"After much prevarication, government spokesmen have told us the 2020 targets still stand, including that irksome pledge to have fewer than 10 per cent of the nation's children living in households th
As more companies reconsider the government's unpaid work experience scheme, Tesco decides to offer paid placements - and advises ministers to remove the sanctions for participants who drop out.
Charities have warned that thousands could become homeless when the government introduces a cap on benefits. Iain Duncan Smith says the public don't understand the definition of homelessness and has g
With the House of Lords voting on the proposed £26,000 benefits cap, Channel 4 News looks at how the government's plans will affect people across the country.
There is a major Labour operation going on to try to make sure that Labour doesn't get labelled as some sort of "scrounger's friend" in the Lords votes on welfare today and it's making some Labour pee
The House of Lords is on course for a confrontation with ministers as the upper house votes on the government's proposed benefits reform.
Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam blogs on the Cabinet and the "snooty so-and-sos" refusing to work for free at Poundland.
'Merkozy' will formally propose their plan to the European Council on Friday. But under what circumstances could any treaty changes to the European Union trigger a UK referendum? FactCheck investigat
Channel 4 News Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long finds the government's employment support allowance is being dogged by endless and repeated appeals as claimants are found fit, then unfit, for work.
With IDS back on the European warpath, the political dynamics of this issue could change radically.