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15 Apr 2013

TUC calls on statistics watchdog to investigate minister over benefit claims

The TUC has called on the UK Statistics Authority to investigate Iain Duncan Smith for "misusing" official statistics to justify the government's benefits cap.
11 Feb 2013

Social security, bearing reality, and 'the lies that comfort cruel men'

TS Eliot warned us: “Humankind cannot bear very much reality.” The incapacity may manifest as a readiness to believe what suits us rather than what is truthful. It is a tendency shamelessly exploited by power.
9 Jan 2013

Untrue that benefits cap protects disabled people, critics point out

Government claims that disabled people have been protected in the government's Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill are untrue, say critics of the measure.
9 Jan 2013

Welfare bill will hit poorest people and families, say Catholics

The social action arm of the Catholic Church in England and Wales says the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill will "hurt the poorest individuals and families".