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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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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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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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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Tens of thousands of cancer patients, including many who are terminally ill, will face further “hardship, stress and anxiety” if they are forced to transfer to Universal Credit (UC), a
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Universal Credit is causing unacceptable hardship for many of its claimants, according to a report from a public spending watchdog. It suggested the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appears
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Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey has acknowledged further change is needed to the system of Universal Credit (UC) amid fresh warnings it is causing “unacceptable” hardship to claimants. Ms
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