High earners should have childcare subsidies scrapped to give a boost to low-income families under Universal Credit, the architects of the reforms have said. The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ)
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Four women bringing a High Court challenge over the Government’s Universal Credit scheme say they are struggling financially because of the way the system operates. The women, who are all
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A “perfect storm” of stagnating wages and benefits cuts has led to the gap in life expectancy between the richest and poorest in the England widening, according to new research.
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Fresh concerns about the roll-out of controversial Universal Credit (UC) welfare reforms have been voiced by MPs. The Commons Work and Pensions Committee said readiness tests must be set before
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Universal Credit waiting times have “plunged people into misery and despair”, according to a United Nations envoy. Professor Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
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Amber Rudd made a dramatic return to Theresa May’s Cabinet as the Prime Minister sought to bolster her position following the backlash to her Brexit deal. Meanwhile, Leave-supporting Stephen Barclay
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Problems with Universal Credit are driving an increase in the number of emergency supplies handed out at food banks, new figures reveal. The Trussell Trust said its network provided 658,048
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A committee of MPs has called for an urgent reassessment of the Government’s benefit sanctions regime, warning that the current system appears to be “pointlessly cruel” to some claimants. The
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Philip Hammond’s Budget will do nothing for those “massacred” by the Universal Credit welfare reforms, a veteran MP has said. Frank Field, who chairs the Commons’ Work and Pensions Committee,
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Jeremy Corbyn criticised Philip Hammond for delivering a “broken promise Budget” as he insisted austerity needs to end because it has failed. The Labour leader said eight years of austerity
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