Good article on how stigma is the "glue that holds poverty in place” and how the government has exploited social stigma, a British phenomenon not echoed in other European countries.
#Poverty #UKPolitics #SocialSecurity #Benefits #BenefitsCulture #SocialStigma

Stigma against benefits has made devastating poverty acceptable in Britain
https://theconversation.com/stigma-against-benefits-has-made-devastating-poverty-acceptable-in-britain-229563

Stigma against benefits has made devastating poverty acceptable in Britain

The ‘skivers against strivers’ view of welfare keeps people in poverty feeling ashamed and isolated.

^{The Conversation}

Poverty, Inc.

#corporations #poverty

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/06/23/poverty-inc/

Poverty, Inc.

Government’s decades-old experiment in letting corporations deliver social services has been a disaster—for taxpayers and the poor.

^{Tamara Gilkes Borr (Washington Monthly)}