Welfare

In the face of this emergency, revolutionary thinking is required
Opinion

In the face of this emergency, revolutionary thinking is required

To prevent further poverty and homelessness, John Bird says radical, emergency thinking is needed immediately

Is universal credit enough to live on? Here’s why experts say the April increase is ‘too little, too late’
Benefits

Is universal credit enough to live on? Here’s why experts say the April increase is ‘too little, too late’

Universal credit and other benefits are increasing by 10.1 per cent in April. But they will be lower than their pre-pandemic levels in real terms until 2025, according to research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies

A poverty manifesto about the glues, syrups and treacles that get people stuck
Opinion

A poverty manifesto about the glues, syrups and treacles that get people stuck

John Bird would like to embrace the fluency of Jonathan Swift to highlight how people are trapped in poverty

‘We have to keep fighting’: Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat
Legacy benefits

‘We have to keep fighting’: Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat

Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments
Legacy benefits

Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments

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I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven’t solved it
Opinion

I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven’t solved it

Legacy benefits court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift
Legacy benefits

Legacy benefits court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift

How we lost sight of the Beveridge Principles
Dr Lee Gregory

How we lost sight of the Beveridge Principles

Will benefits rise in line with inflation?
Cost of living crisis

Will benefits rise in line with inflation?

New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits
Cost of living crisis

New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits

BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis
Financial insecurity

BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis

Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support

More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July
Cost of living

More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July

Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into ‘destitution’, charities warn
Welfare system

Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into ‘destitution’, charities warn

‘A national scandal’: High court rejects appeal to keep disability benefits in line with universal credit
welfare system

‘A national scandal’: High court rejects appeal to keep disability benefits in line with universal credit

Low-income families in Scotland to receive £20 per week from April
welfare system

Low-income families in Scotland to receive £20 per week from April

DWP faces High Court battle over ‘morally bankrupt’ legacy benefits rule
welfare system

DWP faces High Court battle over ‘morally bankrupt’ legacy benefits rule

How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today
Social Justice

How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today

Proposed Universal Basic Income model could “cost less than welfare reforms”
News

Proposed Universal Basic Income model could “cost less than welfare reforms”

Paul McNamee: Universal Credit isn’t working. Time to fix it
Opinion

Paul McNamee: Universal Credit isn’t working. Time to fix it

Tory MP weeps over Universal Credit poverty
News

Tory MP weeps over Universal Credit poverty

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Universal Credit: how a disaster unfolded
News

Universal Credit: how a disaster unfolded

John Bird: It’s a universal truth – if the plan is rotten we need a new one
Opinion

John Bird: It’s a universal truth – if the plan is rotten we need a new one

Universal Credit helpline charges dropped
News

Universal Credit helpline charges dropped

UK needs radical expansion of free services, says report
News

UK needs radical expansion of free services, says report