Ministers have again come under fire over an “unfit” policy on disability benefits – as an MP revealed how identical twins, suffering with the same condition, had been given differing
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The Government is being urged by MPs to end the benefits “cliff edge” for carers who also work which can see them lose out if they receive even a small
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Parents will be helped in their “darkest hours” by MP-backed moves to guarantee bereavement leave and pay for those who lose a child, the Commons has heard. Emotional scenes emerged
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An attempt to provide fairer access to more affordable credit for people living in poverty moves a stage further on Friday. A Bill put forward by Lord Bird, founder of
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Victims of domestic violence who claim Universal Credit can find themselves in thousands of pounds of rent arrears if their abuser leaves their home and the payment is split, an
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Two severely disabled men have begun a High Court challenge against the Government’s controversial Universal Credit benefits scheme, which they say has left them unable to meet many of their
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A lawyer has questioned whether an unmarried mother at the centre of a legal battle to access widowed parent’s allowance is being made an example of. Special needs classroom assistant
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A judge has raised concerns after a woman had to appear in the same family court as an ex-partner she had accused of raping her. District Judge Simon Read said
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An unmarried mother behind a legal battle to access widowed parent’s allowance has accused the Government of treating her grieving children as “insignificant”. Siobhan McLaughlin, 46, said her case, being
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Restrictions on benefit payments to families with more than two children have been relaxed, with a new exemption covering all of those who are adopted or taken in by relatives
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