benefits
A new low in DWP’s war on disabled benefit claimants?
On Friday, Left Foot Forward published a guide to faking up a benefits story in five easy steps using publicly available data; somebody followed the steps almost to the letter in concocting a story in today’s Sun.
How to fake up a Daily Mail benefits story in five easy steps
Declan Gaffney presents Left Foot Forward's step-by-step guide of how to fake up a Daily Mail benefits story.
The weirdness at the core of Universal Credit
As the details emerge of the government’s big ticket welfare reform, the introduction of Universal Credit, it looks as if for once the hubristic language might be justified.
‘Simplification’ leads to severely disabled young people’s benefits being cut
Yesterday’s Welfare Reform Bill contains huge changes for the UK’s social security system - as well as a number of damaging new sanctions and fines, reports Nicola Smith.
Getting by on benefits is no easy ride
David Cameron is keen to portray claiming benefits as a lifestyle choice - but there is now a long list of objective research, that reveals life on benefits is no easy ride.
The ‘inexplicable’ rise in Disability Living Allowance explained
Left Foot Forward's Declan Gaffney explains why there has been a rise in the number of people claiming Disability Living Allowance.