Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire

Iain Duncan Smith hails Britain's 'entrepreneurial spirit' after Bank of England suggests welfare reforms are encouraging people to become self-employed

To maximise people’s chances of finding work we need to tackle the structural problems they face.

One of Britain's most senior Catholics has renewed his attack on the government's welfare policies when he said taxes are driving single-income families into poverty.

AROUND 95,000 workers were off sick in Scotland for more than a month over the past three years, a government study has revealed.

More than 8,000 households have moved out of the benefit cap since its introduction last April, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.

Rachel Reeves for LabourList: Britain must earn its way out of the cost-of-living crisis and in so doing create a social security system that is sustainable

The TUC says its dossier blows apart Tory boasts that welfare “scroungers” and the workshy are the main targets of sweeping tax and benefits changes

However official figures show the number of families affected is much smaller than originally expected

The government's controversial bedroom tax could discourage people from working, a group of MPs were warned today.

The Disability Benefit Consortium (DBC) has warned that coalition reforms to disability benefits could lead to over 50,000 disabled people losing their jobs.

Creating conditions for businesses to grow, resulting in jobs, and welfare reform to get people into work.

Jane Dudman: Latest civil service people survey reveals high morale at the Department for Work and Pensions

From April, staff absent for over four weeks can be referred for assessments with the Health and Work Service.

The Department for Work and Pensions needs to recruit 50 IT experts to support its plans for developing Universal Credit and other digital systems.

Benefits are often an essential subsidy to low wages rather than an alternative to work.

RICHARD LYNCH says poverty pay is unacceptable in a country awash with wealth. It’s time we demanded proper wages for all

Gavin Kelly: Concerns about IT bungling and delays obscure a series of cuts that are changing the policy's character before it's even in place

The majority of London’s housing association tenants are in work but still require housing benefit to pay their rent, research has revealed.

36,000 people have found employment since the introduction of the benefits cap, the government has said.