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Crisis warns of benefit sanction ‘hotspots’
Another report into the punitive sanctions system shows geographical variations in the number of jobseekers being cut off
100 people too mentally ill to work get their benefits sanctioned each day
A new report exposes the human cost of the punitive benefits sanctions system
Cost of childcare has risen by 33 per cent since 2010
Parents are paying £1,533 more for nursery places than at the start of this parliament
Benefits bill ‘virtually unchanged’ under coalition, says IFS
The biggest cuts to the welfare system are 'yet to come' says think tank
100,000 people have been forced to take second jobs since 2010
Cost of living and job insecurity means the number of people working two jobs is soaring.
Public Accounts Committee says DWP is failing to tackle error and fraud in Housing Benefit claims
Despite years of calls for better management, in 2013-14 overpayments amounted to £1.4 billion and underpayments to £0.4 billion.