This week we deep dive into the 'benefits system’ and ask what using this language means for our shared understanding of what benefits are and why they exist.Words of Affirmation is a podcast from Care Full, hosted by Hannah Webster & Ruth Hannan.You can support the podcast to continue by signing up to our Patreon.And, you can find out more about hosts Care Full on our website.This week we talked about:The Beveridge ReportDarren McGarvey on the toxic trope of benefit scroungersThis Yougov poll on how Britons feel about benefit and welfare recipientsThis article on the language of welfare from Liam StanleyJRF’s data on poverty in the UKOECD data on social security spend internationallyThis UBI trial in WalesOur music for the episode is Bobby Bertoli’s Rebirth (thanks Bob x).

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