Sanctions make it harder for benefit claimants to find work, new research finds
“Demanding compliance from people means they end up jumping through hoops rather than finding jobs that are a good fit for them”
“Demanding compliance from people means they end up jumping through hoops rather than finding jobs that are a good fit for them”
‘If Michael Gove thinks that the solution to encourage children back to school is to impoverish them, then he is living in a different century.’
‘The deductions policy is acting as a recruiting sergeant for food banks.’
Benefits will be uprated by just 3.1% today, despite inflation expected to be around 7.7% this month, with the Bank of England warning that it could reach even higher towards the end of the year.
‘For this was a budget where Sunak chose to prioritise his own Thatcherite ideology rather than the cost of living crisis.’
The Tories claim they are giving more money to the NHS, but are they really?
44% of respondents support the idea of a universal basic income compared to 23% who oppose it.
The former Conservative MP’s clash with Gary Neville on GMB went viral, with people rejoicing as Neville ‘destroyed’ Currie in a row on Universal Credit that proves how out of touch the Tories are.
The government’s arguments fall apart quite quickly when you scratch the surface.
‘To give people enough relief to offset their problems, even just a little bit, and then to take it away, feels cruel,’ says one victim of the cuts.