benefits

Government's Benefit Sanctions Branded 'Pointlessly Cruel' By MPs

One wheelchair user was forced to sofa-surf for a year after missing one Jobcentre appointment.
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Corbyn Promises To End Tory Benefits Freeze With Rises In Line With Inflation

Stronger position on welfare follows confusion over party's policy.
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Universal Credit: This Is What It’s Like Surviving On Benefits At A Time Of Huge Change In The System

'I am spiralling further into debt.'
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Universal Credit 'Ditches Fast-Track Claims For The Terminally Ill'

System to speed up claims of those with just weeks to live “has been removed”, charity says. DWP denies claim.
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This Is How Eight Years Of Spending Cuts Have Affected The Welfare State

Austerity Bites: The savings from deep cuts in spending have been blown away by Brexit
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Post-It Notes Reveal Anguish Of Disabled Man Who Killed Himself After £20 Benefit Cut

Austerity Bites: 'I don’t know how anyone could be expected to live on that amount of money.'
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Universal Credit Claimants 'Losing Hundreds Simply Because Of When They Get Paid'

Flagship policy 'not working for working people'.
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'Punitive' Disability Benefits Crackdown Leads To 'Deep Cuts' For People With MS

MS Society reveals the 'ordeal' faced over controversial reform.
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Why Our Welfare State Needs A Radical 21st Century Revolution

What should we do with the welfare state? Invest more argue the left, better management counter the right - the truth is our troubles run deeper
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Would £10,000 Change Anything? Three Millennials Explain How They'd Spend A 'Citizen's Inheritance'

How would a donation of £10,000 help young people start a business, buy a house or return to study?
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