Social Security
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Politics
Breaking: Holyrood backs Scottish social security bill
Scottish Government say new system 'will have dignity and respect at its heart'.
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Society
‘Benefit levels must keep pace with rising cost of essentials’ – Trussell Trust
Universal Credit blamed for record numbers of people turning to foodbanks.
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Disability
Sick and disabled Brits killed by the state – crime without punishment
Successive UK Governments have restricted access to vital long-term sickness and disability benefits.
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Society
Call to end benefits freeze as record numbers turn to foodbanks
"There should be no higher priority than ensuring all UK families can afford to put food on the table when their children are hungry.”
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Society
The rich are becoming more ‘welfare dependent’ than ever
Higher earners are receiving increasing amounts of social security, independent research shows.
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Politics
DWP response to benefits review ‘falls short’ of what is needed, say MPs
Work and Pensions Committee criticises Government response to two reports on PIP and ESA assessments.
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Politics
Cruel Tory welfare regime proof the ‘nasty party’ never went away
SNP condemn "punitive, ideologically driven approach" of the Tory Party to welfare policy
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Disability
DWP sent Windrush pensioner £33,000 bill for disability benefits
Valerie Baker was ordered to return ‘overpayments’ for past claims and threatened with deportation.
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Society
High court rules in favour of carers over two-child benefits cap
Judge says government’s rules on exemptions ‘in conflict with the purposes of the legislation’.
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Society
DWP face legal action over ESA underpayments
Charity to challenge DWP decision to limit backdated payments for disabled people who were underpaid when transferred to ESA.
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More News
Military veterans should not be subjected to benefit sanctions – new study
Study is the first to focus specifically on how veterans experience the benefits system and asks whether commitments to the armed forced covenant are being honoured.
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Politics
PM refuses to condemn ‘inhumane’ rape clause comments
PM defended comments made by DWP boss Esther McVey that the universal credit rape clause provides victims with “double support.”
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DWP
Universal Credit: women forced to choose between poverty and abuse
SNP health spokesperson says Universal Credit flaws risk trapping women in abusive relationships.
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Charities
Single parents hardest hit by unfair benefit sanctions, research shows
Single parents are more likely to be subjected to unfair and unjustified benefit sanctions than any other group of claimants, new research shows.
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Disability
Disabled people struggle to afford food and heating, study says
Charity says quarter of disabled adults have less than £50 a week left after tax and housing costs.
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Conservatives
SNP demand urgent meeting with DWP boss over ‘unforgivable’ rape clause comments
DWP Secretary claimed forcing women to prove they were raped to claim benefits gives them an "opportunity to talk".
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Politics
Esther McVey claims Tory ‘rape clause’ gives victims an ‘opportunity to talk’
Work and Pensions Secretary faces calls to apologise after defending policy that forces women to relive rape ordeal to claim benefits.
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Society
‘My constituent had his benefits sanctioned for having a heart attack’
Work and Pensions Secretary, Esther McVey MP, accused of ignoring the real life impact of Tory social security cuts.
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Charities
Welfare cuts ‘exacerbating’ youth homelessness, charity warns
Changes to welfare benefit entitlements and a lack of affordable homes are "exacerbating" youth homelessness, warns Homeless Link report.
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Disability
Disabled people lose legal aid in 99% of benefits disputes
Official figures show that cuts have caused a massive drop in claimants granted help for welfare battles.
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Conservatives
Cruel Tory benefit sanctions regime to face committee inquiry
Work and Pensions Committee to investigate "copious evidence of claimants being docked hundreds of pounds".
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Charities
Universal Credit: self-employed left teetering on a financial cliff-edge
A self-employed person on Universal Credit could be £630 worse off a year when compared to other workers claiming the same benefit.
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DWP
DWP errors threaten poverty and hardship for thousands on universal credit
Figures show that thousands of Universal Credit claimants have been overpaid benefits due to DWP cock-ups.
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Carers
Kinship carers ‘left poor and homeless by welfare changes’
People who give up work to raise child relatives report benefit caps, evictions and sanctions.
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