Kate Summers
@katesummers.bsky.social
Researcher working on social security policy and economic inequality. British Academy postdoc @ London School of Economics Methodology.
This looks great, thanks for sharing Jody. Looking forward to reading.
May 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This looks great, thanks for sharing Jody. Looking forward to reading.
We think this tells us something more broadly about potential for policy change and rupture: even in the extraordinary conditions of the pandemic, longer running discourses around welfare deservingness stuck.
May 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We think this tells us something more broadly about potential for policy change and rupture: even in the extraordinary conditions of the pandemic, longer running discourses around welfare deservingness stuck.
Using qualitative interviews, we find that claimants' accounts of welfare deservingness during the covid-19 pandemic were remarkably consistent with pre-pandemic accounts.
E.g. claimants still centred their work ethic and contributions to the system, to explain/ justify their benefit claim.
E.g. claimants still centred their work ethic and contributions to the system, to explain/ justify their benefit claim.
May 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Using qualitative interviews, we find that claimants' accounts of welfare deservingness during the covid-19 pandemic were remarkably consistent with pre-pandemic accounts.
E.g. claimants still centred their work ethic and contributions to the system, to explain/ justify their benefit claim.
E.g. claimants still centred their work ethic and contributions to the system, to explain/ justify their benefit claim.
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Full essay available here: medium.com/@craig.berry...
Focus on the causes, not the symptoms
The forthcoming disability benefits green paper could exemplify a new approach to welfare — instead it is likely to apply the same old…
medium.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Full essay available here: medium.com/@craig.berry...
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As part of #SpeakingTruthToPower, Stef, Penny, Steve, Tracy & Wayne spoke at a Nov LSE conference led by @katesummers.bsky.social & @bengeiger.bsky.social about how to work with people with experience of poverty. We loved hearing from @changingrealities.bsky.social & @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social.
December 16, 2024 at 3:55 PM
As part of #SpeakingTruthToPower, Stef, Penny, Steve, Tracy & Wayne spoke at a Nov LSE conference led by @katesummers.bsky.social & @bengeiger.bsky.social about how to work with people with experience of poverty. We loved hearing from @changingrealities.bsky.social & @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social.
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Ooh I'm glad you found this. I found a copy in the National Library of Scotland (it's also in the Science Museum) and wrote a wee article about what I thought about it nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
The Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly is a legal research journal published quarterly by the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast.
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December 9, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Ooh I'm glad you found this. I found a copy in the National Library of Scotland (it's also in the Science Museum) and wrote a wee article about what I thought about it nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
Oh brilliant, thanks for sharing Jackie. I look forward to reading!
December 9, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Oh brilliant, thanks for sharing Jackie. I look forward to reading!
7. And some more modern comms - The New Labour Targetting Fraud campaign.
December 9, 2024 at 2:50 PM
7. And some more modern comms - The New Labour Targetting Fraud campaign.
6. A 1950s reminder that policy at one time was targeted at larger families!
December 9, 2024 at 2:50 PM
6. A 1950s reminder that policy at one time was targeted at larger families!