-
8 Jul 15
In a statement filled with policy announcements, the chancellor reiterated his commitment to devolution. Councils must get their proposals to the government before they get landed with someone else’s...
-
8 Jul 15
The Budget gave us the answers to where the £12bn in welfare cuts will come from. But we need a more sustainable and strategic approach to the drivers of welfare spending.
-
8 Jul 15
The maximum amount that households can claim in benefits is to be cut from £26,000 to £23,000 in London, and £20,000 in the rest of the country, from next April as part of plans to...
-
30 Jun 15
The government has been urged to press ahead with deeper welfare cuts after analysis of official statistics showed that over half of UK households receive more from the state than they pay in taxes.
-
22 Jun 15
David Cameron has today pledged to end the “merry-go-round” of low-paid workers having their wages taxed but then receiving in-work benefits such as tax credits.
-
19 Jun 15
Neither the Treasury nor the Cabinet Office currently monitor how well payment-by-results schemes work, despite £15bn being spent through the contracts, the National Audit Office has said.
-
16 Jun 15
There have always been fraudsters who targeted the public sector at every level. Today, digitisation of public services is increasing the opportunities for criminals. And counter fraud experts...
-
8 Jun 15
The Universal Credit programme to merge six benefits into one payment should go ahead, but a series of changes are needed to maximise the number of people helped into work, the Resolution Foundation...
-
8 Jun 15
Universal Credit is intended to simplify out-of-work benefits and in-work credits, but in its present form it could make things more complicated for many of those it is meant to assist.
-
3 Jun 15
A pensions expert has called for the Treasury’s Whole of Government Accounts to include an estimate of future state pension payments after finding these could more than treble the UK’s...
-
20 May 15
By 2030 most men and women can expect to live into their mid-80s. That will bring extras bills for health care, pensions and perks such as free bus passes. But isn’t it unfair for the burden to...
-
18 May 15
There will be a second Budget on July 8 to implement the Conservative manifesto pledges including a £12bn cut to welfare spending, George Osborne announced
-
18 May 15
Government plans to cut welfare spending could increase the pressure on hardship schemes run by local authorities, potentially leading to more people living in poverty, a Grant Thornton report has...
-
29 Apr 15
The Conservatives would pass a law to guarantee no increases to income tax, National Insurance or VAT over the next parliament if they form the next government, David Cameron has said.
-
28 Apr 15
The next government must reform council tax in England to end the ‘absurd situation’ of basing it on relative values in 1991, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
-
28 Apr 15
In a triple whammy, the government has cut town hall funding while creating additional costs and extra work for local authorities assisting people facing destitution.
-
17 Apr 15
There are signs that inequality in the UK is beginning to rise again following tax and benefit changes introduced since 2010, an economic analysis has found.
-
13 Apr 15
A YouGov poll for the Scottish Conservatives has suggested higher-than-expected support among Scots for the UK coalition’s benefits cap policy.
-
13 Apr 15
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has set out plans to cap annual increases in working age benefits at 1% as part of plans to close the deficit by the end of 2017/18.
-
8 Apr 15
Scottish voters want the Holyrood parliament to take charge of welfare benefits, according to an Ipsos MORI poll carried out for BBC Scotland.
-
2 Apr 15
A quarter of a million low-income households in England will pay more in council tax from this month following cuts in the support schemes run by town halls, a report has concluded.
-
23 Mar 15
International evidence has shown that devolution of welfare-to-work schemes to local authorities can improve services – if funding and accountability challenges can be overcome.
-
25 Feb 15
There has been very little frontline progress on the delivery of the government’s Universal Credit benefit reform, despite £700m having been spent on it, the Public Accounts Committee said today.
-
17 Feb 15
David Cameron has said a future Conservative government would consider cutting benefits for people with conditions such as drug and alcohol addiction or obesity if they do not agree to treatment.
-
16 Feb 15
The government’s Universal Credit benefit system is being rolled out across the UK from today, marking the start of what work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith is calling a ‘cultural change’...
8 Jul 15In a statement filled with policy announcements, the chancellor reiterated his commitment to devolution. Councils must get their proposals to the government before they get landed with someone else’s...
8 Jul 15The Budget gave us the answers to where the £12bn in welfare cuts will come from. But we need a more sustainable and strategic approach to the drivers of welfare spending.
8 Jul 15The maximum amount that households can claim in benefits is to be cut from £26,000 to £23,000 in London, and £20,000 in the rest of the country, from next April as part of plans to...
30 Jun 15The government has been urged to press ahead with deeper welfare cuts after analysis of official statistics showed that over half of UK households receive more from the state than they pay in taxes.
22 Jun 15David Cameron has today pledged to end the “merry-go-round” of low-paid workers having their wages taxed but then receiving in-work benefits such as tax credits.
19 Jun 15Neither the Treasury nor the Cabinet Office currently monitor how well payment-by-results schemes work, despite £15bn being spent through the contracts, the National Audit Office has said.
16 Jun 15There have always been fraudsters who targeted the public sector at every level. Today, digitisation of public services is increasing the opportunities for criminals. And counter fraud experts...
8 Jun 15Universal Credit is intended to simplify out-of-work benefits and in-work credits, but in its present form it could make things more complicated for many of those it is meant to assist.
3 Jun 15A pensions expert has called for the Treasury’s Whole of Government Accounts to include an estimate of future state pension payments after finding these could more than treble the UK’s...
20 May 15By 2030 most men and women can expect to live into their mid-80s. That will bring extras bills for health care, pensions and perks such as free bus passes. But isn’t it unfair for the burden to...
18 May 15There will be a second Budget on July 8 to implement the Conservative manifesto pledges including a £12bn cut to welfare spending, George Osborne announced
29 Apr 15The Conservatives would pass a law to guarantee no increases to income tax, National Insurance or VAT over the next parliament if they form the next government, David Cameron has said.
28 Apr 15The next government must reform council tax in England to end the ‘absurd situation’ of basing it on relative values in 1991, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
28 Apr 15In a triple whammy, the government has cut town hall funding while creating additional costs and extra work for local authorities assisting people facing destitution.
13 Apr 15A YouGov poll for the Scottish Conservatives has suggested higher-than-expected support among Scots for the UK coalition’s benefits cap policy.
13 Apr 15Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has set out plans to cap annual increases in working age benefits at 1% as part of plans to close the deficit by the end of 2017/18.
8 Apr 15Scottish voters want the Holyrood parliament to take charge of welfare benefits, according to an Ipsos MORI poll carried out for BBC Scotland.
25 Feb 15There has been very little frontline progress on the delivery of the government’s Universal Credit benefit reform, despite £700m having been spent on it, the Public Accounts Committee said today.
