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17 May 21
Universal basic income will be trialled in Wales, the country's first minister has revealed.
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14 May 21
The Covid-19 pandemic led to the highest-ever level of fraud and error in benefit payments, according to official estimates.
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16 Oct 20
Payment errors and benefit fraud hit their highest-ever level in 2019-2020, prior to the full coronavirus lockdown, according to a National Audit Office report into the Department for Work and...
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7 Jul 20
Proponents of universal basic income believe their case has been strengthened by the sudden shock of the pandemic, with several countries implementing emergency schemes, but what form should it take...
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24 Feb 20
Benefit fraudsters will no longer be named by the government in Northern Ireland, after an order from the minister for communities.
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4 Feb 20
The roll-out of the government’s controversial welfare reform programme universal credit has been delayed again – until 2024.
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4 Nov 19
The government’s pledge to lift the benefit freeze is not enough to “turn back the rising tide of poverty”, charities have said.
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15 Oct 19
The vast majority of British people think hunger is a problem in the UK and Westminster is to blame, according to a charity.
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2 Aug 19
Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities lost nearly £60m to benefit fraud last year.
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28 Jun 19
Fraud and errors related to payments made by the Department for Work and Pensions have reached record highs and are set to grow due to universal credit.
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28 Jun 19
There are three steps the government can take to transform the roll-out of Universal Credit, argues Jenny Luckett of Riverside Group.
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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.
14 May 21The Covid-19 pandemic led to the highest-ever level of fraud and error in benefit payments, according to official estimates.
16 Oct 20Payment errors and benefit fraud hit their highest-ever level in 2019-2020, prior to the full coronavirus lockdown, according to a National Audit Office report into the Department for Work and...
7 Jul 20Proponents of universal basic income believe their case has been strengthened by the sudden shock of the pandemic, with several countries implementing emergency schemes, but what form should it take...
24 Feb 20Benefit fraudsters will no longer be named by the government in Northern Ireland, after an order from the minister for communities.
4 Feb 20The roll-out of the government’s controversial welfare reform programme universal credit has been delayed again – until 2024.
4 Nov 19The government’s pledge to lift the benefit freeze is not enough to “turn back the rising tide of poverty”, charities have said.
15 Oct 19The vast majority of British people think hunger is a problem in the UK and Westminster is to blame, according to a charity.
2 Aug 19Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities lost nearly £60m to benefit fraud last year.
28 Jun 19Fraud and errors related to payments made by the Department for Work and Pensions have reached record highs and are set to grow due to universal credit.
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.
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.
