Claudia is Deputy Director of Demos. Her primary research interests are health and social care, public service markets and personalisation, ageing, disability and benefits reform.

Before joining Demos in 2008 Claudia was Head of Policy and Research at the Resolution Foundation, a research organisation focusing on the welfare and life chances of low-income groups.
 
She spent 5 years at the Social Market Foundation think-tank as a senior researcher and fellow working on early years policy, social mobility and education reform, before being seconded to the Prime Minister's strategy unit in 2005 to work on the Education and Inspection Bill.

May 17

The pressure is on

Following Liam Byrne's speech to Demos, Claudia Wood looks at the challenge the Labour has set itself on disability and welfare.

May 17

Care funding: back to the drafting board

Claudia Wood asks whether social care funding is back in the 'too-difficult' box.

Apr 30

The end of ESA

Claudia Wood blogs on the changes to disability benefits starting tomorrow.

Mar 26

U-turn on social care targets

Claudia Wood looks at the Government's 'heavily prescriptive' targets for social care.

Mar 20

The Government is right to scrap universal child benefit

Claudia Wood argues that the Government's plan to abolish universal child benefit is a blunt but necessary measure.

Mar 7

The problems at Remploy

Claudia Wood outlines the tricky path from Remploy to re-employment.

Mar 6

The value of everything

Claudia Wood takes a look at the Public Services (Social Value) Bill.

Feb 23

Work experience has important benefits

Claudia Wood defends work experience as a way to get people into permanent jobs.

Feb 22

Empowering consumers where it matters most

Claudia Wood welcomes the introduction of the Good Care Guide.

Feb 20

Experience can work

Claudia Wood says the Government is undermining work experience as a valuable way to get people into jobs.

Feb 6

A dangerous precedent

Claudia Wood is alarmed by the consequences of the Commons' use of ‘financial privilege’.

Jan 9

Byrne, Beveridge and welfare myths

Claudia Wood is disappointed at Liam Byrne's recent attack on welfare claimants.

Dec 2

How are our six disabled families coping with the cuts?

Claudia Wood describes the latest findings of our Disability in Austerity tracking study.

Nov 29

All together now

Claudia Wood comments on Osborne's Autumn Statement and asks how it will affect the most vulnerable.

Nov 15

Good growth is not a luxury

Claudia Wood argues the case for the new Good Growth Index outlined in our latest report.

Oct 7

Personalisation is more than just a personal budget

Claudia Wood blogs on Andrew Lansley's announcement on personal health budgets. 

Oct 5

IDS shows his Victorian values

Claudia Wood offers a damning assessment of Iain Duncan Smith's address on welfare.

Sep 19

Bad timing

Claudia Wood supports the Lib Dems' rejection of the proposed time limits on ESA.

Sep 12

Coping with Cuts to Disability Services

Claudia Wood explains Demos' new interactive map showing cuts to disability services.

Sep 1

Let's not forget what DLA is for

Claudia Wood argues that the factors affecting living costs should be a major consideration in DLA reform. 

Aug 31

Duty of care

Claudia Wood discusses the ill-timed release of social care budgetary changes.

Aug 23

Care market conundrum

Claudia Wood discusses the problems faced by the residential care market.

Jul 13

Open Public Services

Claudia Wood says the Open Public Services white paper needs popular support.

Jul 4

Who's rushing on disability?

Claudia Wood looks at accusations of unneccessary haste on disability benefit reforms.

Jun 10

Principles or practicalities for disabled jobseekers?

Claudia Wood asks how possible ending segregated employment is in the current economic climate.

Jun 8

False economy

Claudia Wood argues that care decisions should not be made on the basis of cutting costs.

May 30

What does 'fit to work' actually mean?

Claudia Wood looks at how changing definitions impact on how we view benefit claimants.

May 24

Councils in the dock over disability

Claudia Wood warns councils may be tempted to cut the services least likely to get them sued.

May 12

One person's localism is another person's neglect

Claudia Wood argues that the Munro report shouldn't be used as an excuse to cut corners in child protection.

May 9

What does disability in austerity feel like?

Claudia Wood writes about our latest report tracking five disabled families through the cuts.

Apr 28

“399 fiddlers!” doesn’t make such a good headline

Claudia Wood clears up dodgy reporting of stats on welfare claimants.

Apr 20

Informal Adoption Limits Are Not The Answer

Claudia Wood says councils should not allow older children to become 'unadoptable'.