You have to break a few eggs to make an omelette: Is the benefits system broken beyond repair?

Bangor Business School have now released their April Penny for your Thoughts podcast. The Covid-19 pandemic placed unprecedented pressure on the social security system in Wales and across the UK and as a result, the past two years have seen unprecedented challenges. This month’s podcast explores one of the impacts on the UK welfare system with Bangor Business School Lecturer in Accounting, Dr Sara Closs-Davies. The welfare and ‘work-fare’ systems are discussed and how accounting impacts the financial hardship of welfare recipients. Dr Closs-Davies puts forwards her expert views on whether the UK system is broken beyond repair. Is the current system working, or do a few more eggs need to be broken to improve it?

Dr Sara Closs-Davies is a Lecturer in Accounting at Bangor Business School. She is also a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants (ACCA) and member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT). Sara is an internationally published researcher, her research areas include accounting, taxation and public policy, and their implications on individuals, society and social inequality.

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