As Lords debates DLA reforms, charities call for pause to welfare reform bill
Ahead of today’s Lords debate on DLA reforms, the Papworth Trust is leading a coalition of charities in calling for a pause to the welfare reform bill.
Ahead of today’s Lords debate on DLA reforms, the Papworth Trust is leading a coalition of charities in calling for a pause to the welfare reform bill.
Key parts of the welfare reform bill were defeated in the House of Lords last night, reports Shamik Das.
Why was new research from the Department for Work and Pensions, which downgraded estimates for the growth in Disability Living Allowance, a major reason given for welfare reform, delayed until after the welfare bill passed the Commons?
The statement demonstrates in clear language, for the first time, that members of the Parliamentary Labour Party not only oppose the Bill, but reject its anti-refugee sentiment
The Arcadia collapse is just the latest example of why we must change the law to protect pension rights.
The party urged voters to “accept no imitations” and vote Green.
The Bill is likely to bring about a reduction in the numbers of homes for genuinely affordable rent
Northern Ireland is set for years of ‘intensified austerity’
The working poor and their children will suffer when the ‘merry-go-round’ stops
Peter Robinson has warned that devolved bodies could collapse if an agreement is not reached