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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Tag: Welfare Reform
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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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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Scottish Government demands clarity over £12 billion welfare cuts
The Scottish Government has called on the UK Government to clarify the extent of its proposed £12 billion welfare cuts and urgently outline how they will impact on Scotland’s new
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Tory MP accuses Left of hijacking the term ‘austerity’ to delude voters
The term austerity was “hijacked” by the left during the election campaign to “delude voters into thinking that some belt tightening and control of government spending was almost evil”, a
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Government considers legislating over NI welfare reform crisis
The Government has said it cannot rule out implementing welfare reforms in Northern Ireland over the head of the devolved Assembly. Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers (pictured) said a budgetary
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Northern Ireland’s Executive votes down welfare reforms
Northern Ireland’s faltering power-sharing Executive has lurched towards another crisis after the Assembly voted down a bid to implement welfare reforms in the region. The fall of the already long-delayed
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New carers report shows increasing concerns over welfare cuts
Nearly half of carers are struggling to make ends meet and worried about further cuts to welfare, a charity has warned. Carers UK said it was calling on the Government
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Third of Londoners struggling with rising living costs
A third of Londoners cannot afford a decent standard of living because of extra costs of living in the capital, such as housing and transport, according to a new report.
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Legal challenge to welfare payment delay begins in High Court
Disabled people have been forced to turn to loan sharks and food banks because of the “unlawfully long time” taken to provide them with vital welfare benefits, the High Court
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