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Advance Payments

January 8, 2021

One million Universal Credit claimants have deductions from their payments

Households are living on less than their assessed need due to deductions for an advance to cover the five week wait, finds Child Poverty Action Group.
December 1, 2020

Government deducting money from benefits of households using foodbanks

The government is taking money from the benefit payments of almost half of households using food banks, the Trussell Trust has found.
April 23, 2020

Research finds one in five need support from benefits system due to coronavirus

Citizens Advice says gaps in the jobs protections schemes could be increasing the number forced to apply for Universal Credit.
February 12, 2019

Universal Credit, foodbanks, and media management

Imagine living in a country where an admission by the government that its own policies were causing hunger amongst the population was greeted as a positive development by social justice campaigners
October 30, 2018

Overhaul Universal Support or put whole Universal Credit project at risk, says Committee

The DWP must not push one more claimant onto Universal Credit until it can show it will not push them over the edge, says Frank Field.
July 18, 2018

Universal Credit and modern slavery

Could Universal Credit facilitate modern slavery? It seems almost inevitable that it will, and not unreasonable to believe that it is already doing so.

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Jan 14 2021

Call to halt UK police training programmes for repressive states

The College of Policing has provided training for at least 12 countries that are listed as 'human rights priority countries' by the Foreign and...

Jan 13 2021

Royal College of Paediatrics calls for urgent review of children's meal packages

Jan 13 2021

Jersey islanders invited to join citizens' jury on assisted dying

Jan 12 2021

Councils call for Ofsted school inspections not to be resumed

Jan 12 2021

Catholic bishops call on UK to 'forsake its nuclear arsenal'

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