Often: “
The market option is not only unacceptably unequal but almost certainly more inefficient. Roughly 2x as much ‘national wealth’ spent on health in the US, for example”

(and much worse health outcomes in the US for the large majority of people living there)

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Often: “
The market option is not only unacceptably unequal but almost certainly more inefficient. Roughly 2x as much ‘national wealth’ spent on health in the US, for example”

(and much worse health outcomes in the US for the large majority of people living there)

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Dreadful The Times and The Sunday Times leader. Hard to know where to begin with these banal assertions. But let’s just take one point…

Thanks Danny. Great article.

A Tale of Three Elections
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A Tale of Three Elections
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It's an insane system. Higher-level sanctions mean no benefit for 6 months. You can get a hardship loan at 60% of benefit rate. But then have to repay out of benefit for a further year! Effectively an 18 month long sanction in place after the work-search failure!

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As the govt talks about cuts to public spending, it's not going to be easy. Nearly all depts have been cut severely over the past 15 yrs. Work & Pensions halved
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I think our sanctions system has gone very badly wrong.
As Elle Carter also put it, it's also one of the most punitive regimes in the world with the severity of the penalties causing significant harm to people and families affected.