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‘Worse-off Wednesday’: tax changes come into force
The start of the new tax year has been dubbed “worse-off Wednesday”. One tax expert tells Channel 4 News many families will be worse-off in 2011 but not because of these changes.
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Pensions overhaul to fix system ‘in crisis’
As the Government outlines plans to create a flat £140-a-week state pension to fix a system it says is “in crisis”, Channel 4 News looks at why less than half of people under 35 save for a pension.
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Incapacity benefit reassessment begins
Plans to reassess people who receive incapacity benefit to check if they are “fit for work” will be rolled out this week. One disabled campaigner tell Channel 4 News her fears over the changes.
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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.
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Welfare reform: is benefits culture a myth?
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says “a life on benefits will no longer be an option for somebody”. But Channel 4 News has found figures suggesting that this is already the case.
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Disabled fear losing out from benefit reform
The benefits system overhaul will make it better for all, the Government says, as the Welfare Bill comes out. But many, including people with disabilities, tell Channel 4 News they fear losing out.
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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.
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Food poverty on the rise as recession hits home
In 21st century Britain, you would not expect people across the country to need food handouts to survive – particularly those with jobs. But that’s exactly what Political Editor Gary Gibbon finds.
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FactCheck: Housing benefits row can’t afford slip ups
“It is also important we end the sensationalist myths about the local housing allowance reforms in 2011…In London around 750,000 private rental homes will still be affordable.” Lord Freud, minister for welfare reform, South London Press, January 11, 2011.
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Higher-rate tax to affect 750,000 extra people
Three-quarters of a million more people will pay higher rate tax from April according to a new study. One tax expert tells Channel 4 News this trend could be set to continue.
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Child poverty: ‘Support better than benefits’
A study into child poverty by Labour MP Frank Field says disadvantaged families should be offered more support rather than benefit increases and tax credits.
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Do benefits really boost ‘breeding’?
The claim “We’re going to have a system where the middle classes are discouraged from breeding because it’s jolly expensive, but for those on benefit there is every incentive.” Lord Flight, interviewed by the Evening Standard, 25th November 2010 Cathy Newman checks it out Howard Flight first said his remarks had been taken out of…
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We should measure wellbeing – David Cameron
As David Cameron announces that the nation’s wellbeing is to be measured, a leading charity tells Channel 4 News that government spending cuts could have a negative effect on families.
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Tory peer apologies for ‘breeding’ comments
New Tory peer Howard Flight has apologised for saying welfare cuts would incentivise the poor to “breed more”. FactCheck looks at whether benefits do encourage people to have children.
