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UK housing model is ‘broken’, says Gove![img](/img/external-link.svg)
Comments come in foreword to a collection of essays by liberal conservative think tank Bright Blue. Prime Minister last year caved in to pressure to make the target of building 300,000 homes a year in England advisory rather than mandatory.
UK housing model is `broken´, says Gove![img](/img/external-link.svg)
Comments come in foreword to a collection of essays by liberal conservative think tank Bright Blue. The essays, written by Tory MPs as well as commentators and experts, discuss a thorny issue for the Government.
UK housing model is `broken´, says Gove![img](/img/external-link.svg)
Comments come in foreword to a collection of essays by liberal conservative think tank Bright Blue. Mr Gove writes: “We desperately need more homes to bring ownership within reach of many more people’
UK housing model is ‘broken’, says Gove![img](/img/external-link.svg)
Comments come in foreword to a collection of essays by liberal conservative think tank Bright Blue. Mr Gove writes: ‘We desperately need more homes to bring ownership within reach of many more people’
Calls for Universal Credit reforms as payments fail to cover ‘exorbitant’ childcare costs![img](/img/external-link.svg)
Eve Redmond, from thinktank Bright Blue, warned Universal Credit is failing to cover the “exorbitant costs’ of childcare faced by single parents. People on Universal Credit can currently claim up to 85 percent of their childcare costs back, up to £646.35 a month for one child.
Job hunters made redundant ‘should get up to 80pc of their salary’![img](/img/external-link.svg)
Bright Blue said the Government should look at introducing a European-style insurance scheme. Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark all have ‘contributory’ systems.
Tory think tank Bright Blue calls for ‘minimum income’![img](/img/external-link.svg)
Bright Blue says households need a minimum income to meet the cost of living. Former work and pensions secretary Stephen Crabb says welfare system has "significant gaps and weaknesses" Department for Work and Pensions insists it still "offers a vital safety net to millions of people"
Conservative think tank calls for a 'minimum living income'![img](/img/external-link.svg)
The policy could be similar to the National Living Wage, the report says. It has been written by Bright Blue - a Conservative think tank. Former work and pensions secretary Stephen Crabb helped guide the report. He said the current welfare system has'significant gaps and weaknesses'
Britons ‘need minimum living income’ as benefits system has ‘gaps and weaknesses’![img](/img/external-link.svg)
A new report has called for the introduction of a minimum living income. It is thought such a policy could be similar to the National Living Wage. The report has been written by Bright Blue, a Tory think-tank. It has been guided by a cross-party commission of politicians.
Tory think tank Bright Blue calls for ‘minimum income’![img](/img/external-link.svg)
Bright Blue says households need a minimum income to meet the cost of living. Former work and pensions secretary Stephen Crabb says welfare system has "significant gaps and weaknesses" Department for Work and Pensions insists it still "offers a vital safety net to millions of people"
Government ‘should create new welfare system’ for middle-class earners![img](/img/external-link.svg)
Middle-class families should be given greater security by letting workers pay an extra National Insurance charge in return for bumper welfare benefits if they lose their job, a conservative think tank has said. Bright Blue said that the optional scheme would allow middle- class families to access extra support if they find themselves unemployed. Such families currently face an extreme change if a breadwinner finds themselves out of work.
Government ‘should create new welfare system’ for middle-class earners![img](/img/external-link.svg)
Bright Blue said that the optional scheme would allow middle-class families to access extra support if they find themselves unemployed. The think tank will call for a “new, higher-level and time-limited contribution element’ to be added to Universal Credit.