SNP slam Osborne new national living wage as ‘con trick’
A “pay rise” for Britain with the surprise announcement of a new national living wage has been branded a “con trick” by Scotland’s Deputy First Minister. In the first Conservative
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Tag: Welfare Reform
Charities and campaigners slam budget as disasterous for poor
A four-year freeze for working-age benefits and restricting tax credits to two children are among key parts of a blueprint to slash at least another £12 billion-plus a year from
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Anger at rape victims asked to justify themselves to taxman
Rape victims will be forced to justify themselves to the taxman to secure child tax credits under the Government’s reforms, MPs have heard. The SNP’s Roger Mullin questioned the morality
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Holyrood could mitigate against Conservative austerity measures
Scotland would be able to mitigate Conservative cuts to tax credits or other welfare under Labour and SNP plans to give Holyrood the power to create new benefits and top
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TUC accuse government over new report encouraging deeper cuts
More than half of households in the UK receive more from the state in welfare payments and pensions than they pay in tax, according to a new report. The 51.5%
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PM to defend welfare cuts as Burnham brands delays ‘disgraceful’
David Cameron is to mount a staunch defence of the Government’s welfare curbs, insisting they are at the heart of his drive to create a fairer Britain. Setting out his
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Tens of thousands expected at major anti-austerity protests
The Government will today face its first big public protests since being elected when politicians, union leaders and celebrities join thousands of people on demonstrations against austerity, spending cuts and
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Engage: Old problems and new – a view from the foodbank frontline
We know that up to two-thirds of the people turning to the foodbank for help are having problems with the benefits system. That’s why since August 2013, a Child Poverty
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Hundreds of thousands expected for anti-austerity march
Organisers of an anti-austerity protest are predicting that hundreds of thousands of people will join the demonstration. The People’s Assembly said 70,000 had already pledged support for the event in
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Government disability payment delay ‘unlawful and unacceptable’
The Government took an “unlawful and unacceptably long time” to pay new welfare benefits to two unnamed disabled people, a High Court judge has ruled. The judge was told at
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