Download or read book Extension of the New Deal Plus for Lone Parents Pilot to Scotland and Wales written by Sarah Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The impact of devolution on social policy written by Birrell, Derek and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2009-09-09 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With new devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, this book makes a comprehensive assessment of the impact of devolution on social policy. It provides a study of developments in the major areas of social policy and a full comparison between Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. To what extent is it valid to speak of agendas for government driven by social policy? With new governments in each country, has a fresh dynamic been given to the emergence of distinct social policies? The impact of devolution on social policy uses a framework of analysis based on the nature and scope of social policies, ranging from major innovations and policy distinctiveness, to differences in implementation, policy convergence and areas of overlap with UK policies. This framework facilitates an integrated analysis and comparison of social policy developments and outcomes between the four UK nations. An assessment is also made of the ideas and values which have driven the direction of social policy under devolution. With devolution becoming increasingly important in the study of social policy, the book will be of key interest to academics and students in social policy, public policy and politics, and will also be a valuable resource for practitioners involved in policy making.
Download or read book The Welfare We Want written by Walker, Robert and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2003-05-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The welfare we want? presents a detailed and unique comparison of welfare policies in the Britain and America. A team of international experts outlines, compares and contrasts the reform strategies pursued in each country and summarises the results to date.
Download or read book The New Deal for Lone Parents Lone Parent Work Focused Interviews and Working Families Tax Credit written by Andreas Cebulla and published by Nicholson. This book was released on 2008 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Investing in Britain s potential written by Great Britain. Treasury and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-12-06 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2006 Pre-Budget Report presents updated assessments and forecasts of the economy and public finances; the effects of policies on long-term governmental goals; and reforms being considered ahead of the Budget. It is organised under 6 main headings: maintaining macroeconomic stability; meeting the productivity challenge; increasing employment opportunity for all; building a fairer society; delivering high quality public services; protecting the environment. Amongst the measures discussed are: making Child Benefit available from week 29 of pregnancy; increasing enforcement measures for the National Minimum Wage; a target of 3% savings in central and local government; increasing capital investment in education from £8.3 billion in 2007-8 to £10.2 billion in 2010-11; taking forward recommendations of the Leitch Review on skills (ISBN 0118404865); and an increase in air passenger duty.
Download or read book Ageing and Employment Policies Vieillissement et politiques de l emploi United Kingdom 2004 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2004-09-22 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for older workers, an assessment of measures to overcome these barriers, and a set of policy recommendations for the United Kingdom.
Download or read book Lone Parent Work Focused Interviews written by Andrew Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report and Financial Statement and Budget Report written by Great Britain and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book United Kingdom written by and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is part of a series of OECD country reports which review the main barriers to employment for older people and make policy recommendations for further action. This report on the UK finds that, although the labour market has performed well over the past two decades, in common with many OECD countries it is facing a number of major social and economic challenges arising from population ageing. The government has introduced a series of reforms to pensions, social benefits and labour markets to address these issues, but more needs to be done. The report makes a number of recommendations to help develop a comprehensive strategy which covers measures to enhance work incentives embedded in the welfare system, as well as actions on the demand-side. Topics discussed include: demographic trends and potential socio-economic repercussions, the labour market behaviour of older workers, balancing factors of flexibility and hours worked, the UK's retirement system, income security and work incentives for older people.
Download or read book Delivering on Child Poverty written by Lisa Harker and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UK has comparatively high levels of child poverty: around one in five children are living in relative poverty (defined as living in a household with below 60 per cent median income before housing costs). The Government has made significant progress on reducing child poverty, with 700,000 less children in poverty than in 1988/89 (when the figure was 3.4 million), but missed its interim target of reducing child poverty by a quarter by 2004/05. It is unlikely, with current policies, to meet its 2010 target of halving child poverty, nor the 2020 target of eliminating it. This report recommends reforms to the Welfare to Work and New Deal for Lone Parents programmes. They should be more attuned to the particular needs of parents, who need guidance, support and skills to progress in work. They should not just encourage parents to take any job rather than one that offers them good long-term prospects, or leads to parents "cycling" between having a job and being out of work. Moreover, many children in poverty live in families that have no contact with Welfare to Work programmes. Jobcentre Plus, the agency that is charged with reducing joblessness, needs to focus more on the family, providing more flexible packages of support and seeking a wider customer reach. If necessary other agencies might have to be involved in delivering the recommendations. The author makes a number of recommendations for immediate implementation; others are for action after evaluation; and several new pilot schemes are also suggested.
Download or read book Parliamentary Debates Hansard written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 1462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lone Parent Obligations written by Nick Coleman and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Under Lone Parent Obligations (LPO) some lone parents (depending on the age of their youngest child) are no longer eligible to continue receiving Income Support (IS) and will move to other destinations including Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). A survey of over 2,500 lone parents was undertaken between five and ten months prior to the end of their eligibility for IS when their youngest child is seven to determine their work-readiness and likely requirements in terms of future support. Research design and fieldwork were undertaken by the National Centre for Social Research and the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion. The findings describe lone parents': past employment; characteristics and circumstances including physical and mental health; self-perceived barriers to work; views on childcare and combining work with parenting. This survey is one element of a comprehensive programme of evaluation research, using a mixed methods approach, to assess the effects of LPO." -- Back cover.
Download or read book A Question of Balance written by Alice Bell and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fair Society Healthy Lives written by Michael Marmot and published by Olschki. This book was released on 2013 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The 2030 Spike written by Colin Mason and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The clock is relentlessly ticking! Our world teeters on a knife-edge between a peaceful and prosperous future for all, and a dark winter of death and destruction that threatens to smother the light of civilization. Within 30 years, in the 2030 decade, six powerful 'drivers' will converge with unprecedented force in a statistical spike that could tear humanity apart and plunge the world into a new Dark Age. Depleted fuel supplies, massive population growth, poverty, global climate change, famine, growing water shortages and international lawlessness are on a crash course with potentially catastrophic consequences. In the face of both doomsaying and denial over the state of our world, Colin Mason cuts through the rhetoric and reams of conflicting data to muster the evidence to illustrate a broad picture of the world as it is, and our possible futures. Ultimately his message is clear; we must act decisively, collectively and immediately to alter the trajectory of humanity away from catastrophe. Offering over 100 priorities for immediate action, The 2030 Spike serves as a guidebook for humanity through the treacherous minefields and wastelands ahead to a bright, peaceful and prosperous future in which all humans have the opportunity to thrive and build a better civilization. This book is powerful and essential reading for all people concerned with the future of humanity and planet earth.
Download or read book New Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 1126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prosperity for all in the global economy world class skills written by Lord Leitch and published by Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-12-12 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document contains the foreword and executive summary to the final report of the Leitch Review of Skills (ISBN 0118404865), one of a series of reviews commissioned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to accompany the pre-Budget report 2006 (Cm. 6984, ISBN 0101698429). The final report considers the long-term skills needs of the UK economy to maximise economic growth and productivity and to promote social justice and social inclusion. It finds that although the UKs skills base has improved significantly over the last decade, it remains weak by international standards, and even if current targets to improve skills are met, we will still lag behind that of many comparator countries by 2020. The report concludes that a radical step-change is required across the skills spectrum to address these challenges, and makes a number of recommendations designed to help the UK achieve this raised ambition.
