Britain’s poor ‘blighted by the constant spectre of destitution’ because of benefit cuts
Report slams Tory benefit cuts for trapping Britain's poorest in constant poverty and destitution.
Poverty
Parents on Universal Credit ‘driven into poverty and debt by soaring childcare costs’
Thousands are being made to pay for childcare costs upfront, says charity.
Terminally ill face severe financial hardship because of an ‘outdated’ benefits system
Cruel 'six-month rule' is ‘outdated, arbitrary and not based on clinical reality’, inquiry finds.
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Amber Rudd challenged on child poverty and the two-child benefit limit
Cruel policy is forcing pregnant women to consider termination.
MP slams ‘shameful’ treatment of asylum seekers granted sanctuary in the UK
Universal Credit payment delays blamed for plunging asylum seekers into debt and poverty.
Scotland announce new £10 benefit to help tackle rising child poverty
New benefit will be paid on top of child benefit, with no limit on the number of children a family can claim for.
Two-child benefit limit is pushing families deeper into poverty and forcing women to consider abortions
A million children from poverty-stricken homes will be pushed into even deeper poverty.
Dying people forced to wait for Universal Credit are turning to food banks
Thousands of people with terminal illnesses are being forced to turn to food banks due to Universal Credit delays.
Benefit claimants should be ‘washed and sterilised’
Tory councillor forced to apologise over repugnant comments about benefit cliamants.
DWP secret review into the death of six stone Stephen Smith ‘followed policy’
Mr Smith died weighing just six stone after the DWP decided he was 'fit for work'.
UK Government told ‘homelessness is not a crime’
UK Government urged to scrap the "centuries old" Vagrancy Act, which punishes vulnerable people for being homeless.
DWP chiefs handed £17k bonus bonanza as thousands turn to food banks
DWP chiefs charged with cutting vital benefits for the poorest in society have been handed as much as £17.5k in 'rewards'.
Nearly half of Universal Credit claimants have money deducted for advance payments
The need for advance payments is becoming the new norm as thousands struggle to cope with the long wait for Universal Credit.
Child poverty campaigners welcome Supreme Court housing benefit victory
Supreme Court rules that tenants should not be forced to use subsistence benefits to cover housing benefit shortfalls.
Outrage as BBC scraps blanket free TV licences for over 75s
Nearly four million households are set to lose their free TV licences under plans announced by the BBC that have been branded "an outrage" by opponents. The plans...
Reverse benefit cuts to lift more than 700,000 children out of poverty, report says
Report describes rising child poverty as a "scandal" that must be addressed by reversing benefit cuts.
Nearly 900,000 Scottish households are living in fuel poverty
10% of Scottish households are unable to afford energy bills.
Poorest Brits bear the brunt of Tory benefit changes as incomes continue to fall
ONS data reveals how the UK's poorest households continue to bear the brunt of tax and benefit changes.
Tories accused of the ‘deliberate dismantling of the welfare state’
Accusation comes after a UN report accussed the UK Government of taking Britain back to the age of Victorian work houses and extreme poverty.
Tories ‘doubling down on anti-poor policies’, says damning UN report
UN report accuses the UK Government of being "in a state of denial" over the impact of its welfare policies.
‘I’ve been crying my eyes out’: Universal Credit ‘error’ left disabled man hungry and penniless
"I'd work if I could to pay my way, but I'm so unwell at the moment after my surgery that it's impossible."
DWP review into the death of six-stone Stephen Smith will be held in secret
Calls for an independent inquiry have seemingly been ignored by the DWP.
Tory welfare cuts breach international human rights laws, says watchdog
Benefit cuts mean children have been left to go hungry, report says.
Outrage as homeless people are refused social housing due to benefit cuts
Councils and housing associations say renting to homeless people has become 'too risky'.
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