...their everyday lives introduces challenges that exacerbate this lack of skills and experience. It is hardly surprising therefore that managing their relationship with the state through Jobcentre Plus can be...
...direct payment of the rent to landlords – could find themselves technically in arrears having assumed, reasonably, that rent payments had been made. This was a timely reminder that Universal...
...they have been growing up. It can look and feel very different to what the designers of the system, however well-meaning, may have intended. That was a great prelude to...
...evidence for the 2019 spending review were, in part, accepted. However, we are disappointed that on the central thrust of the report – that we found evidence of great financial...
Good public services are co-designed with people who use them and people who provide them. That way, at best, the design meets the needs and aspirations of the public -...
...and beneficial. We recognise that the unprecedented circumstances meant many of the changes to social security had to be designed and implemented with urgency and that the Department for Work...
...on emerging issues. It is with these reports that SSAC leads the pack. Amidst a Whitehall that can tend towards stovepipes, SSAC is one of the few organisations that approaches...
...the social security system. That appreciation only comes through engagement with disabled people with diverse experiences and perspectives. At best social security can and could offer a bedrock of security...
...believe that SSAC is so important, and they all track back to one question: what is the point of social security? First, the ebb and flow of life means that...
...SSAC. We are a diverse group of people and that is an advantage. We each add value by giving our thoughts and opinions on various issues before us. That means...