I recently had the opportunity to meet with Stephen Timms, the Labour MP who is Minister for Social Security and Disability. This was as...

There are so many issues with Liz Kendall’s speech today, and the Green Paper proposals, that it is really hard to know where to begin....

Is there such a thing as a righteous rich person, and conversely an unrighteous poor? Is it that all poor people should be treated as...

The UK PM perpetuates the myth of the sick note culture, as an excuse to cut support to sick and disabled people.

I hate charity. Not when I’m giving: when I’m giving, I love charity. It makes me feel better about myself, because I have done something...

This is a guest post by Robert Hoch (Yidokodiltona), who wrote a review of my book, Second Class Citizens: The Treatment of Disabled...

I currently have a series of blog posts being hosted by Church Action on Poverty. The first one tells the stories of Alan and Ben, two...

I had the pleasure recently of speaking at my church about poverty and my experience of it. At the end, one lady asked a question about...

Today was my second visit to a food club. This time, I’d swapped to one nearer to me, though still a mile away. That’s fine with my...

I went to a food club recently. A food club is where you pay a small-ish amount of money for food that is about to go out-of-date, or...

Mike Savage, Social Class in the 21st Century.[1] The emotions of class The UK has long been interested in the subject of class and class...

The budget today announced a lot of stuff, and most of it I’m not qualified to comment on. I’m interested, because I have a sister with...

I think I've worked out what it is that I dislike about people saying that poverty isn’t just, or even mainly, about material lack. Even...

You might think that amongst those who have suffered, compassion for those in a similar situation is higher. And indeed, in at least some...

Lowborn I recently read Kerry Hudson’s 2019 book, Lowborn. I don’t really have much to say about it, because honestly it is so good. And...

There have been a handful of articles recently querying the model of healthcare that the NHS uses, and suggesting that we should pursue a...

There have been a handful of articles recently querying the model of healthcare that the NHS uses, and suggesting that we should pursue a...

I recently had a conversation with someone about whether the German healthcare system is superior to ours. I made two comments, which the...

Evangelicals and Social Action: from John Wesley to John Stott Ian Shaw (2021) Inter-Varsity Press Ian Shaw starts his book with a...

There’s an annoying primary school rhyme that goes, ‘I know you are, you said you are, so what am I?’ The idea is the kid has been...