Jon Snow
Can abnormal behaviour affect the welfare policy debate?
Is it right to use the extraordinary case of Mick Philpott to rationalise changes to the benefits system.
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Cameron says benefit reforms put ‘fairness back’
David Cameron claims government changes to benefits are “restoring the fairness” in Britain, while Labour wants to “strengthen the old principle of contribution”, calling Tory changes “hopeless”.
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‘Little evidence’ for Romania and Bulgaria immigration boom
Panic over? Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta tells Channel 4 News the UK is not a “preferred destination” for Romanian emigrants as a report suggests fears of an UK immigration boom are misplaced.
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Osborne ‘out of touch’ over disabled parking space
Chancellor George Osborne, who has been defending welfare reform this week, is accused of being “out of touch” after his official car was photographed parked in a disabled space.
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Jon Snow
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Government treating disabled people ‘generously’
As disability benefit changes are criticised, goverment minister Esther McVey insists that the UK is a world leader in supporting disabled people and says she is “proud of that”.
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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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Universal credit system could be ‘open to fraud’
MPs have expressed fears that the government’s huge welfare shake-up will leave the benefits system more vulnerable to fraud.
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Could you live on £53 a week?
Iain Duncan Smith says he could live on £53 a week – but could he? Channel 4 News looks at the numbers and speaks to one woman who is struggling to cope on this amount of money.
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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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Are benefit changes going to work?
As George Osborne fights off criticism of new-starting benefit changes, will they help or will they hurt? Krishnan talks to Tory MP Nadhim Zahawi and Labour shadow treasury minister Chris Leslie.
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Jackie Long
No fairytale ending for Osborne’s welfare reforms
This is the moment when we get George Osborne’s famed fairytale scrounger, idling in bed with the curtains drawn all day, up and off his backside and into work. Or do we?
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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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Welfare reforms won’t cut Britain’s benefit bill
Iain Duncan Smith admits that controversial welfare reforms due to come in next week will not be enough to cut Britain’s benefit bill
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Disabled people ‘hit by multiple benefit cuts’
Hundreds of thousands of disabled people will be worse off as a result of six different benefit cuts, according to Scope.
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Budget 2013: what to watch out for
Ahead of Chancellor George Osborne’s 2013 budget, here are five key things to look out for – from the changes which could hit your pocket to the numbers behind Britain’s zombie economy.
