Welfare
Disabled people wait 118,000 years longer than IDS intended
900,000 disabled people are waiting a combined 118,000 years longer than intended for assessments and decisions on crucial support.
The Tories have overspent by £25 billion on social security
Figures show that the DWP overspend comes despite debilitating cuts to working people and families.
Benefit fraud accounts for just 0.7 per cent of welfare spending, new figures show
Benefit fraud accounted for just 0.7 per cent of welfare spending in 2013/2014, according to new government figures published today.
Austerity (still) won’t balance the books
Austerity not only drives the growing inequality in our society, it drives the divisiveness that demonises the migrant, the welfare claimant or the public sector worker.
The myth of migrants ‘flocking’ to Britain’s ‘soft touch’ benefits system
The desire to 'get on' isn't confined to affluent Westerners.
Exclusive: An open letter to Iain Duncan Smith: Universal Credit questions that need answering
Existing problems with Universal credit risk being replicated unless you resolve them.