A new book about how Covid-19 rocked the world argues that Elizabeth I would have supported the poor in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Amid ongoing welfare cuts, researchers argue that investment in health and social care have been integral to British economic success since 1600.
Debates about the welfare cuts, David Beckham's philosophical awakening, the future of literature and quotas for women business leaders head the...
Significant numbers of social tenants in rural areas may have to move away from their friends and communities because of changes to housing benefit...
A Cambridge academic’s research into the final days of the Old English Poor Law has thrown up some remarkable parallels to today’s welfare state –...
