Universal Credit
Chancellor urged by SNP to ‘stop pushing children into poverty’
The party has proposed three measures to help lift around 1.2 million children out of poverty.
‘Cruel’ Universal Credit delays forcing people towards paramilitary loan sharks
Alliance have called for changes to Universal Credit, claiming that a five-week delay is forcing people into the clutches of loan sharks.
Swinney: Scottish Labour should stand up to Starmer over two-child benefit cap
The SNP leader said the policy, brought in by the Tories in Westminster, is ‘indefensible’.
Two-child cap will affect 670,000 extra children in next five years, IFS warns
The benefit limit is one of the most significant welfare cuts since 2010, the think tank said.
Conservatives pledge welfare reforms with aim at halting rising costs
The party has claimed its latest election offer will save the public purse some £12 billion a year.
Families with children hit hardest by 14 years of tax and benefit changes – IFS
The report found the wider impact of tax and benefit reforms since 2010 had reduced incomes for the poorest 40% and richest 10% of households.
Gang members jailed for ‘industrial scale’ benefit fraud scheme
The judge warned them they are all liable to be deported after servicing their sentences.
Welby calls for end to ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap in challenge to Labour
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said Labour could not commit to scrapping the policy without knowing how it could be paid for.
Archbishop of Canterbury calls for end to ‘cruel’ two-child benefit limit
Justin Welby’s comments will add to pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to commit a new Labour government to abolishing the cap.
Any benefits transition failings ‘will lead to real-world misery for thousands’
The Government must ensure it helped claimants switch from legacy benefits to Universal Credit without losing their benefits, a report said.