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Children in need losing out on frontline services
Thousands of vulnerable children and families are being left without access to vital services because of the government cuts, according to one of the country’s biggest children’s charities.
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FactCheck: ‘Benefit tourism’ scare sent packing
“So if benefit “tourism” is still out even if the European Commission gets its way, long-term sponging won’t an option thanks to the government’s own crackdown, and there are other more attractive destinations closer to home, it’s difficult to see why floods of work-shy immigrants will be queuing up to make Britain their home.”
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Benefits stand-off between UK and Brussels
A UK test on EU nationals based in this country to determine who qualifies for specific social security benefits, is in breach of EU law, the European Commission says.
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‘700,000 terminally ill to lose benefits’
Health charities condemn the government for writing to some terminally ill people to tell them a benefit they receive will stop in six months.
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50p tax rate may be losing government money
The top rate of income tax may not be raising any revenue for the government and could even be losing it money, a think tank is warning.
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Quarter of parents in debt over childcare
Almost a quarter of parents, regardless of income, say the cost of childcare in the UK has caused them to get into debt, a new study finds.
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FactCheck: How’s that riots crackdown going?
“There’s currently no legal mechanism for forcing offenders to agree to meet their victims. If the rioters don’t feel like a face-to-face showdown then, as things stand, they won’t have to do it.”
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Disabled campaign group threatens to sue Government
The latest in a string of potential legal challenges to Government public spending cuts comes from the campaign group Disability Alliance.
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A few questions about giving Brits a chance
It is a shame the Welfare Secretary Mr Duncan Smith is not doing an interview with us today. If he were these are the sorts of questions I might ask.
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Disabled people protest against cuts
Around 8,000 disabled people have taken to the streets in London to protest against cuts to services and benefits. Channel 4 News hears why.
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Thousands of disabled people protest cuts
Thousands of disabled people protest in London against cuts to benefits and services – but the Minister for Disabled People did not attend, as Victoria Macdonald writes.
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Grayling turns spotlight back on to ‘fit to work’ claimants
After rubbishing Labour sleaze claims, the employment minister releases new figures which he says prove the Government is right to shake up the benefits system.
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Incapacity benefit paid to thousands for addictions
Incapacity benefit is paid to 81,000 people who are obese or have addictions according to the Government. One charity tells Channel 4 News the decision to release the data is “deeply unfortunate”.
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Cable: ‘PM’s immigration rhetoric inflames extremism’
Business Secretary Vince Cable has criticised David Cameron’s rhetoric on cutting immigration, saying it risks “inflaming” extremism. His words have created a rift in the Coalition, says Gary Gibbon.
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Tax changes: how will ‘worse-off Wednesday’ affect you?
Tax changes coming into force will affect millions of people and Government critics say today marks “Worse-off Wednesday”. Channel 4 News has asked one tax expert to answer some of your queries.
