective insurance system that intervenes to prevent people from falling into poverty because they are unable to work for any reason (whether due to illness, disability, caring commitments, loss of employment, old age or so on), or because they need additional support to make ends meet because their incomes do not cover their basic living costs.
Relevant updates
Shooting the canaries
Shooting the canaries
Fair Comment
November 28, 2022
A statement of the obvious
A statement of the obvious
Fair Comment
November 21, 2022
In trickle down we Truss
In trickle down we Truss
Fair Comment
September 5, 2022
Hopes for fair pensions
Hopes for fair pensions
Sense of Fairness
August 21, 2022
Looking for fairness in the Queen’s speech
Looking for fairness in the Queen’s speech
Fair Comment
May 16, 2022
Care costs, parole reform and the social contract
Care costs, parole reform and the social contract
Fair Comment
April 4, 2022
Social care funding
Social care funding
Fair Takes
March 30, 2022
Spreading the costs fairly
Spreading the costs fairly
Fair Comment
January 31, 2022
Poverty, poverty, poverty
Poverty, poverty, poverty
Fair Comment
January 24, 2022
Relevant third-party publications
Living pensions: An assessment of whether workers’ pension saving meets a ‘living pension’ benchmark
Pre-pandemic relative poverty rate for children of lone parents almost double that for children living with two parents
Pressure points: Where, and how, to focus Government support for households facing surging energy bills
Does the cap fit? Analysing the government’s proposed amendment to the English social care charging system
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