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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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Tory MP apologises for suggesting free sterilisation for unemployed
Speed Read Conservative Party Vice Chairman for Youth is ‘textbook example of how bloggers should think twice’
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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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