Highlights

CASEreport

Extending the "move-on" period for newly granted refugees: Analysis of impacts and costs

Bert Provan

CASEreport

SUMMARY – Living on Different Incomes in London: Can public consensus identify a 'riches line'?

Tania Burchardt, Abigail Davis, Ian Gough, Katharina Hecht, Donald Hirsch, Karen Rowlingson and Kate Summers

There is widespread public and political concern about economic inequality in the UK today but relatively little research exploring people’s opinions about high incomes, wealth and what it means to be rich. This innovati...Read more...

CASEreport

Living on Different Incomes in London: Can public consensus identify a 'riches line'?

Tania Burchardt, Abigail Davis, Ian Gough, Katharina Hecht, Donald Hirsch, Karen Rowlingson and Kate Summers

London is home to vast and visible economic inequality, where the richest 10 per cent own 61 per cent of overall wealth, while at the same time four in ten Londoners do not earn enough for what is considered by the publi...Read more...

Journal of Poverty and Social Justice

Universal simplicity? The alleged simplicity of Universal Credit from administrative and claimant perspectives

A key aim of Universal Credit is to simplify the social security system. While several aspects of its introduction have received critical attention, this overarching aim continues to receive acceptance and support. Drawi...Read more...

CASEreport

Understanding the relationship between inequalities and poverty: policy toolkit

Irene Bucelli, Abigail McKnight and Kate Summers

This toolkit examines policies with a potential 'double dividend': policies that could lead to reductions in both poverty and inequality in the UK. The selection of policies has been informed by a larger research progra...Read more...

CASE Blog post

Launch of policy toolkit: poverty and inequality reduction policies

Authored by Irene Bucelli, Abigail McKnight and Kate Summers, this online policy toolkit provides a systematic, wide-ranging and accessible assessment of a variety of policies with a potential 'double dividend': pol... Read more...

Podcast

LSE IQ Podcast with Kerris Cooper on knife crime

Exploring the question, 'How do we stop knife crime?', Joanna Bale talks to Kerris Cooper among others, about knife crime, based on CASE SPDO research with Niki Lacey. You can listen to the podcast here. The repor... Read more...

CASE Blog post

The Grenfell Inquiry Report gives the government a lot to act on

Anne Power outlines the key recommendations of the Grenfell Inquiry Report, and writes that the government, the London Fire Service, owners of multi-storey residential blocks, and councils must act on the findings. Yo... Read more...

CASE Blog post

Prioritising participatory poverty projects properly

Dr Tania Burchardt, Director of CASE, and Paul Dornan, Social Research Consultant at ATD Fourth World UK, wrote a short article about the Understanding Poverty in All its Forms project. The project was just launched ... Read more...

CASE Blog post

Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Housing Plus and the wider role of social landlords in low income communities

Professor Anne Power, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Head of LSE Housing and Communities, wrote about the role of social landlords in low income communities. In her article she... Read more...