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Apologies for cross-posting *************************** The October issue of 'Benefits: The journal of poverty and social justice', Volume 14, no. 3 is now available. In this issue: Simplifying Statutory Sick Pay: the evidence could be better Jane Barrett From work to incapacity benefits: ill health, skills, stress and insecurity Jacqueline Davidson Child support and child poverty Jonathan Bradshaw After all the policy reform, is child support actually helping low-income mothers? Christine Skinner; Daniel R. Meyer Individualised pension provision: UK experience, US plans Barbara Waine Life chances and child poverty: the Fabian Commission Fran Bennett The benefits of welfare rights advice Jay Wiggan; Colin Talbot Adoption and benefits advice: the Nottinghamshire approach Catherine Holliday Benefits take-up in a Sure Start local programme Sylvia Gilbert Department for Work and Pensions: Evaluation of the StepUP pilot: final report Department for Work and Pensions: Early quantitative evidence on the impact of the Pathways to Work pilots Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Child poverty in large families Joseph Rowntree Foundation: The Social Fund: current role and future direction Government Round-up Ruth Lister; Jane Barrett For more information and to subscribe, visit www.policypress.org.uk. 'Benefits: The Journal of Poverty and Social Justice' publishes high- quality work that is essential reading for academics, practitioners, policy makers and students. Focusing on poverty and social exclusion, the journal explores links with social security (including pensions and tax credits), employment, area regeneration, housing, health, education and criminal justice, as well as issues of ethnicity, gender, disability and other social inequalities. A NEW free sample copy of the journal is now available. Please go to our website journals pages (https://www.policypress.org.uk/journals/) for an online version and information on how to order hard copies. Don't forget to renew your subscription!