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Next Brexit vote could be three weeks away
It could be nearly three weeks until the Commons finally gets another chance to vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal.
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FactCheck: Labour and Conservative front benches both split over second referendum
Frontbenchers from both parties have appeared to contradict their own colleagues on the question of a “confirmatory vote”.
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FactCheck: Esther McVey wrong about adopting euro
It’s not true that all EU member states will have to join the euro after 2020.
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Rudd links rise in food bank use to Universal Credit
Today the government acknowledged that the introduction of the benefit could have contributed to rising use of food banks.
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Universal Credit to be ‘reset’
Potential problems with the system were further exposed today when four single mothers won a high court battle over the way the monthly payments were made, after arguing they were ending up out of pocket.
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Cabinet ministers warn against no-deal Brexit
It’s still not the government’s policy to rule out a no-deal Brexit, but cabinet ministers have been lining up to warn against it. In parliament, the Business Secretary Greg Clark said it should “not be contemplated”, and Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd told this morning’s cabinet that it would make the country “less safe”.
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Universal Credit rollout drastically decreased
Universal Credit was meant to simplify and streamline the existing benefits system but it has been running into trouble for several years. Some claimants have even been forced into destitution. Today the Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd decided to dramatically scale back the next stage of the roll out: from 3 million benefit claimants…
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Macron promises change but ‘Gilets Jaunes’ left unimpressed
Last night saw President Macron speak publicly for the first time about the anti-government violence that have gripped the country for the last four weekends.
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Rudd pledges to improve Universal Credit
The new Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has admitted there are problems with Universal Credit.
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Brexit chaos: New cabinet ministers appointed
It’s been another hectic day in Westminster – Amber Rudd has been appointed to be Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. It’s a remarkable return to the political frontline, only eight months since her demise as Home Secretary over the Windrush controversy.
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Charities ‘set record straight’ after McVey claims
Charities have taken to social media to “set the record straight” after Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey said in the House of Commons that a number of organisations had welcomed changes to Universal Credit. We talk to Sophie Corlett from the charity Mind.
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Calls for “pointlessly cruel” benefit sanction regime to be urgently reassessed
A cross-party committee of MPs has condemned the government’s benefit sanctions regime, calling for it to be “urgently re-assessed”.
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Universal credit causing ‘unacceptable hardship’
The Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey has admitted the new universal credit system needs to change, after a damning report by MPs.
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Scotland rolls out it’s own version of the DWP
The UK Government’s welfare reforms have been described as a “vehicle for cuts” by the Labour party, as they attempted to force ministers to publish what effects universal credit has had on people’s incomes.
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Sickness benefit claimants receive backdated payments after errors
The Department for Work and Pensions could pay out many millions of pounds following under-payments it made to sickness benefit claimants after assessors wrongly calculated the cases of tens of thousands of people.
