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October 7, 2015

Fewer children in workless households due to tax credits, says TUC

New figures from the Office for National Statistics on the reduction in workless households since 1996 are evidence of the success of tax credits, says the TUC.
July 23, 2015

Benefit cuts may not be as popular as we're led to believe

We are constantly being told that the British public has swallowed the 'scroungers and skivers' rhetoric about benefit claimants, and is broadly in favour of welfare cuts.
July 20, 2015

The Labour Party’s ‘welfare’ dilemma

Divisions have opened up among Labour Party leaders over whether to avoid opposing harsh social security cuts. Some regard this as a difference between the sensible and dogmatic.
July 9, 2015

Details of welfare cuts and the impact of the budget on the most vulnerable

It would be quite misleading to describe the 2015 Summer Budget as a “one nation budget” or as favouring “working families” and “giving the nation a pay rise” in any meaningful sense, says Simon Barrow. On the contrary it hits low income households and disabled people, and will increase further Britain’s alarming levels of inequality.
June 30, 2015

Beware the spin as the budget approaches

When the poverty figures were published last week, many people were surprised that they did not show a significant rise.
May 6, 2015

Maternity pay and other key benefits at risk, leaked document reveals

Statutory maternity pay may be axed, and incapacity benefit and housing benefit for under-25s removed if the Conservatives return to power.
May 3, 2015

An open letter from disabled people about further welfare cuts

People with disabilities or a long-term illness, having borne the brunt of welfare cuts in this Parliament, fear what will happen after the General Election.
April 30, 2015

Low-paid families will be hardest hit by Conservative cuts, says TUC

Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) shows how severe the impacts of Conservative cuts for low-paid families with children will be , says the TUC.
April 27, 2015

Wealth of richest doubles as others struggle financially

The total wealth of Britain’s richest 1000 individuals and families has more than doubled over ten years, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.
April 9, 2015

Cut in council tax support increases court actions against poor households

New research published by False Economy has uncovered a huge surge in low-income families being summoned to court for non-payment of council tax.