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FactCheck: are food banks plugging the benefits gap?
Charities say poor people are flocking to food banks because of weaknesses in the welfare state. Is that fair?
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Universal credit launched in benefits shake-up
The government faces protests as it launches the controversial new universal credit benefit system as part of major changes to welfare.
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Immigrants’ benefits: a complicated system explained
From 2014, Bulgarians and Romanians coming here will be subject to the same rules as other European nationals. Alison Harvey explains the complicated benefits system for people entering the UK.
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Benefits should only be ‘a safety net’, says Grant Shapps
Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps says the government’s new benefits cap means no-one will be better off on welfare than in work.
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Benefits cap begins in London
A cap on the amount of benefits people can receive on a weekly basis begins in London today amid a row over whether it will change behaviour.
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Politicians battle over benefits of tax changes
As a raft of changes to the tax system come into effect, the government and opposition clash over the winners and losers.
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Mick Philpott – appalling criminal or benefits cheat?
Is Mick Philpott, found guilty of the manslaughter of six of his children, the perpetrator of an extraordinary crime – or an illustration of what has gone wrong with the benefits system?
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Disability benefits shake-up ‘unfair’ to deaf children
The government’s plans to reform disability benefits will penalise deaf children, according to a leading charity.
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Why the government is changing disability benefits
The government has labelled the 20-year-old disability living allowance outdated, but its proposed replacement has not been widely welcomed. Social affairs editor Jackie Long explains the changes.
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Osborne hits back at critics of benefits reform
George Osborne launches a vehement defence of the coalition’s benefits shake-up, insisting Britain can no longer afford to reward people who do the “wrong thing”.
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Benefits shake-up kicks in
As a raft of benefit changes finally come into play today, MPs brush off criticism from churches and charities to insist the new system will be “fairer”.
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Cameron unveils immigrant benefits crackdown
David Cameron outlines how he will end Britain’s “something for nothing” immigration culture, with curbs on unemployment and housing benefits and access to the NHS.
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Easterhouse: harsh reality behind benefits ‘revolution’
When Iain Duncan Smith came to Easterhouse in Glasgow more than a decade ago, he pledged to change the system to help some of Britain’s poorest. But the change has not been what residents hoped for.
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MPs vote on controversial benefits bill
MPs will vote today on a bill that is designed to cut the link between benefit increases and inflation, with Labour opposing the government.
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State handouts: are benefits too generous?
As the debate on child benefits and welfare heats up, Channel 4 News looks at the findings of a Yougov poll revealing the difference between public perceptions of benefit claimants – and the reality.