‘Helping people escape a lifetime on benefits and so they can get back into work is “compassionate” Conservatism at its best, the Work and Pensions secretary will say today. Iain Duncan Smith is expected to […]
‘Ava Jolliffe, who lives in Barton, near Preston in Lancashire, is profoundly deaf, certified blind and has to use a wheelchair. She requires constant care but the Government has told her she is not entitled […]
‘Tens of thousands of jobless teenagers will be barred from claiming benefits from “day one” unless they agree to carry out community work under a future Conservative government. David Cameron will today announce plans to […]
‘Gordon Brown is to put himself at the head of a desperate bid to save Labour from general election defeat with an audacious plan to allow Scotland to pay higher pensions and welfare benefits than […]
‘Two churches have launched a blistering attack on the Government for using hunger as a punishment for people claiming unemployment benefit, warning that using benefit sanctions to reprimand claimants who miss meetings or fail to […]
‘Hundreds of elderly and disabled people are set to lose up to 70 per cent of their benefits under a new council policy, prompting serious concerns for their physical and mental health. Cash-strapped Plymouth City […]