TUC accuse government over new report encouraging deeper cuts
More than half of households in the UK receive more from the state in welfare payments and pensions than they pay in tax, according to a new report. The 51.5%
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Thirty-year-low Government child poverty claims spark controversy
Figures the Government said showed 2.3 million children were classed as living in relative poverty, the lowest level since the 1980s, have sparked controversy. The Department for Work and Pensions
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Home Secretary criticised for ‘glaring shortcomings’ in immigration case
Home Secretary Theresa May has been criticised by the Court of Appeal for her department’s “glaring shortcomings” in a case in which a visitor from India won “over-the-top” damages for
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Warning of further cuts as social care faces £50m black hole
Councils could find themselves forced to cut services due to a potential shortfall in funding for major changes to the social care system, a spending watchdog has warned. The National
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Hunt refuses to rule out further adult social care cuts
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has refused to rule out further cuts to adult social care in the new parliament. The Tory frontbencher said the Government would take “full account” of
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Tory MP accuses Left of hijacking the term ‘austerity’ to delude voters
The term austerity was “hijacked” by the left during the election campaign to “delude voters into thinking that some belt tightening and control of government spending was almost evil”, a
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Mental health advice plan urges Government to tackle sector issues
Six of England’s leading mental health organisations have joined forces to produce a plan for what the Government should do in the first 100 days of the new Parliament to
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Government considers legislating over NI welfare reform crisis
The Government has said it cannot rule out implementing welfare reforms in Northern Ireland over the head of the devolved Assembly. Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers (pictured) said a budgetary
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Key measures announced in the Queen’s Speech
Here are some of the key measures in the first Conservative-only Queen’s Speech in nearly two decades: :: EU Referendum Bill The centrepiece of the Government’s programme, this sets out
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Rivals unite to block Cameron’s bid to scrap Human Rights Act
The two rivals for the Liberal Democrat leadership have launched a campaign to block David Cameron’s plan to scrap the Human Rights Act. Norman Lamb and Tim Farron put aside
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