Welfare Reform – Care Appointments

Kendall says £5 billion a year cut to welfare will address ‘economic and social crisis’

By David Hughes, George Lithgow and Aine Fox, Reporters21st May 2025News England

Liz Kendall has insisted she will press ahead with measures to cut the welfare bill amid Labour pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to change course over the squeeze on benefits

DWP should have legal duty to look after vulnerable benefits claimants, say MPs

By David Lynch, Reporter15th May 2025News England

A legal duty to look after vulnerable people who are claiming benefits must be introduced at the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP), a group of MPs has said. Ministers

More than 40 Labour MPs say welfare cuts ‘impossible to support’

By Christopher McKeon, Reporter8th May 2025News England

More than 40 Labour MPs have urged the Prime Minister to pause and reassess planned cuts to disability benefits, saying current proposals are “impossible to support”. In a letter first

Charities warn of record child poverty if two-child benefit cap not scrapped

By Helen Corbett, Reporter22nd April 2025News England

Scrapping the two-child benefit limit is the most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty, charities have argued in a letter to the Prime Minister. Failing to scrap the limit could

Disabled father says welfare reforms have prompted fear amid lack of clarity

By Sarah Ping, Reporter27th March 2025News England

A father with muscular dystrophy (MD) said people have been left feeling “fearful” about how benefit cuts might affect them because of a lack of clarity from the Government. It

Eradicating child poverty ‘more challenging’ after spring statement – Swinney

By Neil Pooran, Reporter27th March 2025News Scotland

John Swinney has said efforts to eradicate child poverty will be “more challenging” as a result of the welfare changes made in the Chancellor’s spring statement. The First Minister (pictured)

New record high number of children in poverty branded ‘source of national shame’

By Aine Fox and Ian Jones, Reporters27th March 2025News England

The number of children living in poverty in the UK has reached a record high of almost 4.5 million, in statistics branded “a source of national shame”. The official figure

Welfare reform will push 250,000 into poverty, Government’s own assessment says

By Aine Fox, Reporter26th March 2025News England

Welfare cuts will leave an estimated quarter of a million more people, including 50,000 children, in relative poverty after housing costs across Great Britain by the end of the decade,

Welfare reforms will be ‘devastating’ for disabled, Shirley-Anne Somerville says

By Katrine Bussey, Reporter18th March 2025News Scotland

The UK Government has come under fire for changes to the welfare system with Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary warning of the “devastating affect on disabled people”. Shirley-Anne Somerville (pictured) hit

Government defends major welfare reforms but charities condemn ‘cruel cuts’

By The Press Association18th March 2025News England

Benefit reforms branded the biggest shake-up to the welfare system in a generation will create a “pro-work system”, the Government has said. But charities have argued the proposed changes are

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Kendall says £5 billion a year cut to welfare will address ‘economic and social crisis’

DWP should have legal duty to look after vulnerable benefits claimants, say MPs

More than 40 Labour MPs say welfare cuts ‘impossible to support’

Charities warn of record child poverty if two-child benefit cap not scrapped

Disabled father says welfare reforms have prompted fear amid lack of clarity

Eradicating child poverty ‘more challenging’ after spring statement – Swinney

New record high number of children in poverty branded ‘source of national shame’

Welfare reform will push 250,000 into poverty, Government’s own assessment says

Welfare reforms will be ‘devastating’ for disabled, Shirley-Anne Somerville says

Government defends major welfare reforms but charities condemn ‘cruel cuts’

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People’s heart health in the UK declining rapidly in ‘worrying trend’ – report

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Tag: Welfare Reform

Kendall says £5 billion a year cut to welfare will address ‘economic and social crisis’

DWP should have legal duty to look after vulnerable benefits claimants, say MPs

More than 40 Labour MPs say welfare cuts ‘impossible to support’

Charities warn of record child poverty if two-child benefit cap not scrapped

Disabled father says welfare reforms have prompted fear amid lack of clarity

Eradicating child poverty ‘more challenging’ after spring statement – Swinney

New record high number of children in poverty branded ‘source of national shame’

Welfare reform will push 250,000 into poverty, Government’s own assessment says

Welfare reforms will be ‘devastating’ for disabled, Shirley-Anne Somerville says

Government defends major welfare reforms but charities condemn ‘cruel cuts’