benefits
Comment: Mean, miserable legislation from a mean, miserable government
By Caroline Lucas MP (Green Party, Brighton Pavilion) MPs are today debating a grossly unfair piece of legislation that proposes […]
New research shows 400,000 people will spend a second successive Christmas on the dole
TUC research demonstrates further hardship for many in one of the most financially difficult times of the year; meanwhile, the government refuses to help.
Atos, Tory cuts and a diasbled man driven to hunger strike
Atos Healthcare, the company appointed by the government to test whether disabled people are 'fit to work', is at the epicentre of dogmatically-driven tragedy.
JRF: Universal Credit is a “significant challenge” to poor families and will affect women more
The Universal Credit represents a "significant challenge" to low-income families and is likely to affect women "disproportionately", according to a JRF report.
The chancellor should not increase benefits by less than today’s inflation figure
Not increasing benefits by 2.2 per cent in April next year would be wrong and more evidence we are most definitely not all in it together, writes Tony Dolphin.
Resolution Foundation: Tax and benefit system still not doing enough to make work pay
A new Resolution Foundation report today highlights how the present system of redistribution through taxation and welfare is inefficient and could be reformed.