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Search Results for Universal Credit

100,000 people have been forced to take second jobs since 2010

19 January, 2015

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

13 January, 2015

Despite years of calls for better management, in 2013-14 overpayments amounted to £1.4 billion and underpayments to £0.4 billion.

Tories

Why the Tories won’t win a majority at the election

Matthew Whittley
20 December, 2014

The Tories can’t change this country to make it work for the many not the few because they themselves haven’t changed.

Autumn Statement 2014: what you need to know

3 December, 2014

The key measures from today’s Autumn Statement.

Disabled people wait 118,000 years longer than IDS intended

Neil Coyle
25 November, 2014

900,000 disabled people are waiting a combined 118,000 years longer than intended for assessments and decisions on crucial support.

The Tories have overspent by £25 billion on social security

17 November, 2014

Figures show that the DWP overspend comes despite debilitating cuts to working people and families.

The government is creating more roque landlords

Carl Packman
31 October, 2014

We’ve come to expect it from some, but when even landlords with a social purpose are thinking twice about who they allow as tenants we know a change is needed.

Exclusive: Do the party conference tax announcements stack up?

Spencer Thompson
22 October, 2014

Spencer Thompson has picked apart the conference announcements of Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems – so which party will benefit whom?

What you need to know about Osborne’s working age benefit freeze

James Bloodworth
29 September, 2014

Your cut out and keep guide to today’sannouncement on freezing working age benefits.

This is why the profit motive has no place in our public services

Mark Serwotka
2 July, 2014

The DWP isn’t just off the rails but careering down the embankment.

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