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Freeze on payment since April 2020 and soaring rents mean number of homes affordable to recipients is lowest on recordFamilies on housing benefit are being driven to live in areas of high crime and low employment because only one in 20 private rented h…
Exclusive: Policy misunderstands realities of caring roles and has left hundreds of thousands of families in poverty, study findsThe UK’s controversial two-child benefit limit, which restricts welfare payments to larger families in an attempt to force …
Failure to provide proper financial support left millions exposed to pandemic, says union bossThe Covid inquiry must take an unflinching look at how the UK’s lack of decent sick pay left the country “brutally exposed” during the pandemic, the TUC has s…
Government is raising amount parents can claim by almost 50% from 28 JuneParents claiming universal credit will receive hundreds of pounds more from the end of June, the government has announced.The Department for Work and Pensions is raising the amoun…
GOP attempt to add work requirements to safety net programs such as Medicaid and Snap could harm families already strugglingAs debt ceiling negotiations come down to the wire with the 1 June deadline looming, some Republican leaders seem determined to …
Exclusive: research reveals 350 low-paid workers a day are raising complaints about errors in benefit top-upsMore human contact is needed in the UK’s automated welfare system, ministers have been warned, as it emerged 350 low-paid workers every day are…
DWP, GP surgery and social landlord failed to spot risks for Erroll Graham, who had benefits cut despite being severely mentally illWelfare officials failed to properly identify the risk of harm to Errol Graham, a severely mentally ill man whose disabi…
Report shows government plan for targeted help would fail to reach homes not registered for benefitsThe energy regulator Ofgem will on Monday call for vulnerable households to be better protected through a new universal priority services register, as r…
Expectant mothers are entitled to free medication, but errors and red tape in applying for maternity exemption certificates leave many with bills of hundreds of poundsA woman who suffered a miscarriage has been fined by the NHS for claiming a free pres…
Dominic Raab denies wrongdoing after report on his behaviour delivered to Rishi Sunak this morningToday’s announcement by the Association of School and College Leaders that it is to hold a formal ballot for national strike action for the first time in …