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April 25, 2019

Universal credit to hit 1.9 million by over £1,000 per year, says IFS

The biggest losses experienced are mostly down to a small number of specific choices the government has made about universal credit’s design, says the Institute for FiscalStudies.
April 3, 2019

Value of child benefit falls to record low

The real-terms value of Child Benefit has fallen by around £210 a year since 2011-12, or £350 for two children.
August 16, 2018

New poll shows fewer young people think university education important

The proportion of young people who think it’s important to go to university when they are old enough has fallen steadily over the past six years, according to new Ipsos MORI polling of young people published by the Sutton Trust.
August 1, 2018

Local Government Association launches its own green paper on adult social care

The Local Government Association says the services caring for older and disabled people are at breaking point.
March 21, 2018

Struggling families disqualified from justice despite Supreme Court verdict, says Law Society

A new report from the Law Society says families in poverty are being denied help to fight eviction, tackle severe hosuing direpair and address other life-changing legal issues.
November 20, 2017

Sutton Trust calls for restoration of student maintenance grants

The Sutton Trust is calling on the Chancellor to support a £3.2 billion reform to student funding – means-testing tuition fees and restoring maintenance grants – in this week’s Budget, in a new report that includes detailed projections of their potential costs and benefits.

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Jul 18 2019

High Court hears universal credit minimum income floor case

The case relates to the controversial minimum income floor which is applied to self-employed claimants of universal credit.

Jul 18 2019

Methodist event for children and young people calls for volunteers

Jul 18 2019

Bishops’ intervention could extend gambling protections across the UK

Jul 17 2019

Power of Attorney system 'exposing people with mental health problems to financial abuse'

Jul 17 2019

Disabled people hit four times harder by social security cuts, finds new research

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