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cover of Mother State by Helen Charman, with painting by artist Paula Modersohn-Beker

Review | Mother State: A Political History of Motherhood

How does the state shape who gets to mother, who suffers, and who survives?

Brightly coloured tents around a statue I Albert Square Manchester

The Green Paper: a final rollout of the workfare state

A detailed analysis of the green paper which is all about workfare not welfare.

Why we need a maximum rent

The government says they need to cut spending – so let’s stop this £35 billion handout to landlords.

A tent city protest in Minnesota

Why is homelessness spending not working?

Billions are wasted on landlord profits so what can be done different?

Review | Disability Praxis

Disability Praxis covers some of today’s key debates on disability justice in Britain and the US. rs21 member Shiraz Hussain reviews.

Why cutting welfare hurts non-claimants

The Tories are proposing yet more attacks on welfare benefits, and on sick and disabled people – and Labour’s obsession with ‘hard working families’ plays up to their divisive rhetoric. Ian Allininson argues that cuts to welfare are intended to lower wages.