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UK Benefits

A collection of 10 Posts

The UK’s social security system falls way below international human rights standards post image
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The UK’s social security system falls way below international human rights standards

by Koldo Casla
Why financial hardship is more likely if you’re disabled or sick post image
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Why financial hardship is more likely if you’re disabled or sick

by William E. Donald
Labour says benefit reforms are a ‘moral mission’ – it looks more like moral panic post image
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Labour says benefit reforms are a ‘moral mission’ – it looks more like moral panic

by James Morrison
Cutting welfare goes against Labour’s core values post image
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Cutting welfare goes against Labour’s core values

by Professor Tim Bale
Cuts and caps to benefits have always harmed people, not helped them into work post image
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Cuts and caps to benefits have always harmed people, not helped them into work

by Ruth Patrick
Keir Starmer doesn’t understand the benefits system post image
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Keir Starmer doesn’t understand the benefits system

by openDemocracy
Rishi Sunak wants to cut the cost of ‘sicknote’ Britain. But we’ve found a strong economic case for benefits post image
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Rishi Sunak wants to cut the cost of ‘sicknote’ Britain. But we’ve found a strong economic case for benefits

by Elliott Johnson
A single person on universal credit now receives 20% less than what it costs just to eat and keep warm post image
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A single person on universal credit now receives 20% less than what it costs just to eat and keep warm

by Professor Donald Hirsch
UK’s new back-to-work plan will make life even harder for disabled people post image
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UK’s new back-to-work plan will make life even harder for disabled people

by Richard Machin
The cost of living crisis can’t wait for the next election: Three key issues the UK government needs to tackle now post image
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The cost of living crisis can’t wait for the next election: Three key issues the UK government needs to tackle now

by Kit Colliver