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Withdrawing benefits: 'war on work shy' or 'matter of fairness'?
Talking Point Jeremy Hunt to boost minimum wage while cracking down on claimants who refuse to look for work
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Man who starved to death’s plea to welfare officials
Speed Read Errol Graham wrote letter pleading with DWP to ‘judge me fairly’
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Councils use algorithms to decide welfare claims
Speed Read Fears that technology is leaving vulnerable people at whim of unreliable automated systems
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Universal Credit roll-out delayed
Speed Read Vote to extend government’s flagship welfare programme to three million new claimants has been pushed back
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Does universal credit discriminate against single parents?
Speed Read Four female plaintiffs launch legal challenge to government’s flagship welfare programme
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Universal credit failings leave thousands in debt
Speed Read ‘Complex’ flagship welfare programme forcing people into rent arrears - and food banks
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Esther McVey ‘misled’ MPs over universal credit
Speed Read Work and Pensions secretary makes partial apology but also disputes some of the watchdog’s findings
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Finland turns away from universal basic income
Speed Read Government will not expand scheme that gives unconditional monthly payments instead of means-tested benefits
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One in five now live in poverty in the UK, report finds
In Depth 400,000 extra children and 300,000 extra pensioners among the poorest compared to 2013
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Government criticised over rise in homelessness
Speed Read National Audit Office report says welfare reform is likely driver behind issue
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Disability benefit reform: what is PIP and why is it controversial?
In Depth Critics say Iain Duncan Smith's reforms will turn back the clock for disabled people - but IDS denies he's being nasty
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