The scrapping of start-date protections under Universal Credit (UC) is “deeply alarming”, the DWP has been told. MSPs have warned thousands of Scots are suffering financially because UC no longer
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A terminally ill man lost his benefits and was declared fit for work due to his “adequate rapport” and ability to keep eye contact, MPs have heard. Labour’s Ellie Reeves
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Lone parents and their children have lost challenges at the UK’s highest court against the Government’s controversial benefit cap. Supreme Court justices, sitting in London on Wednesday, rejected their appeals
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Child poverty is becoming the “new normal” in parts of the country and rising rapidly in major cities, a new study suggests. Research by the End Child Poverty coalition indicated
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An independent inquiry should be held into the deaths of people declared “fit for work” by the Government, according to a Labour MP. Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth) said
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The Government has apologised “unreservedly” to the family of an 82-year-old woman who committed suicide after her benefits payments were stopped. Joy Worrall (pictured) had just £5 in her bank
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Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has said she is cutting the maximum financial sanctions for benefit claimants in a drive to ensure the system is “fair and compassionate” for
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The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has called on the Westminster Government to halt imminent changes to Pension Credit and Housing Benefit Eligibility due to concerns about the impact they
Read MoreAlmost a third of a million homes in Scotland have received help from a scheme that helps hard-up families struggling to pay for heating and eating. Since it was set
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Doctors’ leaders have raised concerns over guidance given to GPs by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) which medics fear could endanger vulnerable patients. The Royal College of General
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