Daniel Edmiston explains how social security is fooling the voting class

Changes to social security provision have benefited the middle and upper classes, whilst squeezing the incomes of the poorest households in the UK.

Recent research published by doctoral researcher, Daniel Edmiston, finds that austerity policies implemented since the ‘Great Recession’ have been highly regressive in the UK. Changes to social security provision have benefited the middle and upper classes, whilst squeezing the incomes of the poorest households in the UK.

Writing for the New Statesman, Daniel Edmiston shows that the ‘squeezed middle’ are increasingly relying on social security to top up their deflated incomes.  The article talks about the implications of this within the context of the cost of living crisis and the forthcoming general election. Principally, Daniel suggests that the politics of austerity has obscured the voting class from the structural determinants of poverty and inequality. His article can be found here: “The mollified middle: how social security is fooling the voting class” 

Further details of the research can also be found here: “Social Security Privatisation in the UK: a means to whose end?”