Is universal basic income possible here?
In Jarrow, where jobless men once marched for work, a radical experiment in free money is unfolding.
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In Jarrow, where jobless men once marched for work, a radical experiment in free money is unfolding.
ByWelfare minister Tom Pursglove quotes Taken to try to sound tough on welfare “fraudsters”.
ByThe Chancellor announced the biggest benefit changes in a decade. But they may only make life harder for Brits who…
ByThe deputy Tory chairman has accused Britons of “abusing” food banks.
ByThe Tories are trying to repair another chunk of the state they wished they hadn’t lopped off.
ByExclusive figures reveal how more people are turning to public health funerals in poor parts of Britain.
ByMigrants with the right to work in the UK are being denied jobs – including in care homes – and…
ByThose on unemployment benefit now receive just 10 per cent of what the average worker earns.
ByMillionaire pensioners are subsidised by the people who clean their homes, and Rishi Sunak knows it.
ByHigh private rents and stagnant wages mean housing benefit now costs £23.4bn a year.
ByThe Trussell Trust distributed 2.17 million parcels in the most recent year, up from 1.09 million.
ByThe Prime Minister may change her mind and raise Universal Credit with inflation, but the damage has been done in…
ByThe standard monthly welfare payment is now £52 lower in real terms than in 2010.
ByFor every £1 saved by tax cuts, an extra £2 is set to be lost to tax rises and benefit…
ByBritons on low incomes dread the Liz Truss government’s “reverse Robin Hood” plan, which prioritises bankers over benefit claimants.
ByCharities and councils offer refuge for people who cannot afford heating this winter.
ByThe government’s giveaway to the rich may be matched by real-terms cuts to benefits for the poorest and most vulnerable.
ByThe Tory front-runner’s proposal would save the poorest tenth of households just 76p per month.
ByThe welfare payment is now worth less than it was in 1999.
ByAt least 660 Ukrainian households have found themselves with nowhere to stay.
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