No further raid on welfare spending as charities welcome Government U-turn
New Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb has said there will be no further raid on welfare spending to fund the £4 billion black hole in the Budget left by
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Stephen Crabb appointed to succeed IDS as Work and Pensions Secretary
As a Tory secretary of state for Labour-voting Wales, he was once described as having the “loneliest job in politics”. But with his appointment as Work and Pensions Secretary, Stephen
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CPAG In Scotland announce details of annual conference and exhibition
The Child Poverty Actiion Group have announced details of their Scottish annual conference which will take place on Friday 10 June. The conference will take place on Friday 10 June and
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Disabled ask ‘proud’ Iain Duncan Smith how he can sleep after new benefits cuts
Iain Duncan Smith has insisted he is “proud” of his welfare record after disabled people questioned how he sleeps at night following fresh benefits cuts. The Work and Pensions Secretary
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South-east England escaping ‘relatively lightly’ from Government welfare cuts
Government welfare reforms will “further entrench deep-seated regional inequalities across Britain”, campaigners have claimed after a new report said poorer areas will be hit hardest by new changes. The research
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Scottish Gov to set up new benefits agency to administer payments
A new delivery agency will be set up to administer social security payments worth £2.7 billion when they are devolved to Scotland. Speaking in the first Scottish Parliament debate on
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Benefit fraud hotline defended despite 85% of tip-offs proving unfounded
Welfare officials have defended using the public to root out suspected benefit cheats despite figures showing the vast bulk of tip-offs have proved unfounded. More than 1.6 million cases were
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Government welfare reform under fire as new reports claim plans in disarray
Troubled welfare reforms will reduce benefits for millions of working families and leave the “poorest running up the down escalator”, it has been claimed. Critics have seized on three reports
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1.5m ‘could be facing destitution after disappearing from welfare system’
Up to 1.5 million benefit claimants may be facing destitution after disappearing from the welfare system, a report by a former Labour minister has warned. Government is failing to track
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Lack of quality flexible jobs ‘condemning tens of thousands to poverty’
A severe lack of quality part-time or flexible jobs is condemning tens of thousands of people to poverty, according to a study. Research revealed that almost two million people were
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