Lost your job or income as a result of #COVID19? Living with a partner? You may get nothing from #UniversalCredit. University of Bath Rita Griffiths discusses the issues couples face under #UniversalCredit in today's #blog. Read now 👉 blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2020/0…

Similar recommendations and more can be found in our #research from Rita Griffiths, Marsha Wood, Oxford DSPI Fran Bennett and Jane Millar - all on how couples make decisions about work, care and household finances in the context of claiming UC. ➡️ bath.ac.uk/projects/coupl…

£20 uplift reveals Universal Credit design flaws. "It's taken a pandemic to bring the unacceptably low benefit rates in this country into the public conversation." Read my latest blog here: blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2021/0…

📢 Breaking news: The High Court has ruled that the DWP’s #UniversalCredit deductions policy is unlawful. The legal challenge was brought by Shelter acting for four former rough sleepers & by Hackney Community Law Centre in a similar claim. More about the judgment: blog.shelter.org.uk/2021/03/high-c…

Extending the #£20uplift not enough – our research shows whole #socialsecurity system needs overhaul, said our team's Prof Lisa Scullion David Robertshaw Kate Summers & Robert de Vries in The Conversation blog bit.ly/319uxS1

Rising living costs and in-work poverty: ft.com/content/af633a…

Ahead of the Autumn Statement - where we'll likely get details of what will replace the Energy Price Guarantee in April - here's some recent research on how the current package of energy bills support is working from IPR

Phew!! Found it. #YayBrexit! Let’s give the nurses & carers some of this. Easy peasy!

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/16… Our new article free to access in IJQM looks at doing qualitative research in a large interdisciplinary team. With Anna Le Gouais & truud_research colleagues

📢 Just out: Our latest IPR report and policy brief exploring the interaction between Universal Credit, earnings, ‘passported’ benefits and other means-tested help for working claimants. Read the policy brief bath.ac.uk/publications/t… Read the full report bath.ac.uk/publications/c…

Listen to us talk about our research with Paul Lewis on Radio 4's Money Box bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Coverage of our research from the BBC bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…, following my appearance on BBC Politics West bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…