Welfare

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An “essentials guarantee” can end the need for food banks

Around 11.3 million people in the UK face hunger due to lack of money.

The triumph of cash

How universal basic income was adapted for the neoliberal era.

Why the trope of the benefit “scrounger” has returned

Welfare minister Tom Pursglove quotes Taken to try to sound tough on welfare “fraudsters”.

Disability benefit delays are causing cancer patients’ health to worsen

People are waiting an average of 14 weeks to find out if they will get welfare payments, Macmillan research reveals.

Disabled people shouldn’t be subject to “cruel” benefit sanctions, say charities

Jeremy Hunt wants his Budget to help “remove the barriers to work” for long-term sick and disabled people.

Universal Credit falls short of covering the bare essentials. That needs to change

Britain’s social safety net should guarantee food and warmth at the very least – but many are shocked to learn…