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Gary Gibbon
How much The Resolution Foundation came up with the following graphs to show how the three main UK parties are altering the graph lines on inter-generational benefits distribution.
Conservative MP Chris Philp and Labour MP Rachel Reeves.
The Government has defended plans to restrict access to disability benefits, despite court rulings that more people should receive financial help.
The pressure on councils to find the cash for more homes could not come at a worse time for many. Already struggling to fund social care for the elderly, many are now finding council tenants falling into rent arrears because of the changeover to universal credit.
Helia Ebrahimi
Tata are working on a secret plan that would see them keep Port Talbot but cut £200m a year through job cuts and benefits reductions.
George Osborne insists the government is increasing the money it spends on disabled people, even as he is criticised for the latest cut. Who’s right?
The Prime Minister said “we now know that, at any one time, around 40 percent of all recent European Economic Area migrants are supported by the UK benefits system”.
Will the poorer get poorer after the benefit changes announced by George Osborne? Darshna Soni meets a single mum with eight children, who is worried she could be evicted because of the welfare cap.
Gary Gibbon
The Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has confirmed the Sunday Times story that the government is handing over responsibility for the free licence fees for the over-75s policy to the BBC.
The Green party is considering a pledge to scrap all benefits sanctions in its manifesto, which is due to be published next week, according to a source familiar with the draft document.
As a coroner says the upset caused by the potential withdrawal of benefits triggered the suicide of Julia Kelly, Channel 4 News looks at the wider impact of benefit changes on vulnerable claimants.
Does this government deal with tax dodgers as robustly as benefits cheats? FactCheck finds out.
Young people out of work, education or training for more than six months could be made to do unpaid community work to get their benefits, Prime Minister David Cameron says.
David Cameron says it is “not fair” that taxpayers are asked to fund sickness benefits for people with treatable conditions who refuse to seek help.
David Cameron reveals his plans to stop EU migrants coming into the UK to claim benefits. But can he get other member states to agree? And are the proposals enough to bring down immigration numbers?