Welfare reform

Speed Read Errol Graham wrote letter pleading with DWP to ‘judge me fairly’

By The Week Staff Published 28 February 20

Speed Read Fears that technology is leaving vulnerable people at whim of unreliable automated systems

By The Week Staff Last updated 16 October 19

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 7 January 19

Speed Read Four female plaintiffs launch legal challenge to government’s flagship welfare programme

By The Week Staff Last updated 28 November 18

Speed Read ‘Complex’ flagship welfare programme forcing people into rent arrears - and food banks

By The Week Staff Last updated 24 July 18

Speed Read Work and Pensions secretary makes partial apology but also disputes some of the watchdog’s findings

By The Week Staff Last updated 5 July 18

Speed Read Government will not expand scheme that gives unconditional monthly payments instead of means-tested benefits

By The Week Staff Last updated 24 April 18

Speed Read Conservative Party Vice Chairman for Youth is ‘textbook example of how bloggers should think twice’

By The Week Staff Last updated 17 January 18

In Depth 400,000 extra children and 300,000 extra pensioners among the poorest compared to 2013

By The Week Staff Published 4 December 17

Speed Read National Audit Office report says welfare reform is likely driver behind issue

By The Week Staff Published 13 September 17

In Depth Critics say Iain Duncan Smith's reforms will turn back the clock for disabled people - but IDS denies he's being nasty

By The Week Staff Published 8 April 13

In Depth Minister branded 'smug' and urged to prove he could live on minimum amount paid to benefits claimants

By The Week Staff Published 2 April 13