Welfare reform
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Backbench rebellions and broken promises: is it getting harder to govern?
Today's Big Question Backbench rebellions and broken promises: is it getting harder to govern?
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Keir today, gone tomorrow: is welfare U-turn beginning of the end for Starmer?
Being 'forced to retreat' this early in his reign is 'simply unprecedented' and shows his government is now 'in trouble', say commentators
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Labour's brewing welfare rebellion
The Explainer Keir Starmer seems determined to press on with disability benefit cuts despite a "nightmare" revolt by his own MPs
By The Week UK Published
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How the government's welfare reforms could affect you
The Explainer Labour is attempting to balance the books with £5bn of benefits cuts
By Marc Shoffman, The Week UK Published
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Welfare reform: are more cuts the answer?
Talking Point Disability benefits are at risk of cuts as the government hunts for funding
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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'Austerity has inflicted real damage on Britain's health'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By The Week UK Published
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Worklessness: a national 'scandal'
Talking Point One in five working-age adults in Birmingham, Glasgow and Liverpool are neither in work nor seeking work
By The Week UK Published
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The welfare state explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth This model of provision is the cornerstone of many modern countries
By James Ashford Last updated
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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
By The Week Staff Published
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Coronavirus has brought the welfare state back and it might be here to stay
In Depth Public policy experts on how widespread job loses could change the UK’s thinking on welfare
By The Week Staff Published
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Coronavirus: how Britain will be forever changed
In Depth Long-term effects of pandemic could include government spending, remote working and lower pollution
By The Week Staff Last updated
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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’
By The Week Staff Published
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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
By The Week Staff Last updated
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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
By The Week Staff Last updated
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