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In "What the street level can teach us about the social investment state – Insights from encounters between caseworkers and vulnerable unemployed clients in Denmark" Mathias Herup Nielsen adds a street-level perspective to the scholarly discussions over social investment and elaborate its implications for how to think about the social investment state.

doi.org/10.1177/00016993251349

#socialinvestment #sociology #socialwork #welfare
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Automatic systems unlawfully cancelled 964 jobseekers' payments, watchdog finds
By Maani Truu

Almost a thousand jobseekers had their income support payments unlawfully terminated over two years, the federal watchdog has found, cautioning the breach likely had a "profound if not catastrophic" impact on vulnerable people.

abc.net.au/news/2025-08-06/com

ABC News · Automatic systems unlawfully cancelled 964 jobseekers' payments in two years, watchdog findsBy Maani Truu
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…In its 2024 annual report…, #ICE said it detains #immigrants only “when necessary” & that the vast majority of the 7.6 million people then on its docket were released pending #immigration proceedings. Keeping them detained while their case is adjudicated has not been logistically possible, & advocates have raised concern for immigrants’ #health & #welfare in civil immigration #detention. [It is also incredibly expensive]