welfare reform

July 6, 2018

Government 'creating hostile environment for disability benefit claimants'

New research reveals the devastating impacts that welfare reforms are having on the lives of people who are disabled or severely unwell.
June 29, 2018

Bishop holds government to account for growth in foodbanks

Bishop says the state itself is driving its own citizens into poverty and leaving foodbanks to pick up the pieces.
June 28, 2018

71,000 families affected in first year of 'two child limit' policy

Statistics show 71,000 families have lost entitlement to child allowances in the first year of the ‘two-child policy’.
June 28, 2018

Universal Credit claimants with terminal illness 'will be required to meet a work coach'

Report finds most claimants living with a terminal illness will be required to meet a work coach to discuss future employment plans.
June 25, 2018

Funding the NHS

The idea of introducing a charge for a visit to your GP or A&E is now frequently floated.
May 19, 2018

The Homelessness Reduction Act and young people

Local authorities are concerned that welfare reform and wider housing market problems will undermine the good intentions of the Homelessness Reduction Act.
May 14, 2018

Impact of UK government welfare cuts on housing in Scotland

Households renting in the private and social sector have been severely affected by UK Government welfare policies, a new report shows.
May 10, 2018

Report on Universal Credit for self-employed people

The Work and Pensions Committee says Universal Credit poses a “very real risk” to entrepreneurship and economic dynamism.
April 27, 2018

DWP extends exemptions to two-child rule following High Court ruling

Charity says the overall two-child limit breaches fundamental human rights and it will continue to challenge its lawfulness.
April 20, 2018

High Court rules two child limit 'in part unlawful'

The High Court has ruled that one of the Government’s key welfare reform policies, the two-child rule for tax credits and universal credit, is in part unlawful.