Schools are propping up a ‘failing welfare state’ – report
Families in need are turning to schools for the support the welfare system is failing to provide.
Families in need are turning to schools for the support the welfare system is failing to provide.
Rebuilding the system won’t cut it, says mental health policy advisor Tom Pollard
If people felt nobody was listening to them and rebelled by voting Brexit, could a better, more creative and empathic welfare system revert the decision?
The system pioneered by the Tories is either broken or was set up to punish those most in need of state support.
George Osborne has said a further £25bn spending cut will be coming after the next election, much of which will hit disabled people
A new report exposes the human cost of the punitive benefits sanctions system
We need to talk about our rights as members of the public rather than letting corporations define them, writes Matt Hawkins.
The DWP has been advising jobcentres on referring benefit claimants to food banks – despite the government’s insistence that food banks do not form part of the welfare system.
Today’s figures should open up debate on how to reform the current system of tax credits and benefits. What is clear is that more needs to be done to address the growing number of people who are actively contributing to society but yet are finding it increasingly difficult just to get by.
The idea that social security spending got out of control under Labour isn’t really backed up by Department of Work and Pensions evidence.