Excessive red tape in the benefits system is causing “unnecessary” distress for people living with mental health issues, a report argues. The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, which was
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More than half a million fewer families are receiving child benefit since rule changes were introduced six years ago, figures show. Sir Steve Webb, a former pensions minister, said women
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Staff working on the Universal Credit benefits system have voted to strike in a dispute over workloads and recruitment. Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) based in
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A minister has apologised after it emerged an extra 30,000 ill and disabled benefit claimants could have been underpaid. Sarah Newton told the Commons the Department for Work and Pensions
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Chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to use next month’s Spring Statement to deliver a “rescue package” for millions of low-income families left worse off by successive waves of benefit
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Child poverty risks hitting record levels in the next few years amid “stagnating” living standards for households, a new study suggests. The Resolution Foundation said the incomes of typical working-age
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Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd is facing calls to halt the roll-out of Universal Credit, after admitting that its introduction had increased reliance on food banks. Answering questions in
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Amber Rudd was accused of “compounding and extending the injustice” towards Windrush citizens by a Labour MP after her constituent was denied benefits. Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood) said
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Philip Hammond will have to spend billions of pounds extra if he truly wants to end austerity, an economic think tank has said. In order to simply maintain current per
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Half of the people Citizens Advice helps with Universal Credit struggle to keep a roof over their heads while they wait for their first payments, the charity has said. One
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