welfare reform

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.
April 18, 2018

Stop and Scrap Universal Credit

Today in a National Day of Action organised by Disabled People Against Cuts, activists across the country are calling on the government to
April 13, 2018

Benefit sanctions inquiry launched

Parliament's Work and Pensions Committee has announced an inquiry into benefit sanctions.
April 12, 2018

Is the two child limit 'a perfect eugenic solution'?

When my father was killed in an accident, I was five. My brothers were seven and two.