Gary Gibbon
Party lines, halls and mirrors on welfare
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon on the balancing act surrounding benefits.
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Emma Harrison quits as boss of welfare-to-work firm
The chairman of one of Britain’s leading welfare-to-work companies resigns – the day after quitting her post as the government’s “family champion”.
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Welfare-to-work: how the scheme works
With the government’s welfare-to-work programme in the spotlight, Channel 4 News looks at the schemes on offer for the unemployed.
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Government wins three welfare votes so far
The government has overturned three of the seven amendments to its welfare bill proposed by the House of Lords last week. Further votes, including one on a benefits cap, are due later today.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Labour steps nervously towards Lords welfare votes
There is a major Labour operation going on to try to make sure that Labour doesn’t get labelled as some sort of “scrounger’s friend” in the Lords votes on welfare today and it’s making some Labour peers I’ve spoken to pretty unhappy.
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FactCheck: Will disabled people suffer under the Welfare Reform Bill?
“At time of writing, it remains unclear how the government attempts to make the two key numbers match up.”
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Government narrowly avoids welfare bill defeat
The amendment to hold an independent review of the welfare reform bill has been defeated by 229 to 213, Government majority 16.
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Government urged to drop welfare reforms
Disability campaigners have urged the government to scrap many aspects of planned welfare reforms after several defeats in the Lords.
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Welfare reform – why disabled people are worried
As the House of Lords debates the welfare reform bill, Lisa Egan explains why she and other disabled people are concerned about the government’s plans.
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Church condemns ‘unjust’ welfare cuts
Eighteen Church of England bishops have criticised the government’s welfare reforms, which they say will leave children facing “severe poverty and potentially homelessness”.
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Life expectancy jump raises welfare concerns
New figures show that 20-year-olds are twice as likely to reach their 100th birthdays than their parents, leaving the State facing debilitating health and welfare bills.
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‘Fingers crossed’ for welfare-to-work gamble
Employment Minister Chris Grayling tells Channel 4 News he is “keeping his fingers crossed” as he launches a revolutionary new scheme to get people off benefits.
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Welfare reform: is benefits culture a myth?
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says “a life on benefits will no longer be an option for somebody”. But Channel 4 News has found figures suggesting that this is already the case.
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New welfare sanctions unveiled
Channel 4 News looks at the sanctions regime for benefit claimants introduced by Iain Duncan Smith in his Welfare White Paper.
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Welfare reform: hardship payments could be axed
Hardship payment grants to people on benefits could be replaced by loans under welfare reform plans being considered by the Government.
