Crisis warns of benefit sanction ‘hotspots’
Another report into the punitive sanctions system shows geographical variations in the number of jobseekers being cut off
Ruby Stockham
Ruby Stockham was formerly a staff writer at Left Foot Forward. She has a Masters degree in Modern Literature and was the winner of The Spectator's 2013 prize for travel writing.
The coalition’s appalling failure to build houses laid bare
Shadow housing minister Emma Reynolds will today set out plans to reverse the coalition’s record, which has resulted in 205,000 fewer home owners
Boris’ apprenticeship programme is failing young people
Time is running out for the mayor to reach his target
TUC warns of low-paid jobs recovery for women
Last year’s jobs recovery meant an entry into low-paid, part-time work for many women
Welfare changes are crippling us, say Scottish single parents
New report shows lone parents being hit hardest by austerity measures north of the border
PAC: 20 per cent of local authorities are receiving the wrong amount of health funding
The PAC is concerned about high staff vacancy rates and a lack of money for incentives
IFS finds that the most deprived areas have seen the deepest cuts
Planned spending cuts for 2015-16 are likely to return to the same areas to squeeze them further
UKIP take note: Australia’s immigration system is far from perfect
Human rights abuses, public dissatisfaction and a failure to get the numbers down make Australia a curious role model for Farage
Private tenants are paying £1,193 upfront – and that’s not including rent
Figures uncovered by Labour show the extortionate amounts letting agents are charging their tenants
If house prices and wages had kept pace, first time buyers could be paying £77k less
A new report by Shelter shows how drastically house price inflation has outstripped earnings