Laura Richards-Gray
Biographic Data
| ID | 6630274 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Richards-Gray |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Richards-Gray |
| SIGNATURE | RICHARDS-GRAY L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birkbeck, University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9957-1249 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Why are We Waiting? The Five-Week Wait for Universal Credit and Food Insecurity Among Food Sector Workers in the UK
The UK’s new social security benefit, Universal Credit, is driving up food insecurity. Particularly problematic is the five-week wait for the first payment. Meanwhile, low wages and insecure contracts mean many food sector workers rely on Universal Credit. This qualitative study explores the effects of the five-week wait on food security among these workers. The findings show this is forcing them to depend on family, friends and foodbanks, induci…
Remind you of anyone? Comparing the gendered heroic leadership of Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May
Political discourse and gendered welfare reform
In the UK, as in many other countries, welfare reform in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis has had a detrimental effect on gender equality. Between 2010 and 2015 the UK Coalition government initiated far-reaching cuts to public spending, as well as an increase in welfare conditionality. These reforms have hit women harder than men as women are more likely to rely on welfare benefits and services due to unpaid care responsibilities. Many …
Filling in the middle
The gender-blind ‘workless’ frame has been increasingly prominent in UK welfare discourse in recent decades and has played a significant role in the political justification of Universal Credit – a key plank of UK welfare reform since 2013. Meanwhile, Universal Credit has been highlighted as problematic for gender equality. This article seeks to ‘fill in the middle’ between the use of the ‘workless’ frame in recent welfare discourse, including at …
A Problem Shared? The Role of the Public in the Legitimation of Policy
This article argues that shared problematizations—shared political and public ways of thinking—legitimize policies and their outcomes. To support this argument, it examines the legitimation of gendered welfare reform in the recent U.K. context. Drawing on focus groups with the public, it provides evidence that the public’s problematization of welfare, specifically that reform was necessary to “make work pay” and “restore fairness”, aligned with t…
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A Problem Shared? The Role of the Public in the Legitimation of Policy
This article argues that shared problematizations—shared political and public ways of thinking—legitimize policies and their outcomes. To support this argument, it examines the legitimation of gendered welfare reform in the recent U.K. context. Drawing on focus groups with the public, it provides evidence that the public’s problematization of welfare, specifically that reform was necessary to “make work pay” and “restore fairness”, aligned with t…
Political discourse and gendered welfare reform
In the UK, as in many other countries, welfare reform in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis has had a detrimental effect on gender equality. Between 2010 and 2015 the UK Coalition government initiated far-reaching cuts to public spending, as well as an increase in welfare conditionality. These reforms have hit women harder than men as women are more likely to rely on welfare benefits and services due to unpaid care responsibilities. Many …
Filling in the middle
The gender-blind ‘workless’ frame has been increasingly prominent in UK welfare discourse in recent decades and has played a significant role in the political justification of Universal Credit – a key plank of UK welfare reform since 2013. Meanwhile, Universal Credit has been highlighted as problematic for gender equality. This article seeks to ‘fill in the middle’ between the use of the ‘workless’ frame in recent welfare discourse, including at …
Remind you of anyone? Comparing the gendered heroic leadership of Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May
Why are We Waiting? The Five-Week Wait for Universal Credit and Food Insecurity Among Food Sector Workers in the UK
The UK’s new social security benefit, Universal Credit, is driving up food insecurity. Particularly problematic is the five-week wait for the first payment. Meanwhile, low wages and insecure contracts mean many food sector workers rely on Universal Credit. This qualitative study explores the effects of the five-week wait on food security among these workers. The findings show this is forcing them to depend on family, friends and foodbanks, induci…
Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political and Economic history of UK and US (3 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Welfare (3 works) · Welfare reform (3 works)