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Conservative Party

Britain’s Benefits Streets: How the Numbers Are Being Used to Tell the Wrong Story

The Centre for Social Justice and the Daily Telegraph have identified a genuine problem with Britain’s welfare system. But their presentation of the evidence…

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Administration

Welfare reform and the limits of public service cuts

Independent Revenues and Benefits Monday Discussion Group • 5 October 2026 Helping young disabled people into work and finding savings in public services might…

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AI

AI, council tax and the limits of a quick fix

The Independent Revenues and Benefits Monday Discussion Group tackled two subjects that promise change for local government: artificial intelligence and council tax. One may…

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