Government welfare cuts will lead to an increase in suicides, a prominent crossbench peer has warned. Baroness Meacher, who led the fight in the House of Lords against planned cuts
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The next Scottish government should introduce anti-poverty legislation to comprehensively tackle the issue, campaigners have said. The call for a Scottish Poverty Reduction Bill is one of 17 priorities for
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The Government has ruled out converting National Insurance contributions into a special tax to fund health and social care. Treasury spokesman Lord Ashton of Hyde said the Government had no
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New Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb has said there will be no further raid on welfare spending to fund the £4 billion black hole in the Budget left by
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As a Tory secretary of state for Labour-voting Wales, he was once described as having the “loneliest job in politics”. But with his appointment as Work and Pensions Secretary, Stephen
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David Cameron has said he is “puzzled and disappointed” after Iain Duncan Smith dramatically quit the Cabinet and launched an all-out attack on the “indefensible” Budget. In a brutal parting
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Ministers face intense pressure to perform a U-turn over plans for a £1.3 billion a year cut in disability benefits as Tory MPs threaten to revolt over the measure. Work
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Government cuts to the pension credit have a “significant link” with a rise in death rates among older pensioners, Oxford University researchers have said. The Government’s austerity measures across England
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The Child Poverty Actiion Group have announced details of their Scottish annual conference which will take place on Friday 10 June. The conference will take place on Friday 10 June and
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Iain Duncan Smith has insisted he is “proud” of his welfare record after disabled people questioned how he sleeps at night following fresh benefits cuts. The Work and Pensions Secretary
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