Books
Second Class Citizens was published by the Centre for Welfare Reform in September 2019.
Second Class Citizens brilliantly weaves together:
- The development of the welfare state and the efforts of disabled people to get recognition and support for their right to be included as equal citizens
- The growing attack on the welfare state and the lies and rhetoric that have been used to justify cuts to services and basic income security
- The life experiences of sick and disabled people and the real life impact of austerity and so-called ‘welfare reforms’
- An overview of all the different policies and services that impact on sick and disabled people and others that have been targeted by Government cuts
- The economic flaws that underpin austerity and how modern economic thinking provides a better basis for developing a sustainable welfare state
Academic journals
Predicting policy performance: can the Work and Health Programme work for chronically ill or disabled people? 2018
ESA
Benstead, S., 2017. Replacing ESA: Part Three – a new sickness benefit. Ekklesia
Richardson, C. and Benstead, S., 2017. Smokescreen: a Spartacus Network report in response to Improving lives: work, health and disability Green Paper. Spartacus Network.
Benstead, S. and Nock, E., 2016. Replacing ESA: Part Two – consultation on a new system. Ekklesia.
Benstead, S. and Nock, E., 2016. Replacing ESA: Part One – support needs of people with chronic illness. Ekklesia.
Benstead, S., Marsh, S., Richardson, C., Cartwright, J., Hale, C., Barnet-Cormack, S. and Smith, R.. Beyond the barriers: a Spartacus Network report on ESA, the Work Programme and recommendations for a new system of support. Spartacus Network.
Benstead, S. Welfare that works: Employment and Support Allowance. Spartacus Network.
PIP
Richardson, C., Nock, E. and Benstead, S., 2016. Crippling choices: a Spartacus Network response to the 2015 DWP consultation on the use of aids and appliances in PIP. Spartacus Network.
Spartacus Network. Consultation on the PIP Moving around criteria: briefing by sick & disabled people.