Welfare
‘Unconscionable’ universal credit cut breaks human rights law, says UN envoy
Poverty rapporteur says removal of £20 a week uplift based on ‘very ill-informed understanding’ of impact
Patrick Butler Social policy editor
16, Sep, 2021 @3:00 AM
Universal credit cut is a cruel blow for the poor | Letters
Letters: The planned abolition of the £20 uplift is the latest attack on claimants caught in an unfair benefits system, says Mark Newbury. Plus letters from Jane Middleton and Manuela Gonnermann
Letters
15, Sep, 2021 @4:32 PM
We have much to learn from Nordic states when it comes to childcare | Letter
Letter: Working parents are supported by properly funded services staffed by well-paid educators, writes Peter Moss
Letters
15, Sep, 2021 @4:29 PM
Starmer’s caution has been politically disastrous – can he change course? | Frances Ryan
This year’s party conference may be the Labour leader’s last chance to offer a real alternative, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
Frances Ryan
15, Sep, 2021 @8:00 AM
‘Why am I still being punished?’: how a 1996 law makes it harder for former drug felons to get food in the US
Some states have still been using versions of the welfare reform clause that imposes lifetime bans on assistance for the formerly incarcerated
Brian Osgood in Los Angeles
13, Sep, 2021 @10:45 AM
Nearly 70,000 may die waiting for adult social care before Johnson plan kicks in
Exclusive: Labour says analysis exposes ‘gaping flaw’ in PM’s plan to resolve social care crisis
Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent
12, Sep, 2021 @6:00 PM
Rightwing media hang Boris Johnson out to dry on social care
The prime minister’s usual allies in the press have turned on the burdensome funding of his reforms
Vanessa Thorpe
12, Sep, 2021 @7:00 AM
Labour urges Rishi Sunak to scrap planned cut to universal credit
Chancellor would be responsible for biggest benefit cut in history of welfare state, says Jonathan Reynolds
Heather Stewart Political editor
11, Sep, 2021 @6:00 AM
Ending universal credit boost will hit sickest areas the hardest, study shows
New research finds scrapping the £1,000-a-year benefit uplift will ‘trigger mental illness and poorer health’ for thousands
Patrick Butler and Heather Stewart
09, Sep, 2021 @11:01 PM
No 10 denies French claim Patel engaging in ‘financial blackmail’ over migrant boats – as it happened
French interior minister Gérald Darmanin says proposal is contrary to the law of the sea
Andrew Sparrow
09, Sep, 2021 @4:09 PM
Nearly 300,000 on adult social care ‘waiting lists’ in England
Delays starkly demonstrate funding and staffing pressures in sector, say local authority care chiefs
Patrick Butler Social policy editor
08, Sep, 2021 @3:38 PM
Nadhim Zahawi ‘not comfortable’ with breaking manifesto promises
Minister’s comments come as PM prepares to announce rise in NI contributions to fund social care
Jamie Grierson
07, Sep, 2021 @7:24 AM
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