This paper analyses the shifting balance between public sector and private sector welfare provision in the United Kingdom over the past two decades. Five sectors - education, health, personal social services, housing, and income maintenance and social security - are examined over three time...

Existing evidence showed that:- local environmental problems are widespread but worse in low-income areas- there is little evidence that wider environmental concerns are less in low-incomecommunities- residents in low-income areas often face different barriers and incentives for action fromthose...