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Letters
07, Mar, 2021 @6:05 PM
Family of man who starved to death after benefits cut lose case against DWP
Family may appeal in case of mentally ill 57-year-old whose death in 2018 led to new benefits guidelines
Patrick Butler Social policy editor
04, Mar, 2021 @7:29 PM
How the language of meritocracy has transformed Britain’s politics | Anand Menon and Alan Wager
New research suggests that ideas about hard work and equal opportunity are firmly entrenched, say The UK in a Changing Europe’s Anand Menon and Alan Wager
Anand Menon and Alan Wager
04, Mar, 2021 @1:59 PM
Sunak goes long on support for jobs – but says little about NHS or inequality
Analysis: Not quite the ‘same old Tories’, but ‘levelling up’ clearly has a narrow meaning for the chancellor
Heather Stewart Political editor
03, Mar, 2021 @6:52 PM
Lawyers to argue for mother and baby's right to Healthy Start in UK
Exclusive: Scheme aiming to reduce child poverty and health inequalities excludes some of poorest families
Diane Taylor
01, Mar, 2021 @11:19 AM
Can a new Beveridge fix a broken welfare state?
Letters: Readers respond to John Harris’s article about how the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the weaknesses of Britain’s welfare structures
Letters
24, Feb, 2021 @6:32 PM
A third of claims since universal credit began made during pandemic
Charities say new figures show £20-a-week Covid benefit top-up should be extended beyond March
Ben Quinn
23, Feb, 2021 @5:51 PM
Labour urges Rishi Sunak to extend Covid self-isolation payments
Chancellor must expand support scheme or risk fourth national lockdown, Anneliese Dodds warns
Jessica Elgot
21, Feb, 2021 @10:30 PM
Louise Casey: 'Are we ever going to create a Britain for everyone?'
The former homelessness tsar thinks we need big, radical reform to tackle hunger, rough sleeping and poverty. And she has a plan
Rachel Cooke
21, Feb, 2021 @10:00 AM
Three-quarters of Tory voters back big increase in pay for self-isolating
Polling reveals support across the political divide for receiving full wage while off work because of Covid
Michael Savage Policy editor
20, Feb, 2021 @2:13 PM
One in six new universal credit claimants forced to skip meals
Claimants report struggling to pay bills or put any money aside amid coronavirus crisis
Patrick Butler Social policy editor
19, Feb, 2021 @12:01 AM
Keir Starmer's post-Covid plan for Britain – the key points
Analysis: Labour leader emphasised tackling inequality, but also partnership with business
Peter Walker Political correspondent
18, Feb, 2021 @2:33 PM
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