Soaring numbers of people struggle to cope with council tax benefit cuts are feeding fears of a "bailiff boom", a debt advice charity warns.
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Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps says the government's new benefits cap means no-one will be better off on welfare than in work.
As the petition calling for Iain Duncan Smith to live on £53 a week reaches nearly half a million signatures, the man who started it says it has sent "a powerful message to the government".
As a raft of changes to the tax system come into effect, the government and opposition clash over the winners and losers.
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As disability benefit changes are criticised, goverment minister Esther McVey insists that the UK is a world leader in supporting disabled people and says she is "proud of that".
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The government has labelled the 20-year-old disability living allowance outdated, but its proposed replacement has not been widely welcomed. Social affairs editor Jackie Long explains the changes.
MPs have expressed fears that the government's huge welfare shake-up will leave the benefits system more vulnerable to fraud.
Iain Duncan Smith says he could live on £53 a week - but could he? Channel 4 News looks at the numbers and speaks to one woman who is struggling to cope on this amount of money.
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