Welfare reforms push Stormont to breaking point
Peter Robinson has warned that devolved bodies could collapse if an agreement is not reached
Welfare Reform Bill
‘He lived on field mushrooms and borrowed eggs’: how the coalition is dismantling the welfare state
The coalition is moving toward a welfare system that is surreal in its cruelty, writes Annie Powell.
Robinson warns of ‘nuclear options’ on welfare
Northern Ireland’s first minister Peter Robinson has warned of “nuclear options” if Stormont doesn’t approve the Welfare Reform Bill.
Bristol woman ‘killed herself after benefits were stopped’
A Bristol woman who suffered severe pain due to slipped discs in her back and neck has taken her own life after having her benefits stopped.
Tory Britain: Man sets fire to job centre after not eating for three days
An unemployed man who had not eaten for three days set fire to a job centre in order to get a hot meal in police custody, according to the Manchester Evening News.
Wales faces 6,000 more children in poverty due to welfare cuts
Ed Jacobs details the full extent of the welfare cuts on Wales. They’re nasty.
The three welfare amendments the Lords must fight for
Alex Hern gives their noble lordships pointers on how to avoid completely wrecking life for disabled people in Britain
The DWP’s ‘scrounger’ rhetoric is causing real harm
Following today’s news six major disability charities have warned the government about its use of ‘scrounger’ rhetoric, we look at how widespread it has become.
Busting the means testing myth
Andrew Harrop presents the evidence against increasing means-testing – universalism is the key to ensuring a well-funded welfare state.
Where is Labour on welfare?
Vincenzo Rampulla asks what the real Beveridge heritage is, and whether shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne is going the right way to achieving it.