President Donald Trump congratulates newly naturalized citizens via a recorded message at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami field office.
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During the Nazi era, roughly 300,000 additional Jewish refugees could have gained entry to the US. But the immigration law’s ‘likely to become a public charge’ clause kept them out.
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Single mothers I interviewed described feeling isolated, stigmatised and frustrated with negative stereotypes.
Supporting and empowering jobseekers has better results than the current “economic” approaches used by jobcentres up and down the country.
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Being out of work is hard: here’s how psychology is helping to make the process of finding a job a little easier.
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For families living in poverty, making their 16 or 17 year old child homeless may be the only option to keeping them all afloat.
“Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet. And who will not become a public charge,” said Acting head of Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli.
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During the Nazi era, roughly 300,000 additional Jewish refugees could have gained entry to the U.S. But the immigration law’s “likely to become a public charge” clause kept them out.
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Spare a thought for Britain’s veterans navigating the minefield that is the UK’s benefits system.
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The processing time for the government’s Funeral Expenses Payment is decreasing, but the costs related to a funeral are still high.
Work isn’t as stable as it once was.
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A growing number of jobs are becoming less stable, with fewer benefits and stagnating wages. This is taking a significant toll on the psychological health of workers.
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Social housing providers can help people get into work, with tailored, long-term support.
All Newstart recipients are eligible for other benefits too, but in many cases these are paltry.
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Yes, most jobseekers who receive Newstart payments are also eligible for other benefits. But in many cases this is just a few dollars a fortnight to help with expenses such as electricity bills.
Free office food isn’t there just to fill your belly.
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From Ford to Facebook, companies have long used benefits to mold employee behavior – even incentivizing the ‘right’ kind of lifestyle.
Trevor, Tamsyn and Tracey: struggling to survive on Universal Credit.
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Defensive responses on Twitter from the Department of Work and Pensions to the Channel 4 series Skint Britain appear tone-deaf.
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The Finnish experiment will only fuel further debate on whether or not universal basic income is a good idea.
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Numbers are largely viewed as holding the truth. But this is an unrealistic expectation.
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The government has had to rethink its roll-out of Universal Credit – but small tweaks to the system won’t prevent people on housing benefit from being evicted.
Eventide: A Scene in the Westminster Union from 1878.
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The desire to treat all those in poverty via one policy stems from the same impulses that led to reform of poor laws in the 19th century.
What the ‘credit’ in Universal Credit actually means.
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The concept of Universal Credit reveals something wider about the UK’s current political fixation on debt.
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Young people are being put off claiming benefits – and it’s costing both them, and society.
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The system of welfare conditionality that underpins Universal Credit is ineffective at moving people off social security and into work.
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A new study has highlighted the damaging psychological impact of welfare conditionality on disabled people.