Dear Colleagues, Last week there was a new post published on the 'Cost of Living' Blog: 'Welfare reform and the vilification of the ‘undeserving poor’' By Ewen Speed On the universal credit (UC) proposals, the individualisation of welfare provision, and the marginalisation of the most vulnerable. http://www.cost-ofliving.net/ Best, Simon Carter -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).