Older people are being caught in an unemployment trap, more likely to be out of work and struggling to find another job if they are laid off or leave, according
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Welfare assessors could be given access to claimants’ medical records in a bid improve the service, the Work and Pensions Secretary has told MPs. David Gauke also said that meetings
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Low pay and a lack of affordable childcare are holding back parents who want to work, a study has found. Research by the Child Poverty Action Group showed that one
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Benefit cuts are pushing an extra 400,000 children into absolute poverty, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said. The biggest rises are hitting Wales, the North East, East Midlands,
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New job-seeking requirements placed on parents of young children under Universal Credit risk pushing single-parent families into poverty, a report warns. A study by campaign group Gingerbread suggested that 165,000
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Theresa May has again rejected calls to pause the roll-out of Universal Credit as ministers announced that controversial charges of up to 55p a minute to call a helpline were
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The lives and safety of people with epilepsy are being put at risk by an inadequate and ineffective disability benefits system, campaigners have warned. Epilepsy Action says the condition has
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The bottom fifth of households in London own just 0.1% of the capital’s wealth, including finances and property, a new study shows. Research by the Trust for London suggested 2.3
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The rollout of Universal Credit will not be paused, Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke has said. He told the Tory Party conference he would tweak the system to ensure
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Tory MPs have called on the Government to halt the rollout of its controversial new benefits payment system over concerns about the impact on claimants, it has been reported. A
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