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universal credit

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.
January 6, 2021

Food aid network calls for 'cash first' approach to hunger

Emergency food parcels cannot address worsening poverty, and their provision could contribute to the spread of COVID-19, says the Independent Food Aid Network.
December 22, 2020

35,000 households to be hit by benefit cap at Christmas, says CPAG

The benefit cap is increasing child poverty, and in the context of a coronavirus recession is transparently nonsensical and wrong, says Child Poverty Action Group.
December 19, 2020

EU nationals legally resident in UK unlawfully excluded from claiming benefits, court rules

The Court of Appeal rules that EU nationals with pre-settled status in the UK cannot lawfully be treated less favourably than British nationals in respect of their entitlement to means-tested benefits.
December 12, 2020

IFAN urges government action to prevent millions being reliant on food aid

Without government action to improve incomes we will become a country in which millions of people are permanently reliant on food charity for survival, says IFAN.
December 4, 2020

The pandemic is exposing the cruelty of Conservative social security policies

The government recently increased the UK’s defence budget substantially, citing the duty of a government to protect its people.
December 3, 2020

Two in five children under the poverty line not eligible for free school meals

Free school meals will not end child poverty but they will go a good way towards protecting children from hardship and helping struggling families to stay afloat, says CPAG.
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.
November 27, 2020

Number of households subject to the benefit cap reaches 170,000

The cap should be suspended during the pandemic so the lowest income parents can meet their children‘s basic needs, says Child Poverty Action Group.
November 19, 2020

Disabled student wins right to be considered for universal credit

It has been estimated that the Secretary of State’s unlawful policy in operation since 2013 could have adversely affected 30,000 disabled students.