The Government has won a challenge against a ruling that its controversial benefit cap unlawfully discriminates against lone parents with children under two. Court of Appeal judges ruled in favour
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Ministers have announced a six-month delay on plans to end a system of childcare vouchers after representations by the DUP. Education Secretary Damian Hinds made the concession at the end
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Philip Hammond has been urged to help grieving parents whose “lives are forever blighted in darkness” by establishing a children’s funeral fund. Carolyn Harris (pictured) said such a fund was
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Many children “will be condemned to start life in poverty” as a result of Government changes to taxes and social security, a major new report has warned. Watchdog the Equality
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Disability benefit claimants are now winning record levels of appeals against the Department for Work and Pensions, new figures show. Assessments for both Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and
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Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey has agreed to publish a series of reviews of Universal Credit after acknowledging there was “no point” in keeping them under wraps. The project
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An SNP MP has proposed changes to the UK Government’s welfare policy, to prevent women being “forced to choose between poverty and abuse”. Dr Philippa Whitford (pictured) has published a
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The Social Workers Union (SWU) are offering four grants of £500 to social work students who can write the most compelling argument for how the profession can solve austerity. Timed
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“Just about managing” families on the lower end of the pay spectrum are set for three years of stagnating living standards, a new report has warned. The Resolution Foundation think
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Disabled people are unable to afford the same standard of living as non-disabled people, a charity has warned. A new report from the disability charity Scope found that disabled people
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