Welfare
‘We have to keep fighting’: Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat
‘We have to keep fighting’: Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat
Legacy benefits claimants took the government to court over a DWP decision not to give them the £20-a-week universal credit uplift
Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments
Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments
Claimants who did not have their benefits uplifted in line with universal credit during the pandemic have had their case for backdated payments dismissed
I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven’t solved it
I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven’t solved it
Poverty isn’t inevitable, but it needs political will to solve. Instead, we have returned to the dark days of postwar Britain, when the working poor were left to struggle
Legacy benefits court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift
Legacy benefits court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift
How we lost sight of the Beveridge Principles
How we lost sight of the Beveridge Principles
New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits
New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits
BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis
BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis
Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support
Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support
More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July
More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July
‘I feel stuck’: How the cost of living crisis is impacting universal credit claimants
‘I feel stuck’: How the cost of living crisis is impacting universal credit claimants
Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into ‘destitution’, charities warn
Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into ‘destitution’, charities warn
‘A national scandal’: High court rejects appeal to keep disability benefits in line with universal credit
‘A national scandal’: High court rejects appeal to keep disability benefits in line with universal credit
DWP faces High Court battle over ‘morally bankrupt’ legacy benefits rule
DWP faces High Court battle over ‘morally bankrupt’ legacy benefits rule
How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today
How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today
Proposed Universal Basic Income model could “cost less than welfare reforms”
Proposed Universal Basic Income model could “cost less than welfare reforms”
Paul McNamee: Universal Credit isn’t working. Time to fix it
Paul McNamee: Universal Credit isn’t working. Time to fix it
Benefit cuts leave poorest exposed in future recessions says IFS
Benefit cuts leave poorest exposed in future recessions says IFS
John Bird: It’s a universal truth – if the plan is rotten we need a new one
John Bird: It’s a universal truth – if the plan is rotten we need a new one
UK needs radical expansion of free services, says report
