Commentary & Podcasts
Ask the Expert: Do welfare support and labour market access ‘pull’ asylum seekers to the UK?
In our latest ESRC-sponsored Ask the Expert seminar, Dr Lucy Mayblin, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sheffield, assessed the evidence on whether welfare support and labour market restrictions attract asylum seekers to Britain.
| Published: | 28 February 2019 |
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Why audit matters
The impact of audit services are far reaching, potentially affecting millions of everyday consumers through their jobs, pensions, investments, savings and public services.
| Published: | 28 February 2019 |
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Probate reforms: not a stealth tax but a progressive policy change
Probate fees are due to change unless there is a formal objection.
| Published: | 26 February 2019 |
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With Dry January over, politicians could do with a sober reflection on how alcohol is taxed in the UK
Alcohol duty must be among the most incoherent and badly-designed parts of the UK tax regime.
| Published: | 31 January 2019 |
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Ask the Expert with Dr Maria Abreu
This Ask the Expert talk given by Dr Maria Abreu was a textbook example of how academic expertise can illuminate complex problems of public policy.
| Published: | 13 December 2018 |
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Ask the Expert: Supporting ex-offenders on their path to rehabilitation and employment
The latest instalment of our ESRC-sponsored ‘Ask the Expert’ series included panellists: Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice; Rt Hon David Gauke MP, Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform; Frances Crook, University of Glasgow’s Professor of Criminology & Social Work; Fergus McNeill and University of Nottingham’s Senior Research Fellow; Dr Philippa Tomczak.
| Published: | 23 November 2018 |
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