Despite Clegg’s aspirations, OAP benefits are safe for now
Nick Clegg may want to take away better-off pensioners’ benefits, but the Conservatives regard this as a risky venture following David Cameron’s “explicit on-camera pledges”.
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As the coalition government wrestles with an £83bn round of spending cuts to get the UK economy back on track, Channel 4 News looks at cuts to benefits coming into force this year.
Iain Duncan Smith says we’re spending too much on the benefits bill, which have gone up faster than private sector wages. Is he right? FactCheck takes a look.
George Osborne unveils a real-terms cut in working age benefits in his autumn statement in a bid to boost the UK’s struggling economy.
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.
People who claim now should not be worse off in the short term. That is an important point that charities have sometimes been guilty of failing to spell out.
Chancellor George Osborne targets the under-25s and parents in a new blitz on welfare claimants announced at the Conservative conference.
Nick Clegg may want to take away better-off pensioners’ benefits, but the Conservatives regard this as a risky venture following David Cameron’s “explicit on-camera pledges”.
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Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival has introduced the world to a huge range of acting and comic talent in its 64-year history. But is its size now preventing new performers from breaking through?
Iain Duncan Smith believes his benefits cap is already driving people into work. FactCheck hasn’t found much evidence to suggest that to be the case.
More bad news for David Cameron’s “greenest government ever”. It turns out the recession has had more to do with reducing greenhouse gas emissions than its environmental policies.
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.
The UK’s tax-collecting service is praised by MPs for recovering billions of pounds in lost revenue – but it could have been considerably more if it had not shed so many jobs.
New reforms propose giving parents more responsibility for their children’s care, but there are concerns that thousands will be taken off the special needs register. Channel 4 News reports.
A low-income family tells Channel 4 News changes to tax credits will encourage them to give up work and sign on the dole.