More than a quarter of unpaid carers looking after loved ones with dementia have said they are worse off financially because of their responsibilities, according to a charity which is
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Language barriers, mistrust of Government and a lack of awareness of financial support are leading to older people from minority ethnic communities missing out on help and facing poverty in
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The Conservatives have “torn apart the social security safety net”, the SNP claimed as figures show the UK has the lowest level of unemployment benefits as a proportion of previous
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The two-child benefit cap has affected more than 80,000 children in Scotland in the last year, research commissioned by the SNP has found. Analysis by the House of Commons Library
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The Government must do more to support disabled people to stay in work, campaigners have said. Research released on Tuesday by the Business Disability Forum (BDF), a non-profit membership organisation
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Economic inactivity among 18 to 24-year-olds due to ill-health has nearly doubled over the past decade, according to new research. Most of those are struggling with education, with four in
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Landlords collected almost £9 billion in rent for sub-standard privately-rented homes across England in 2020, analysis has suggested. The City Hall findings have been branded “a scandal” and “an outrage”,
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Workers with average earnings would have to save for 400 years to benefit from Jeremy Hunt’s tax cut for people with pension pots worth more than £1 million, Labour has
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A charity has called for a new benefit to be paid to older adult unpaid carers receiving the State Pension after 82% of them said in a new report that
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Proposed reforms aimed at getting more people into work have left disabled people feeling anxious and could expose them to bad practice, MPs have heard. Changes outlined by the Government
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