This series of essays explores the crisis of legitimacy in working age welfare. It examines the policy options for what to do about financial support for the unemployed.
This paper proposes an entirely new policy - a National Childcare Contribution Scheme – to help parents manage the high costs of childcare over a number of years.
With ideas from a No Lose Lottery to a Savings Smartcard, this report calls for creativity from policy makers, banks and businesses, to develop savings policy for people who don't much like to save.