This government needs to accept its own legacy on food banks
New analysis has shown the connection between welfare reform, cuts, and food bank increases
Lord Freud
The Trussell Trust supplies 600,000 emergency parcels in nine months
New figures released by the Trussell Trust show that the food bank charity provided emergency parcels containing three days food more than 600,000 times between April and December last year.
The three welfare amendments the Lords must fight for
Alex Hern gives their noble lordships pointers on how to avoid completely wrecking life for disabled people in Britain
The government’s replacement for DLA is not fit for purpose
Anjuli Veall of Parkinson’s UK argues that the changes being made to DLA as it becomes PIP will harm those with conditions like Parkinson’s, and anyone with a long-term, yet fluctuating condition
Freud’s work experience plans: where are the jobs?
The Conservative party yesterday announced a series of measures aimed at increasing employment. They included a new work-pairing scheme, announced by Lord Freud – the Tory’s frontbench welfare spokesman, to match 100,000 teenagers with sole traders and provide them withtest