Pregnant women and “vulnerable” workers could be hit by a “stealth tax” when leaving employment, MPs have been warned. Shadow Treasury minister Peter Dowd said new national insurance measures could
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The taxman has issued £1.8 million in refunds after reviewing cases where families were hit with penalties for failing to register for a charge relating to their child benefits. Thousands
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Families struggling with Universal Credit are “guinea pigs that this Government is experimenting on”, with some being driven to try to take their own lives, MPs have heard. Labour MP
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Ministers faced shouts of “how do you sleep at night” after MPs heard a terminally-ill man is to have his mobility car repossessed. Labour’s Clive Efford raised the case of
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A woman has told an inquest how the decision to stop her chronically ill father’s benefits “led to him taking his own life”. Wakefield Coroner’s Court heard on Wednesday how
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Changes to the state pension age have unlawfully discriminated against women born in the 1950s, the High Court has heard. Nearly four million women have been affected by the changes,
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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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Lone parents and their children have lost challenges at the UK’s highest court against the Government’s controversial benefit cap. Supreme Court justices, sitting in London on Wednesday, rejected their appeals
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An independent inquiry should be held into the deaths of people declared “fit for work” by the Government, according to a Labour MP. Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth) said
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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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