Gary Gibbon
Welfare cap goes national
Is the benefits cap being rolled out nationally just before the proverbial guano hits the ventilation in the pilots?
Search results for ‘Welfare’
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Controversial disability welfare reform delayed indefinitely
The government has delayed its new disability benefit. Civil servants working on the project previously criticised for weak management said “it took longer expected”.
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Gary Gibbon
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Is the welfare bill really out of control?
Labour leader Ed Miliband is expected to commit to tougher controls on the amount spent on welfare payments in a speech later. But is it fair to claim that such spending has got out of hand?
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McDonald’s backs animal welfare to satisfy customers
The fast food giant is investing in traceability as more consumers demand to know where their meat comes from. Campaigners hope other chains will follow suit.
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Jon Snow
Can abnormal behaviour affect the welfare policy debate?
Is it right to use the extraordinary case of Mick Philpott to rationalise changes to the benefits system.
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Gary Gibbon
Osborne wooing blue collar workers on welfare
All of the workers I spoke to afterwards warmed to the message on welfare and thought the system was too generous.
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Jackie Long
No fairytale ending for Osborne’s welfare reforms
This is the moment when we get George Osborne’s famed fairytale scrounger, idling in bed with the curtains drawn all day, up and off his backside and into work. Or do we?
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Welfare reforms won’t cut Britain’s benefit bill
Iain Duncan Smith admits that controversial welfare reforms due to come in next week will not be enough to cut Britain’s benefit bill
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Welfare reform: will technology be up to the job?
A raft of benefit changes sees the biggest shake-up of the welfare system in a generation.
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Welfare benefit restrictions would apply to British citizens
Restrictions on health and welfare benefits for immigrants from European Union states would have to apply equally to UK citizens under EU law, says Downing Street.
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Clegg takes on Tory right, but defends welfare reforms
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg defends the Liberal Democrats’ record in government, saying they ensured that welfare cuts were less “draconian” than the Conservatives wanted.
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Osborne denies targeting the poor with welfare cuts
Ahead of his Conservative Party conference speech outlining how the government intends to axe £10bn from the welfare budget, the chancellor says the wealthy will bear the “broadest burden”.
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Cameron: benefits change can end welfare gap
David Cameron warns that the welfare system is causing deep social divisions and signals a rethink over what benefits are for and who receives them.
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Cameron unveils plans for new welfare crackdown
Prime minister David Cameron signals a new welfare crackdown which could see thousands of young people stripped of housing benefit and forced to live with their parents.
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Matt Frei
Philanthropy in the US fills the welfare gap
The government’s suggestion of capping tax relief on charitable giving would be unthinkable in the US, where philanthropy is a full time job for some of America’s richest individuals.
