The number of emergency food parcels distributed to children last summer soared by almost 20%, with fears of a further increase this year. The Trussell Trust, which runs a network
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The Government will review the benefits system for terminally ill people after charities said it was not fit for purpose in a damning parliamentary report. Claimants near the end of
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The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) will be viewed as being “incompetent” or as having “covered up” its handling of emails relating to claimant deaths, an MP has claimed.
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A “made-up policy fudge” is bringing significant financial hardship to terminally ill people struggling to access benefits, according to a report. The Government’s definition of terminal illness as when a
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Sexual abuse survivors have been “curled up on the floor crying” during their benefits assessment, MPs have heard. Labour’s Ruth George highlighted the wider impact of the benefits system on
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Grants should be available to help the “most vulnerable” cope with delays in Universal Credit payments without having to resort to foodbanks, MPs have heard. Change UK acting leader Heidi
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Ministers have been told to investigate issues with Universal Credit after new estimates showed benefits overpayments and underpayments have reached their highest levels. Excessive payments of benefits excluding state pensions
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Parents are cutting back on fresh food, building up debts and being forced to drop children’s activities like swimming lessons because of the two-child Universal Credit and tax credit limit,
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An overhaul of sick pay and housing for disabled people has been announced by the Prime Minister. Up to 300,000 new accessible and adaptable homes could be delivered every year,
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The proportion of people in working households living in relative poverty has jumped by 40% since 1994, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). But it said the reasons
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