Talented but troubled footballer George Best once reminisced, ‘I spent a lot of money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.’ The choices facing local councils in how to use the...
The Work and Pensions Select Committee wants to find out how it affects British households Following on from the reopening of its Universal Credit inquiry, the Work and Pensions Commons Select Committee has announced an...
Government Changes to the benefit cap came into effect on 7 November 2016, reducing the total amount of benefits a household can receive. A new benefit cap came into effect from 7 November 2016, meaning...
Jobseekers who are homeless or suffering from a mental health condition will now be able to access hardship payments immediately after a benefit sanction. Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green has announced that jobseekers who are homeless...
From this autumn the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 will see changes to the current benefit cap levels and the introduction of additional exemptions. Claimants who could be affected by the changes to benefit...
New research by the national charity Turn2us has found that almost half (48%) of low income households are not claiming the welfare benefits and tax credits they could be entitled to. This is despite the...
Fraud and error in the benefit system has dropped to the lowest level ever, falling by £350 million last year. New figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that benefit fraud...
Cahal Milno writing in The Independent – A coroner concluded for the first time that a man with severe mental illness killed himself as a direct result of being found “fit for work” by the...
Jon Stone writing for The Independent (17/09/2015) – People on the programme report worsening health problems and reducing work motivation. The Government’s Work Programme is making the lives of people with mental health problems worse...
The despicable, uncaring nature of the DWP, and they show their ‘true colours’ with another disgraceful incidence. Ian Johnston writes in The Independent – A man with multiple sclerosis who cannot walk or feed himself...
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