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Briefing

Falling Through the Net - briefing 1

18 December 2020
This is the first in a series of bi-monthly briefings, Falling Through the Net, which highlight some of the persistent gaps in support that exist for children and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence of these gaps is drawn from our Early Warning System (EWS) which collects case studies from frontline practitioners working directly with families on the problems they are seeing with the social security system.
Benefit cap Benefits for people from abroad Briefing Coronavirus Disability benefits Early warning system Early warning system (Scotland) UK
Briefing

Mind the gaps - briefing 14

30 October 2020
This is the fourteenth and final in a series of briefings, Mind the Gaps, which highlight some of the gaps in support that exist for children and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence of these gaps is drawn from our Early Warning System (EWS) which collects case studies from frontline practitioners working directly with families on the problems they are seeing with the social security system.
Benefit cap Benefits for people from abroad Briefing Childcare Coronavirus Disability benefits Early warning system Early warning system (Scotland) Sanctions and conditionality Tax credits UK Universal credit Work and pay
Briefing

Mind the gaps - briefing 8

26 June 2020
This is the eighth in a series of briefings, Mind the Gaps, which highlight some of the gaps in support that exist for children and families affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Evidence of these gaps is drawn from our Early Warning System (EWS) which collects case studies from frontline practitioners working directly with families on the problems they are seeing with the social security system.
Benefit cap Briefing Childcare Coronavirus Disability benefits Early warning system Early warning system (Scotland) ESA Students UK Universal credit Work and pay
Briefing

Social security changes - April 2017

22 March 2017
In April 2017, many social security changes come into force that affect children and young people. We outline their impact.
Benefit cap Benefit delivery Briefing Children’s benefits Costs and spending Disability benefits ESA Housing benefit Housing costs for 18-21 year olds In-work benefits Jobseeker's allowance Sanctions and conditionality Tax credits Two child limit UK Universal credit Welfare reform
Report

The road to the food bank is paved by failures in the safety net

19 November 2014
Visiting a food bank should be a last resort: we all hope that if times get hard, the safety net is there to make sure we aren’t left without the means to buy food for ourselves or our family. Yet new research from the Child Poverty Action Group, Oxfam, Church of England and the Trussell Trust has found that failures in the social safety net itself are often the trigger for food bank referrals.
Bedroom tax Benefit cap Benefit delivery Children’s benefits Costs and spending Disability benefits Report Sanctions and conditionality UK