Tens of thousands of disabled people denied welfare benefits due to Government error are to receive additional back-payments totalling as much as £150 million. The payout results from a decision
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An MP choked back tears as she called for a change in the law to allow doctors to determine whether someone is terminally ill so they can get fast-tracked access
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Lone parents and their children are going to the UK’s highest court in a battle against the Government’s controversial benefit cap. Supreme Court justices will hear several challenges over the
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A major new report highlighting how social care has become a postcode lottery for children across the UK has been published following research conducted by the University of Sheffield. The
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Labour’s bid to force the Government to dock the pay of Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey has been voted down by MPs. The motion to “sanction” Ms McVey, by
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A rape victim who suffers with post traumatic stress disorder has been denied benefits for “not demonstrating symptoms” at the time of her claim assessment. Labour MP Wes Streeting raised
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Tenants receiving Universal Credit are collectively in £24 million worth of rent arrears, housing associations have warned. The findings were compiled from surveys of 118 housing associations across Britain. They
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SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford urged the Conservatives to “press the reset button” on austerity and learn from the Scottish Government on economic policy. Mr Blackford contrasted the policies implemented
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Esther McVey is facing calls to lose four weeks’ ministerial pay after misleading MPs over the Government’s flagship welfare reforms. Labour wants to “sanction” the Work and Pensions Secretary for
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Esther McVey has been forced to issue an embarrassing apology to MPs after a public row with Whitehall’s spending watchdog. The Work and Pensions Secretary said she had “inadvertently misled”
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