While the government’s opponents rage about benefits being cut, claims on what remains are often barely 50% of those entitled.
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A controversial policy could make women prove they were raped before they can get benefits is set to come into effect despite a wide coalition of opponents.
The welfare state was not designed for the modern world of temporary and casual work or multiple jobs. Is universal income the answer?
Plans to stop universal credit payments in favour of a ‘national living wage’ will not address the long-standing poverty of many people in paid employment.
Getting jobseekers off benefits and into well-paid jobs should be a priority. So why has pace been glacial?
The Conservative government want to make £4.4 billion in savings by cutting tax credits. But what exactly are they?
Until this week’s tax credits debacle, the Conservatives have performed exquisitely the role of the reasonable and pragmatic English party that swears by its faith in “whatever works”. So far, under the…
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