Tag Archives: Welfare

Cap on benefit increases will do more harm to Wales than recession

A leading Welsh think tank has warned that the decision to cap benefit increases at 1% could end up doing far more harm to the Welsh economy than the recession itself. In concluding that the policy will “hit Wales hard” research published by the Bevan Foundation goes on to warn in stark terms: “the limit [...]

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Why the benefits cap is wrong

Today parliament votes on a bill to cap increases in benefits and tax credits at 1% for 2014 – 2015 and 2015 – 2016. Previously, benefits rose in line with prices. However the Coalition’s plans means that entitlements including child tax credits, Jobseeker’s Allowance and working tax credits will face real terms cuts. A report [...]

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Five key points about the welfare cuts that are damaging the economy

Shamik Das writes about the five key points everyone should know about the welfare cuts that are damaging the UK economy.

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We need to keep young girls out of our courts

Girls are being criminalised unnecessarily by courts, who have little regard for these vulnerable children’s welfare needs.

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Cutting housing benefit for young people could cause homelessness

The Tory-led government’s plans to cut housing benefit for young people could cause homelessness.

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The super rich one per cent are leaving everyone else behind

Are we still supposed to be “all in this together?”

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Cameron’s “back of a fag packet” welfare speech brings back Labour policies he’d scrapped

David Cameron’s keynote welfare speech yesterday included the re-announcement of a Labour policy which he scrapped when the Tories came into government.

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£25bn welfare cuts? Hilton’s plan is absolute nonsense

Even The Sun, the ultimate scrounger bashers, thinks Steve Hilton’s latest idea is “daft”, writes Richard Darlington, head of news at the IPPR.

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How DWP’s incompetence cost taxpayers and disabled people

The Department for Work and Pensions’ failure to scrutinise the consequences of disability benefit reform raises serious questions about their competence.

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Will Grayling and IDS stand up to Osborne over £10bn DWP cuts?

George Osborne may face a fight over the planned £10 billion welfare cuts, with DWP ministers Chris Grayling and Iain Duncan Smith at odds with the chancellor.

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