Gary Gibbon
Cameron’s reshuffle is for finishers, not visionaries
When David Cameron met Iain Duncan Smith last night he told him that he wanted him to deploy the visionary creative genius he’d shown at DWP at the Department of Justice.
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Government sees off rebellion over cuts in benefit payments
A handful of Liberal Democrats threatened to vote no – but the government has seen off a challenge to its plans for a real terms cut in benefit payments.
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FactCheck: are benefits rising faster than pay?
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.
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FactCheck: is Britain a tax credit haven?
Iain Duncan Smith thinks tax credits were a Labour disaster responsible for little short of fraud and abuse. FactCheck wonders where he’s got his figures from.
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Work Programme figures prove Emma Harrison wrong
“All your numbers are wrong,” former A4e boss Emma Harrison told Channel 4 News after leaked figures showed the company found work for four in 100 people. But official figures contradict her claims.
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Universal credit ‘will not benefit everyone’
The government’s new universal credit will penalise some single parents if they work longer hours, according to a new report.
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Boris Johnson backs living wage rise
As the living wage rises from £7.20 to £7.45, Boris Johnson joins Labour in calling for more employers to boost low wages. But is it bad for business? Channel 4 News investigates.
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Gang leaders’ arrests spark ‘chaos’
The arrests of more than 200 leaders of London street gangs in the wake of last year’s riots has led to an increase in “chaos, violence and anarchy” there, a report claims.
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Gary Gibbon
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Jackie Long
No place for segregated employment in the modern world?
Jackie Long meets the Remploy employees out on strike over plans to shut 27 of the company’s 54 factories.
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Let us know how much we pay for our pensions says report
People taking out a personal pension should receive bank account-style statements to prevent them facing hidden costs according to a report from a think tank.
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Minister changes poverty measures after targets missed
The work and pensions secretary announces that the government is to change the way it measures poverty amid new figures revealing that targets to halve child poverty by 2010 have been missed.
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FactCheck: Can the government hit child poverty targets?
“After much prevarication, government spokesmen have told us the 2020 targets still stand, including that irksome pledge to have fewer than 10 per cent of the nation’s children living in households that earn 60 per cent of the nation median.”
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Tesco offers paid placements after ‘exploitation’ claims
As more companies reconsider the government’s unpaid work experience scheme, Tesco decides to offer paid placements – and advises ministers to remove the sanctions for participants who drop out.
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Gary Gibbon
Labour steps nervously towards Lords welfare votes
There is a major Labour operation going on to try to make sure that Labour doesn’t get labelled as some sort of “scrounger’s friend” in the Lords votes on welfare today and it’s making some Labour peers I’ve spoken to pretty unhappy.
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The benefits cap explained
With the House of Lords voting on the proposed £26,000 benefits cap, Channel 4 News looks at how the government’s plans will affect people across the country.
