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Universal credit ‘will not benefit everyone’
The government’s new universal credit will penalise some single parents if they work longer hours, according to a new report.
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FactCheck: The truth about the child benefits cap
DWP figures show that some 160 claimants out of more than 3 million were getting the equivalent of £50,000 a year or more in 2010. That’s 0.0004 per cent of cases.
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100,000 disabled children may lose out under new benefit
An inquiry headed by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson says a number of groups will be hit by the introduction of universal credit, which replaces much of the benefits and tax credits system from 2013.
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Osborne unveils £10bn benefits cut package
Chancellor George Osborne targets the under-25s and parents in a new blitz on welfare claimants announced at the Conservative conference.
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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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Government ‘failing’ on housing targets – report
Housing groups call on the government to do more after publishing their second Housing Report which finds it is failing in five out of 10 key issues.
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The benefits cap explained
With the House of Lords voting on the proposed £26,000 benefits cap, Channel 4 News looks at how the government’s plans will affect people across the country.
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Government defeated on benefits cap vote
The government is defeated in the House of Lords on its plans to cap the amount non-working households receive in benefits. Channel 4 News analyses the plans.
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Government’s £400m housing market boost
David Cameron and Nick Clegg will pledge to break the “current cycle in which lenders won’t lend, builders can’t build and buyers can’t buy” when they unveil the government’s new strategy.
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Government’s £400m bid to boost housing market
David Cameron and Nick Clegg will pledge to break the “current cycle in which lenders won’t lend, builders can’t build and buyers can’t buy” when they unveil the government’s new strategy.
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FactCheck: Who’s the government kidding on childcare benefits?
With the family purse-strings currently stretched to the limit, any extra pennies to help cover childcare costs are gratefully received. So today’s move from the government to pump £300m into the Child Tax Credit system, reaching 80,000 more families, sounds like great news – doesn’t it? FactCheck gets out its red marker pen.
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Benefits cap ‘could make 40,000 families homeless’
A top-level leak reveals deep concerns over Treasury plans to limit total household benefits to £500 a week. Ministers fear the move could force tens of thousands of people out of their homes.
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Is Miliband right about benefit cuts to cancer patients?
Ed Miliband picked an emotive subject when he claimed the Welfare Bill would see 7,000 cancer patients lose almost £100 a week in benefits. “How can that be right?” he asked. FactCheck investigates.
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Benefits reform: disabled people ‘terrified’ by changes
As the Welfare Reform Bill progresses through Parliament, disabled writer Lucy Glennon writes for Channel 4 News that the reforms could see the disabled become poor, isolated, and forgotten.
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Benefits reform: ‘biggest shake-up for 60 years’
The Government unveils its Welfare Bill, hailing it as the biggest reform of the benefits system since its inception. But Channel 4 News hears from people who remain worried by the changes.