benefits
Stopping benefits for the obese: why it won’t work
This is what happens when you prioritise lurid headlines over actual solutions
Benefits bill ‘virtually unchanged’ under coalition, says IFS
The biggest cuts to the welfare system are 'yet to come' says think tank
IFS: poorest households hit hardest by coalition tax and benefit changes
Working parents in the poorest households have been hardest hit by changes to the tax and benefits system since 2010
Boris’ pledge to tackle rough sleeping is a failure which gets worse each year
The mayor needs to ask himself whether yearly rises in the number of people living on the streets is a legacy he is happy to continue ignoring.
Coalition is doing nothing to help hungry families
Damning new report finds that food banks are carrying out their work completely without government help
If Osborne takes us back to the thirties, how different will things look?
Does Osborne have any right to get ruffled about comparisons with the 1930s?