Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century• Poverty figures render government numbers too little and action very lateMore than one in three children and...
Read MoreExclusive: Campaigners urge ministers to intervene to prevent cruel punishments over carer’s allowanceMore than 250 unpaid carers risk criminal prosecution after falling foul of draconian benefit rules in the past six...
Read MoreCampaigners call on government to go further than current plans to prevent people off work slipping into povertyMinisters are under pressure to increase the basic rate of statutory sick pay (SSP) from £3 an hour for a...
Read MorePM meets Biden, Macron and Scholz at pivotal moment for both conflictsRachel Reeves is considering raising the tax on vaping products in her budget this month as figures show that a quarter of 11 to 15-year-olds in England have...
Read MorePM meets Biden, Macron and Scholz at pivotal moment for both conflictsRachel Reeves is considering raising the tax on vaping products in her budget this month as figures show that a quarter of 11 to 15-year-olds in England have...
Read More‘We will not go ahead with the Tory plan,’ Alison McGovern says, adding: ‘We will bring forward our own reforms’Labour will bring its “own reforms” to the benefits system in order to make...
Read MoreWork and pensions minister says government will not go ahead with Tory plans but needs to make savingsLabour will bring its “own reforms” to the benefits system in order to make £3bn worth of cuts, rather than...
Read MoreWelfare secretary promised overhaul of carer’s allowance after overpayments scandal raised concern over injusticesUK politics live – latest updatesUnpaid carers have welcomed plans to launch a review of...
Read MorePayments such as universal credit linked to previous September’s figure, meaning a rise of just 1.7% in AprilLast month’s surprise fall in UK inflation lands with bad timing for millions of people who receive state...
Read MoreExclusive: overhaul of system that imposed draconian penalties for innocent errors in benefit claims is expectedDraconian penalties that caused unpaid carers to rack up thousands of pounds of debt after unwittingly falling foul...
Read MoreExclusive: overhaul of system that imposed draconian penalties for innocent and minor errors in benefit claims is expectedDraconian penalties levied on unpaid carers who unwittingly rack up “overpayments” running...
Read MoreDamning figures revealed in DWP report, which Labour says was suppressed by the previous governmentTwo-thirds of benefits claimants with debts have been unable to buy food, according to a damning official report that Labour says...
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