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Children’s commissioner slams welfare bill
Alex Hern reveals that the Children's Commissioner has slammed the welfare reform bill.
Out in the cold on Christmas day: The growing homelessness crisis
Christmas is just three days away, but thousands of people, particularly young people, will be out on the street on Christmas Day, writes Rory Weal.
Could the welfare bill signal the death of social housing?
Thomas Sutton investigates the impact on social housing of the changes to housing benefit contained in Iain Duncan Smith’s welfare reform bill.
Five reasons to oppose the welfare bill
The welfare reform bill will penalise the disabled, those working class communities who live in inner cities and second-earners who work over 16 hours a week.
Cameron and Osborne want the unemployed to work for £1.78 an hour
Alex Hern reports on David Cameron and George Osborne’s savage undermining of the minimum wage.
The coalition is actively increasing child poverty
The Resolution Foundation’s Felicity Dennistoun explains the IFS’s figures for child poverty, and puts them in the context of the wider welfare reforms.