Youth unemployment represents a ‘time bomb’ under the nation’s public finances and could cost the government £28bn over the next ten years, a voluntary sector review has found.
Liverpool council is poised to take greater control of the government’s flagship back-to-work scheme in the city under moves to create a directly elected mayor.
The government has defended its controversial plan for a £500-a-week cap on benefits ahead of today’s House of Lords debate on the Welfare Reform Bill.
A coalition of charities has called on the government to hold up the Welfare Reform Bill to ‘carefully consider’ the impact of planned changes to Disability Living Allowance.
The government has pledged to press ahead with welfare reforms that would save £1.6bn, despite being defeated on the plans yesterday in the House of Lords.
One body should be given responsibility for ensuring the different parts of the welfare system work together effectively and do not unintentionally penalise claimants, MPs said today.
Twelve times more public sector jobs were lost in the three months to the end of October 2011 than were created in the private sector over the same period, according to figures published today by the...
Business leaders have given their backing to proposed government reforms of the state pension but want their concerns about the knock-on effects on existing private schemes to be addressed.
At first sight, the government’s plan to give councils control of business rates and Council Tax Benefit was a fine case of ‘localism’ in action. In practice, it means town halls will take the rap...
Plans to cut £490m from the annual welfare bill by capping Housing Benefit for social housing tenants with spare rooms could end up costing the government money, experts have warned.
The UK's four children's commissioners have urged the government to reassess its spending plans, saying the cuts risk pushing more families into poverty.
The government today launched its housing strategy, encouraging councils to bring forward plans for large developments and offering £400m in cash for stalled projects.
More than 1 million people will be moved on to the government's new Universal Credit benefit by April 2014, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has announced.
Restrictions on the amount of voluntary work unemployed people can do are hampering young people’s efforts to secure jobs, the Local Government Association said today.
Poverty is set to worsen as the beneficial effects of the introduction of Universal Credit are negated by other welfare changes, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said today.
Whitehall needs to better understand the impact of means-testing benefits if it is to achieve value for money from them, the National Audit Office says today.