Dear Adam
Congratulations on a terrific publication. And many thanks to everyone involved in this. A really useful and important piece of work. And who could do it better than SPA.
best wishes
Julia
Professor Julia Twigg AcSS
Professor of Social Policy and Sociology
School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
University of Kent
Canterbury CT2 7NF
+44 (0)1227 827539
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Sent: 09 February 2011 08:38
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Subject: SPA Report: In Defence of Welfare
Dear colleagues,
The Social Policy Association has today published a report into the impacts of the Coalition Government’s spending review across key areas of the welfare state. As well as brief, in-depth analyses of the implications for specific policies and programmes, the report also:
• Considers the implications for the fundamental principles underpinning the welfare state - fairness, social justice and the reduction of social, economic and spatial inequalities.
• Examines the specific impacts on Scotland and Northern Ireland in the context of devolution.
• Proposes alternative measures for addressing the fiscal deficit and a new debate that emphasises social as much as economic policy goals.
The report is available to download from the SPA website www.social-policy.org.uk
Please feel free to alert colleagues and anyone else you think might be interested in the report. The SPA is a professional association which links academics who teach and research in higher education, post-graduate researchers, policy-makers and others. Most of our 500-plus members are active teachers and researchers in social policy and applied social science within the UK. We are therefore well-placed to offer expert comment and analysis of current social policy developments.
Best wishes,
Adam Whitworth
SPA Executive
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