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December 28, 2020

English councils’ core funding per resident to be lower next year than in 2015-16

An announced increase in council funding is reliant on rising Council Tax, and still amounts to a real-terms cut when population growth is taken into account, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
November 4, 2020

Call to stop 'nightmare' cut in Universal Credit support for self-employed

The plan to reinstate a feature of Universal Credit which overstates the income of low-earners in self-employment will cut their Universal Credit payments for many claimants.
October 1, 2020

Torres Strait Islanders step up their campaign in historic climate case

"We are watching our ancestors’ bones wash away, our crops destroyed by salinity, and our drinking water is contaminated", says a claimant.
May 20, 2020

Court of Appeal hears Universal Credit assessment period case

Individuals and families are being made to bear the brunt of a badly designed computer system, said the claimant's solicitor.
March 10, 2020

Social security and the hostile environment for disabled people

Some time ago I went to the birthday party of a woman I’ll call Ellen.
March 10, 2020

'Serious systemic failures' affecting sick and disabled people claiming Universal Credit

Advice NI says systemic failures are causing significant financial losses for disabled people transferring to Universal Credit.
February 15, 2020

Universal Credit steamrolls vulnerable people into poverty, says Salvation Army

The Salvation Army says millions of people could be 'steamrolled' into poverty if they are transferred to Universal Credit.
February 4, 2020

Call for evidence to be submitted to inquiry into Universal Credit

The Committee will examine whether the policy assumptions reflected in the design of Universal Credit are appropriate for different groups of claimants.
December 2, 2019

Court of Appeal to hear Universal Credit claims

Two severely disabled men are having to return to court to fight against their unfair treatment under Universal Credit.
August 9, 2019

Petition on access to benefits for terminally ill people delivered to Downing Street

Currently, unless a medical professional signs a form saying the person has six months or less to live, claimants are forced through a laborious process of form-filling, interviews and assessments.