Welfare officials have defended using the public to root out suspected benefit cheats despite figures showing the vast bulk of tip-offs have proved unfounded. More than 1.6 million cases were
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Troubled welfare reforms will reduce benefits for millions of working families and leave the “poorest running up the down escalator”, it has been claimed. Critics have seized on three reports
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Up to 1.5 million benefit claimants may be facing destitution after disappearing from the welfare system, a report by a former Labour minister has warned. Government is failing to track
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A severe lack of quality part-time or flexible jobs is condemning tens of thousands of people to poverty, according to a study. Research revealed that almost two million people were
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Families on the brink of destitution face a “postcode lottery” for emergency help because of failures in transferring responsibility to local councils and a spending squeeze on town halls, MPs
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Cancer patients could be at risk of losing their homes if Government cuts to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) go ahead, a charity has warned. Macmillan Cancer Support commissioned research
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Kinship carers should be made exempt from the Government’s benefit cap and other welfare restrictions to help prevent children being placed into the care of the state, Alan Johnson has
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The Scottish Parliament’s Welfare Reform Committee has said a huge cultural shift will be required to create a better Scottish welfare system, in a new report published yesterday. The Committee’s
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An estimated 750,000 elderly people are being forced to choose between paying for food and heating, a charity has warned. A survey of 1,000 people aged 65 and over for
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) are to host a seminar exploring the experiences of asylum seekers dealing with children and welfare services. The “Views and experiences of asylum
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