Jackie Long
Will the universal benefits plan have to be redrawn?
Two reports attacking major areas of the government’s planned benefits reforms suggest there may come a point when the universal credit policy has to be redrawn.
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How much would you pay to go shopping with Theresa May?
A shoe shopping trip with Theresa May or dinner with Michael Gove – just two of the treats on offer at an auction to raise money for the Conservative party in election year.
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IDS: ‘We spend more on disabled than most countries’
Why should disabled people feel hard done by? Welfare Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says the UK probably spends more on the disabled and sick “than almost any other country in the developed world”.
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Government website plagued with bogus and duplicated job ads
The risk of fraudulent, misleading and confusing ads appearing on the government’s Universal Jobmatch website is higher than private equivalents, according to the National Audit Office.
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Jackie Long
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Jackie Long
Doubts over disability figures
A complaint about Department for Work and Pensions claims about Disability Living Allowance is upheld by the UK Statistics Authority.
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Benefits reforms: a ‘deeply immoral’ smokescreen?
As the prime minister insists that he has a strong moral case for welfare reform, campaigners warn that, in an already unequal society, the changes are falling unfairly on the poorest.
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Archbishop of Westminster attacks welfare reforms
Vincent Nichols, the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in England and Wales, says the government has torn away the safety net for the poor and hungry, creating a “dramatic crisis”.
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‘Goldilocks’ numbers show UK growth fastest since 2007
Today’s announcement of 0.7 per growth for the UK economy in the last quarter of 2013 is a “Goldilocks” number, says Economics Editor Faisal Islam – not too cold and not too hot.
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Economy growing – but Britain not out of the woods
After years of lacklustre growth, the recovery appears to be taking off at last. Good news for Chancellor George Osborne, but even he is not celebrating yet.
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Clegg: ‘Chinese style’ welfare reforms penalise young people
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg launches an assault on “Chinese-style” welfare reforms being floated by the Tories.
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Tories split over Osborne’s welfare cuts strategy
Cracks in the government’s welfare strategy open up after allies of Iain Duncan Smith round on George Osborne for announcing a further £12bn in benefit cuts.
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Speak English or risk losing benefits, migrants warned
Migrants will be questioned about their English language skills before being able to claim income-related benefits.
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Cathy Newman
Government wastes more money in its defence
If the eyes of the world weren’t on a certain stadium in Soweto, the chances are we’d all be devoting a lot more time to scrutinising yet another government U-turn – this time at the MoD.
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Coalition’s benefit reforms are on track – Duncan Smith
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith rejects claims that the introduction of the government’s flagship universal credit reforms is in chaos.
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Inflation: the good and bad news for pensioners
In post-recession Britain, pensions are rising faster than earnings. But older people would be better off if RPI was still used to calculate pensions, writes Economics Producer Neil Macdonald.
