The benefits system is “no longer providing an adequate safety net” for the poorest families, with “devastating effects” for vulnerable youngsters, a children’s charity is warning. In a report on recent changes to the welfare...
DWP has announced the improvements it has made to support the most vulnerable claimants in response to the Oakley Review. In his independent review of sanctions, published in July 2014, Matthew Oakley acknowledged the important...
The DWP have just released new figures which show that the average waiting time for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has more than halved since last summer. This improvement is due to a range of factors...
Nigel Nelson Political Editor of the Sunday People reports that at least 200.000 people will be worse off under the Universal Credit system according to Labour. They are challenging Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan...
Last year may have been among the warmest years on record but that hasn’t affected the growing pressure on Government to reform the Winter Fuel Payment scheme and current energy efficiency measures. According to Age...
The Guardian writes that one of the most insidious myths about “welfare” – an Americanism that has come to supplant the more descriptive “social security” – is that it is a lifestyle choice. It is...
One of the main reasons there is such a crisis in hospitals is that a large number of elderly people are occupying beds because they can’t be sent home. And the reason they can’t is...
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