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Abigail McKnight appointed new Director of CASE

After four years, Tania Burchardt stood down as CASE Director at the beginning of September 2020. CASE's new Director Abigail McKnight is a research economist focusing mainly on quantitative research and policy analysis.She joined CASE in 1999 and enjoys working in an interdisciplinary environment. Read more...
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Tackling Homelessness: Case Studies

A new collection of case study evidence highlighting good practice and innovation in delivering homelessness services across the UK. These case studies demonstrate a variety of approaches to a number of different aspects of homelessness, a complex and multi-faceted problem. Read more...

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CASE Social Exclusion Seminars
Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes (SPDO) event: Social Mobility

Abigail McKnight (CASE)

This seminar covers findings from two projects on social mobility which are part of the Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes research programme, which is funded by the Nuffield Foundation. Firstly, an assessment o...Read more...

Wednesday 02 December 2020

CASE Welfare Policy and Analysis Seminars
Where does work belong anymore? The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on working in the UK

Abigail Marks (University of Stirling)

Registration details available soon....Read more...

Wednesday 09 December 2020

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CASEpaper
Did the introduction of the benefit cap in Britain harm mental health? A natural experiment approach

Aaron Reeves, Mark Fransham, Kitty Stewart and Ruth Patrick

In November 2016, the UK government announced they would be lowering the benefit cap, the total amount a family with no-one in full-time employment can receive from the government in social security. This policy change r...Read more...

Thursday 26 November 2020

Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes Research Paper
The Conservatives’ Record on Adult Social Care: spending, policies and outcomes in England, May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020

Tania Burchardt, Polina Obolenskaya and Jarrod Hughes

This paper uses the Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes framework to evaluate developments in adult social care policies in England during the period between 2015 and the eve of COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020...Read more...

Tuesday 03 November 2020

Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes Research Paper
The Conservatives' Record on Compulsory education: spending, policies and outcomes in England, May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020

Ruth Lupton and Polina Obolenskaya

This paper reviews education policy in England for the period since the Conservative Government took office in 2015 to the eve of COVID-19 pandemic. We consider the effects of policies on the school system, teachers, cur...Read more...

Thursday 22 October 2020

CASEreport
Tackling Homelessness: Case Studies

LSE Housing and Communities

This report documents 17 case studies of homelessness provision and support in the United Kingdom. Promoting shared learning amongst the providers of homelessness support can improve the capacity and delivery of homeless...Read more...

Friday 11 September 2020

CASEreport
Homelessness and Housing First: A guide to good practice

LSE Housing and Communities

This report explores the homelessness context in the UK, its causes, and the government's approach to tackling homelessness. It also provides evidence of successes and failures of three government funded Housing First pi...Read more...

Friday 11 September 2020

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CASE News
New CASE report on the city of Walbrzych

Opportunities and good practice which can drive social and economic regeneration in a small post industrial city are explored in this recent report from CASE. Funded by the European Investment Bank as one of their "Advis... Read more...

Thursday 24 September 2020

CASE News
Abigail McKnight appointed new Director of CASE from September 2020

After four years, Tania Burchardt stood down as CASE Director at the beginning of September 2020. We are very grateful to Tania for her contribution and are delighted that she is staying with CASE and joining Kitty Stewa... Read more...

Monday 14 September 2020

CASE News
Dr Abigail McKnight on early asset holding

An article by the Guardian on the child trust fund (CTF) quotes research from Dr Abigail McKnight. According to her research 'Early asset holding does have positive effects on later wages, employment prospects, excelle... Read more...

Thursday 03 September 2020

CASE News
Open Letter to Boris Johnson to tackle child poverty

An open letter to Boris Johnson was initiated by Kitty Stewart and signed by many academics including other CASE members and associates, Tania Burchardt, Kerris Cooper, John Hills, Abigail McKnight, Polly Vizard, Kate Su... Read more...

Tuesday 30 June 2020

CASE News
BBC Radio 4 interview with Kitty Stewart on child poverty

Kitty Stewart was invited to talk about child poverty on BBC Radio 4. The segment from the radio show is available here (from minute 12:35 onwards). ... Read more...

Wednesday 24 June 2020

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