For some veterans, the benefits assessment process can be re-traumatising.
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A trauma-informed approach could be life-changing for a wide range of vulnerable claimants – not just veterans.
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The ‘skivers against strivers’ view of welfare keeps people in poverty feeling ashamed and isolated.
Rishi Sunak’s claims of a sicknote culture are nothing new.
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Welfare reforms targeted at the sick and disabled won’t boost government coffers. In fact, spending on those who need support and investing in less conditional systems has a real financial return.
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The UK benefits system does not systematically cater for the basic household needs of healthy eating and domestic energy.
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With stricter conditionality and sanctions, the new plan looks set to limit people’s access to benefits more than it improves their hopes of getting a job
Homeless includes rough sleeping, those requiring urgent housing support and informal, hidden homelessness.
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New statistical analysis shows that ethnicity, migration background and discrimination increase a person’s risk of homelessness.
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Widening access to free school meals would be an investment in England’s children.
Rising levels of homelessness and rent arrears in council housing show how deeply austerity measures have harmed society.
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Cuts to public spending do not actually result in efficiency savings because they cause more problems for people than they solve.
The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has warned of more difficult decisions to come.
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Affordability is a question of political and policy priorities. If we want a fair and adequate social security system, we cannot continue cutting the resources of those who already have the least.
The growth plan will require thousands more workers on universal credit to search for more work or face sanctions.
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Requiring low-paid, part-time workers to increase their hours or take on multiple jobs can have adverse physical and mental health impacts.
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The scale of the ‘disability price tag’ means one-off payments will hardly make a dent for many households.
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Poverty impacts your mental health as much as your daily life and your physical wellbeing.
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Why the government’s main measure of poverty doesn’t tell us much about the lowest-income people.
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Experts on poverty in Britain explain how destitution affects different groups of people and aspects of life.
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The Way to Work scheme will increase the pressure of benefits sanctions, which is particularly damaging for women and mothers.
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Evidence shows that benefits sanctions push people into worse jobs, with long term negative effects.
The temporary uplift introduced by the chancellor of the exchequer, Rishi Sunak, is coming to an end.
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The temporary increase to benefits was a lifeline for families during the pandemic.
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Being on universal credit affects people in more ways than just financial.
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The end of the temporary uplift means many household budgets will no longer meet the minimum income standard.
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Most would have preferred to at least have the option of choosing equivalent amounts of money instead