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17 May 19
The UK government is failing to meet its duty under human rights law to provide adequate food in England, an NGO has found.
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1 Apr 19
Thirty per cent of the UK’s children - 4.1 million – are living on less than 60% of the current median income, according to official data.
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8 Mar 19
Ending the benefits freeze in the 2019 would enable 200,000 people in the UK to break free from poverty, a charity has claimed.
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6 Mar 19
Few would question the aims of universal credit – to deliver a more streamlined welfare system that pays benefits directly to claimants. But a series of funding cuts and failings mean it may never...
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14 Feb 19
MPs have criticised the government’s decision to reject their calls to ease benefit sanctions for claimants, saying the system is pushing people into “grinding poverty”.
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17 Jan 19
The government must lift the benefits freeze to stop increasing numbers of people falling into poverty, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation chief executive Campbell Robb.
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19 Oct 18
Benefits claimants will receive a £1.67bn windfall, owing to “historic underpayments” by the government.
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25 Sep 18
Labour wants to create a benefits system based on “compassion and respect rather than distrust and stigma”, the shadow work and pensions secretary Margaret Greenwood has told her party conference.
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3 Sep 18
Wrongful benefit payments increased to £3.8bn last year, official government figures have shown.
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24 Jul 18
Child poverty has risen twice as fast as official figures suggest and has been significantly underestimated in government data, a think-tank has warned.
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8 Jun 18
A charity is demanding a major shake up in the social security system because of “shameful” shortcomings that left one and a half million people in destitution in 2017.
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27 Nov 17
Key elements of the government’s £1.5bn package for universal credit will not come into effect until next year, it has been revealed.
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22 Nov 17
Philip Hammond’s changes to tax, benefits and housing don’t add up to much for hard-pressed families, argues the JRF’s Katie Schmuecker
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22 Nov 17
Philip Hammond has pledged a £1.5bn package to address concerns over the controversial flagship welfare reform programme universal credit.
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9 Nov 17
Any future recession will hit the poorest families even harder if proposed benefit cuts go ahead, according to a new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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6 Nov 17
Homelessness will rise unless the freeze is lifted on the Local Housing Allowance rate for families in the private rented sector, council leaders have warned.
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6 Nov 17
Cuts to benefits will drive up child poverty, with biggest increase likely in the North East and Wales, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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1 Nov 17
A think-tank has called for the government to inject an extra £3bn into universal credit to make it “fit for purpose”.
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26 Oct 17
Making claimants wait six weeks for their first universal credit payment is “cruel” and should be cut from six weeks to one month as a matter of urgency, according to a cross-party group...
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18 Oct 17
Councils could see a reduction in the money they receive to ensure a target numbers of homes are built in their areas, the housing minister has warned.
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18 Oct 17
Councils in the UK have called on the government to pause or slow down the roll of universal credit as they divert their own scarce funds into helping financially struggling claimants.
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9 Oct 17
The government should end the benefits freeze rather than increasing the personal tax allowance to help struggling families, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
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2 Oct 17
Universal Credit is “fundamentally the right thing to do” but there are concerns about how it might impact living standards.
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14 Sep 17
The expansion of universal credit is “a disaster waiting to happen” as it pushes people into debt, Citizens Advice has claimed.
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10 Jul 17
The government’s planned roll-out of Universal Credit should be paused until significant problems are addressed, Citizens Advice has warned.
17 May 19The UK government is failing to meet its duty under human rights law to provide adequate food in England, an NGO has found.
1 Apr 19Thirty per cent of the UK’s children - 4.1 million – are living on less than 60% of the current median income, according to official data.
8 Mar 19Ending the benefits freeze in the 2019 would enable 200,000 people in the UK to break free from poverty, a charity has claimed.
6 Mar 19Few would question the aims of universal credit – to deliver a more streamlined welfare system that pays benefits directly to claimants. But a series of funding cuts and failings mean it may never...
14 Feb 19MPs have criticised the government’s decision to reject their calls to ease benefit sanctions for claimants, saying the system is pushing people into “grinding poverty”.
17 Jan 19The government must lift the benefits freeze to stop increasing numbers of people falling into poverty, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation chief executive Campbell Robb.
19 Oct 18Benefits claimants will receive a £1.67bn windfall, owing to “historic underpayments” by the government.
3 Sep 18Wrongful benefit payments increased to £3.8bn last year, official government figures have shown.
8 Jun 18A charity is demanding a major shake up in the social security system because of “shameful” shortcomings that left one and a half million people in destitution in 2017.
22 Nov 17Philip Hammond’s changes to tax, benefits and housing don’t add up to much for hard-pressed families, argues the JRF’s Katie Schmuecker
22 Nov 17Philip Hammond has pledged a £1.5bn package to address concerns over the controversial flagship welfare reform programme universal credit.
6 Nov 17Homelessness will rise unless the freeze is lifted on the Local Housing Allowance rate for families in the private rented sector, council leaders have warned.
18 Oct 17Councils could see a reduction in the money they receive to ensure a target numbers of homes are built in their areas, the housing minister has warned.
9 Oct 17The government should end the benefits freeze rather than increasing the personal tax allowance to help struggling families, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
2 Oct 17Universal Credit is “fundamentally the right thing to do” but there are concerns about how it might impact living standards.
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