BrainCan - welfare

welfare reform: will iain duncan smiths benefits...

The work and pensions secretary has restated his determination to transform Britain's welfare...

what s the modern purpose of the welfare state? |...

Was it conceived as a essential bulwark to a moribund,failing capitalism, or is it an active creator...

basic income was the 1960s hippy dream | letters

Readers react to Aditya Chakrabortty’s article on Finland’s universal basic income...

trapped in a cycle of debt and poor health |...

To the fully justified concerns that the work capability assessment process is severely damaging...

a new cause for labour and a concern for some tory...

David Cameron and his chancellor have enjoyed a honeymoon period since May. But this week’s...

disability benefit cuts that ruin people s lives |...

One widely overlooked impending sever is missing from Amelia Gentleman’s list of problematic...

tory mps in 71 marginal seats at risk from cuts to...

Fresh pressure on George Osborne to halt controversial measure that will leave 3.2 million families...

using council tax to offset care cuts will widen...

deprived areas will be able to raise too runt additional revenue to form any incompatibility,says...

labour defends move to delay tax credit cuts in...

Peers effect not generally vote down financial proposals,but the party is adamant Tories beget also...

no pre school, no child benefit, tory thinktank...

gleaming Blue,a liberal Conservative pressure group, argues poverty can be slice whether parents...

america s welfare state is shameful: the uk...

In Britain,it’s skivers v strivers, in the US makers v takers – but behind the rhetoric it’s...

frank field proposes national wage top up for...

Labour MP and welfare reform campaigner says thought would relieve counter higher unemployment rate...

duncan smith urges cameron not to cave on benefits...

Eurosceptic evokes spirit of Thatcher as he warns Downing Street to play the system hard’ in...

conservatives are failing young people, leading...

Pensioners given unfair advantages,says ex-minister David Willetts in attack on party’s economic...

top uk earners to receive as much in handouts as...

New research by the Fabian Society shows generous tax breaks gain created a ‘shadow welfare’ for...

iain duncan smith to trial benefit sanction...

Scheme will give claimants 14 days to justify infringements before benefits are docked after MPs...

millions of families on brink face deepest benefit...

New study confirms that the poorest are being hit hardest by continuing austerityFamilies struggling...

duty of care for disabled people in uk not being...

Tories face pressure to behold at impact of welfare cuts on 11m disabled people after House of Lords...

uk faith leaders unite to challenge welfare...

Christian churches and Jewish groups urge House of Lords to block government’s plans to limit tax...

charities urge ministers to drop planned cuts to...

George Osborne plans to cut £30 a week from ESA,paid to claimants forced to give up work through...

giving with one hand, taking away with the other...

If cuts to tax credits were delayed by two years,families would be better placed to resist themA...

labour vows to abandon language of strivers and...

Shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith says he wants to create the social security system...

substantial minority of disability claimants...

Committee outlines assessment failings,including woman asked why she had not killed herselfA...

set brexit aside - here are the political issues...

With unprecedented government cuts,hard times lie ahead for millions affected by poverty,...

billions of pounds of welfare cuts on way despite...

Ministers say no more social security cuts – but have approved a enormous package of savings for...

ministers should not rule out further welfare...

Ex-chancellor wades into row over cuts to disability benefits,saying too many areas of public...

tory rebels tell osborne: disability benefit cuts...

Government facing increasing opposition within its own party ranks to plans for cuts to personal...

david cameron faces compromise over plans for eu...

EU commissioner proposes block on claims for first six months,far cry from prime minister’s hopes...

tory benefit cuts face new attack in lords

Labour and Lib Dem peers will employ debate on reform to warn of child poverty surgeThe...

un to investigate impact of welfare cuts on...

Government will be questioned on whether austerity measures occupy adversely affected marginalised...

welfare reforms will still take £3bn from poorest...

Costings after U-turn on tax credits reveal changes to universal credit will save the Treasury...

family payment proposals rejected by welfare...

With 600000 children already living below the poverty line,the proposals are unsupportable says...

welfare system failing thousands of its most...

Long waits for payments biggest cause of food bank use,and are forcing people including terminally...

which are the best countries in the world to live...

Welfare benefits vary widely,with France among the most generous provider of unemployment benefits,...

disability benefits u turn leaves cameron with...

Prime minister forced to concede that black hole will not be filled by further cutsDavid Cameron has...

uk set for worst wage growth since the 1920s,...

Low forecasts for pay growth contradict chancellor’s claim that rise in wages will compensate for...

universal credit: £120m could be written off to...

Labour says ministers in disarray as leaked documents reveal two options for saving project to merge...

why would rich disabled parents spoof their kid s...

Terrence McCoy has a long piece in the Washington Post about multi-generational disability. Or,more...

stephen crabb pledges relentless focus on...

Welfare secretary signals no major changes to government policy and says he is ‘absolutely...

it is simply no longer possible to be disabled and...

Graeme Ellis protested at Osborne’s budget by sabotaging Conservative Disability website he ran....

tory minister on tax credit cuts: people need to...

Tracey Crouch says constituents who said they were struggling did not realise they needed to go...

david cameron to water down proposed welfare...

Prime minister has been strongly advised by senior officials that the degree would be rejected by...

california s surprisingly cheap single payer plan

There is coverage today of a fresh report from the California Senate Appropriations committee...

emergency brake unlikely to lead to big cut in...

Four-year ban on receiving in-work benefits likely to affect only a small number of newly arriving...

protesters block streets over plan to embed job...

100 people demonstrate in London against scheme aimed at getting long-term sickness benefit...

activists angry at scheme to embed job coaches in...

Disabled rights group says initiative blurs lines between healthcare and government’s work...

welfare to work programme failing disabled and ill...

Government urged to overhaul Work Programme and refocus on offering support to mentally ill people...

government sees off rebellion to win vote on...

Ministers take larger than expected victory – by a majority of 35 as Corbyn attacks Tories as...

weird ubi argument about rents

I am not that interested in arguing about UBI on a day-to-day basis,but I’ve now seen one foolish...

lords rebuff tory plan to cut esa for second time

Peers vote 286-219 to prolong nick of £30 a week to benefits of ill and disabled after first delay...

jeb bush embraces evil, calls for eliminating food...

Jeb Bush,whose handlers should be fired for failing to heroically leap in front of the photographer...

cameron refuses to say whether tax credits plan...

Jeremy Corbyn presses PM six times to say whether anybody would still lose money under revised...

people stripped of benefits could be charged for...

Critics argue that proposal in leaked document from Department for Work and Pensions would hit...

dwp being evasive over universal credit delays,...

Iain Duncan Smith’s department accused of blocking efforts to find out cause of delays to flagship...

george osborne says he will lessen the impact of...

Chancellor says he will respond to Lords defeat with novel measures in his autumn statement and...

disability benefit cuts not acceptable,...