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	<div class="post-thumbnail"><div class="fancy-date"><a title="11:38 am" href="https://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/2015/04/16/"><span class="entry-month">Apr</span><span class="entry-date updated">16</span><span class="entry-year">2015</span></a></div><span class="fancy-categories"><a href="https://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/category/topic/economy/austerity/" rel="category tag">Austerity</a><a href="https://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/category/team/carla-mccormack/" rel="category tag">Carla McCormack</a><a href="https://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/category/news-blog/" rel="category tag">News &amp; Blog</a><a href="https://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/category/collaborations/poverty-alliance/" rel="category tag">Poverty Alliance</a><a href="https://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/category/locality/uk/scotland/" rel="category tag" style="background-color:#;color:#;">Scotland</a><a href="https://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/category/topic/welfare-and-social-security/" rel="category tag" style="background-color:#;color:#;">Welfare &amp; social security</a></span><img class="preload-me lazy-load aspect" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20150%2075&#39;%2F%3E" data-src="https://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/unnamed-19-150x150-150x75.jpg" data-srcset="https://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/unnamed-19-150x150-150x75.jpg 150w" loading="eager" style="--ratio: 150 / 75" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" width="150" height="75"  title="unnamed-19-150&#215;150" alt="" /></div><div class="entry-content">
<p>This podcast is the first in a series of three podcasts on Welfare Reform, recorded at the <a href="https://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/welfare-reform-network-event-launch-summary/">Launch of the Welfare Reform Network</a>. In this episode, Carla McCormack of the Poverty Alliance speaks on &#8220;The Impact of Sanctions in Scotland&#8221;.</p>



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