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Stef Benstead

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Let justice roll like a river, righteousness like a never-ending stream

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    • Dec 20, 2020
    • 6 min

    The Myth of the Undeserving Poor

    I recently finished reading The Myth of the Undeserving Poor: a Christian response to poverty in Britain today by Martin Charlesworth and...

    • Oct 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    Is Philanthropy Christian?

    I have been thinking recently about what Christian lending and borrowing would look like if we tried to incorporate Biblical principles,...

    • Sep 27, 2020
    • 5 min

    Why I'm opposed to UBI

    I am opposed to the idea of a Universal Basic Income on economic grounds – I don’t think that the sorts of money needed to lift those...

    • May 25, 2019
    • 3 min

    (satirical) UBI critique – when the robots take over

    UBI imagines a world in which all jobs are carried out by robots. The increased use of robots in work is assumed to mean that we can...

    • May 25, 2019
    • 2 min

    (satirical) UBI critique – what happens when no-one needs charity or earnings?

    Let us imagine that a UBI is paid that is at the minimum income standard (MIS). The MIS is enough money for social participation and...

    • Jan 8, 2019
    • 20 min

    Consequences of cuts 2010-2018

    I wanted to find data on the consequences of Conservative cuts since 2010, in the hope that I might remember some of them to use in...

    • Jan 27, 2018
    • 3 min

    Not another job miracle: the mirage of full employment

    Another quarter-year, another labour market release. Cue the DWP praising itself for record numbers of people in work, and record rates...

    • Jun 28, 2016
    • 2 min

    Democratic Process

    Whether rightly or wrongly, the government gave the people the choice whether to stay in the EU or leave. Cameron said that he would...

    • Dec 21, 2013
    • 3 min

    Government vs Reality – the big society

    Dear government, Let’s stop talking about what you think happens in theory and start talking about what is happening in reality. In...

    • Oct 12, 2013
    • 2 min

    Ministers don’t get it. Policy should be based on reality, not on misinformation

    Ah Bah. I am sick of hearing about what politicians think, or about what they think the public thinks, or about what the public thinks....

    • Oct 3, 2013
    • 3 min

    The Contributory Principle

    There is a debate continuing around the social security system on whether those who have paid in more should get back more when they need...

    • Aug 19, 2013
    • 2 min

    Conflicting Policies

    Just as nature takes millions of years to regain diversity after a mass extinction, so neighbourhoods take years, even decades, to build...

    • Jul 8, 2013
    • 3 min

    Something for nothing cultures

    I’m getting sick of this ‘something for nothing’ attitude that MPs seem to have regarding social security. They complain about giving...

    • Jun 24, 2013
    • 5 min

    Beveridge Principles

    When Sir William Beveridge wrote his report on social insurance he identified five giant evils: squalor, ignorance,  want, idleness and...

    • Jun 6, 2013
    • 3 min

    A week of poverty statistics

    It seems to be a week of poverty. Median income is below its level in 2009-10. Work isn’t a route out of poverty. Being in full-time work...

    • May 17, 2013
    • 3 min

    The reality of benefit cuts is shocking

    When I first started on disability research, I just saw the numbers. I saw that 40% of ESA claimants told they are fit to work then...

    • May 14, 2013
    • 4 min

    Shoukld disabled people be euthanased?

    Disabled children should be euthanased, according to Cllr Colin Brewer. According to Baroness Warnock, disabled adults should be...

    • Dec 12, 2012
    • 2 min

    Benefits and the Budget

    George Osborne has decided that benefits will be up-rated at 1% for the next three years.  Previously, they would have been uprated in...

    • Oct 7, 2012
    • 3 min

    David Cameron: How we can make life better for disabled people

    This is a speech made by David Cameron in 2009. “If you or someone you love suffers from a disability, life is going to be hard a lot of...

    • Sep 18, 2012
    • 8 min

    Does the public really support welfare reform?

    Welfare Reform has Public on its Side So says one of today’s Telegraph headlines.[1]  Against a back-drop of criticisms from the...

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