Social Security
Building on shaky foundations? Multi-level policy realities for Scottish social security policies
Author / Creator: Hayley Bennett,
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2025
[Social welfare] is a fickle and unsettled policy domain.
Mitigating the two-child limit and the Scottish Budget
Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commissioin
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
Cost forecasts rise from 155 million in 2026/7 to 198 million in 2029/30 for mitigating the two child cap.
Social security in a devolved UK: realities, risks & opportunities for families
Author / Creator: Hayley Bennett
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2024
We spend more on working-age social security than education, or the police and defence combined (Hoynes et al., 2023), and it is the policy instrument most directly able to reduce poverty.
Building a New Scotland: Social security in an independent Scotland
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
Social security can be fairer, more dignified and more respectful over the long term.
Brexit and devolved social security in Scotland: a tale of two referenda
Author / Creator: Mark Simpson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2018
Social security is an obvious field for further devolution.