Both the quantity and quality of education and training in Britain are being comparedunfavourably with arrangements in other countries at a time when public expenditure isfacing the most stringent constraints. This paper starts from the presumption thatimprovements in the quality and quantity of...

The government’s pensions Green Paper – A new contract for welfare:partnership in pensions – proposes fundamental changes to the UK’sretirement income system. Members of CASE and of the Department ofSocial Policy at LSE have looked at the likely implications of the reformsfor pensioner...

This paper examines the profile of poverty in Tajikistan, the most remoteand poorest of the independent states of the Former Soviet Union. Datais used from the first nationally representative household surveyconducted in Tajikistan since independence and the cessation of the civilwar. The...

This paper analyses the proposals contained in the Government GreenPaper, A New Contract for Welfare: Partnership in Pensions for low paidworkers and the potential of the new rules to guarantee a decent incomein old age. It discusses the general principles inherent in the design ofthe British...

This paper examines the impact of the transition from a planned toa market economy on living standards and welfare in the fiveRepublics of former Soviet Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, along with the Republicof Azerbaijan. A broad definition of...

Our report sets out a framework for delivering new and renovatedhousing in an integrated and sustainable way. Volume one presentsour framework; volume two explores the six elements of theframework in more detail; and volume three brings togethersupporting documentation gathered during the...

The Trafford Hall Making Things Happen Programme is an innovative and practical‘capacity building’ programme of residential training, linked to follow-up small grants, forsocial housing tenants in England and Wales. It aims to support community volunteers to beinvolved in improving...

This report summarises the key issues that arose and pulls together the actions proposed byleading experts at different levels, from the poorest neighbourhoods up to central government.There was no proposed or agreed single line of action; rather there were multiple strands ofthinking that,...

The report, 'A Fresh Start', was published in 1999. 'A Fresh Start' was based onfindings of the Working Group on Adult Basic Skills chaired by Sir Claus Moser.The Moser report brought home the huge amount of catching up that needs to be doneto improve levels of basic skills nationally. It...

In this report, we present feedback from 3 different events on the Social ExclusionUnit’s National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal. It covers the views ofresidents, practitioners and academics, giving a unique combination of perspectiveson how we can best help disadvantaged areas.[...]