Tag: disability benefits

A Labour minister defending the UK government’s £5 billion welfare cuts has conceded that he would struggle to live on the £70 weekly universal credit payment that many young people ...

The rising cost of welfare benefits is "devastating for public finances" and has "wreaked a terrible human cost," Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said as he justified the government’s sweeping ...

Rachel Reeves, the UK chancellor, is reportedly considering £3 billion in welfare cuts over the next four years by tightening access to sickness benefits.  This move comes as the Labour ...

The government constantly performs a delicate balancing act to ensure every sector of society receives a fair share of national resources. Even a slight shift can tip the scales, posing ...