Benefits

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Budget 2023: The key takeaways - from free childcare to energy bills cap

Here are the key things you need to know about Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's budget.

15 Mar

Benefit reforms have pushed many into part-time, low-paid jobs, think tank says

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said benefit policy should look beyond the headline employment number and promote longer-term career progression.

1 Feb

Taxi driver repaid £11,000 after receiving wrong advice from Government

The taxi driver lost more than £11,000 in Working Tax Credit after being directed to make a Universal Credit claim.

8 Dec 2022

‘We are not living’: Hunt’s autumn statement ‘too late’ for those on benefits

Pensions Secretary declines to confirm whether benefits will rise with inflation

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Welfare cuts could go further than expected - and even double, sources warn

Claimants will be asked 'seek more and better paid work or risk benefit cut'

Single mother of four describes reality of living on £239 a month

Marcus Rashford says degree for poverty work is 'bittersweet' after benefits cut

Families fear for the future as Universal Credit uplift ends

Covid: What help is there for self-employed people? How to apply for benefits

Rise in bonus payment for islanders struggling with living costs in Jersey

Government's Universal Credit adverts banned for 'misleading' public

The Somerset mum on Universal Credit who cannot afford to feed her children

DWP apologises to man deemed 'fit to work' despite being six stone