Welfare cuts
Long-term sickness cannot be fixed by tightening ‘harsh’ disability benefits system, experts warn
Long-term sickness cannot be fixed by tightening ‘harsh’ disability benefits system, experts warn
The government has boasted that it will fix the problem of long-term sickness by tightening the benefits system, but experts have warned that plan is likely to backfire and push people deeper into poverty and further away from employment
‘We have to keep fighting’: Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat
‘We have to keep fighting’: Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat
Legacy benefits claimants took the government to court over a DWP decision not to give them the £20-a-week universal credit uplift
‘This is austerity 2.0’: Outcry as government plots cuts to public spending
‘This is austerity 2.0’: Outcry as government plots cuts to public spending
Councils said the plans show a “complete lack of understanding of the lives of real people in this country”
Thérèse Coffey criticised for singing ‘Time of My Life’ at karaoke amid universal credit cut
Thérèse Coffey criticised for singing ‘Time of My Life’ at karaoke amid universal credit cut
Rishi Sunak says Brits should be ‘grateful’ for austerity as he all but confirms universal credit cut
Rishi Sunak says Brits should be ‘grateful’ for austerity as he all but confirms universal credit cut
Families on universal credit going hungry even before £20-per-week cut
Families on universal credit going hungry even before £20-per-week cut
‘We matter less than others’: Disabled people protest after missing out on Covid support
‘We matter less than others’: Disabled people protest after missing out on Covid support
Universal credit cut: What £20 can get you in a supermarket
Universal credit cut: What £20 can get you in a supermarket
Paul McNamee: The working majority won’t be silenced
