The scrapping of start-date protections under Universal Credit (UC) is “deeply alarming”, the DWP has been told. MSPs have warned thousands of Scots are suffering financially because UC no longer
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A charity based on Belfast’s longest peace wall welcomed its first royal visitor as the Duchess of Cornwall called in to speak with some of the city’s homeless. The Belfast
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The UK has violated its human rights obligations through sustained and widespread cuts to social support, a UN poverty expert has found. UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human
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A homeless man found living in a filthy car with his two malnourished toddlers has been handed a suspended jail sentence for child neglect. The 24-year-old man, who cannot be
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A terminally ill man lost his benefits and was declared fit for work due to his “adequate rapport” and ability to keep eye contact, MPs have heard. Labour’s Ellie Reeves
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Child poverty is becoming the “new normal” in parts of the country and rising rapidly in major cities, a new study suggests. Research by the End Child Poverty coalition indicated
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Ministers must take urgent action to deal with the “staggering levels of child poverty” that parts of Scotland are facing, campaigners have demanded. In eight of Scotland’s 32 local authorities
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The Government has apologised “unreservedly” to the family of an 82-year-old woman who committed suicide after her benefits payments were stopped. Joy Worrall (pictured) had just £5 in her bank
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Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has said she is cutting the maximum financial sanctions for benefit claimants in a drive to ensure the system is “fair and compassionate” for
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The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has called on the Westminster Government to halt imminent changes to Pension Credit and Housing Benefit Eligibility due to concerns about the impact they
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