Archive: Welfare Cuts

Comment: Iain Duncan Smith, £53 and the power of social media

Brie Rogers Lowery: 'With less than 100 words and a few clicks, Dominic has achieved what politicians strive for – he's captured the national mood'

With just 20 minutes and a few clicks Dominic Aversano captured the public mood. But what made it work - and does it reflect the future of political activism?

Pressure builds for IDS to live on £53 a week

Benefit wars: IDS on offensive before uprating vote

No 10 under pressure to break OAP benefits promise

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Bakers Food & Allied Workers Union Welfare Statement

The ideology of cuts affecting the most vulnerable people in our society is totally out of character for a nation that traditionally prides itself on bringing support to those in crisis. Over the years, the UK has led the way in terms of people and organisations who have gone way beyond the call of duty in terms of supporting others and treating them with the dignity and respect they deserve. This is a country that after years of struggle, made health, education and general wellbeing a basic human right. READ ON.

CPAG: Welfare myths are not based on fact - and people are starting to see it

Ministers turned on charities and faith groups this week to discredit concerns over their welfare reforms. They know they cannot sustain public support when welfare myths are simply not based in fact.

Rethink Mental Illness: New GP survey shows Government welfare test is pushing vulnerable people to the brink

More than eight out of ten GPs say they have patients who have developed mental health problems due to a controversial benefits test, according to new polling released today by the charity Rethink Mental Illness.

Rethink Mental Illness: Toughest times ever for people with a mental illness, as MPs prepare for Commons debate on mental health

Paul Jenkins, the CEO of England’s largest mental health membership charity Rethink Mental Illness, has warned that cuts and changes to the benefits system, mean people with mental health problems are living through some of the toughest times they have ever known.

George Osborne welfare speech in full

Read George Osborne's speech defending cuts to welfare - in full and unedited.

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Pressure builds for IDS to live on £53 a week

IDS meets workers during a tour of a homeless shelter. The former Tory leader has built a reputation as the conscience of the Tory party.

Over 100,000 people have signed a petition demanding Iain Duncan Smith live on £53 a week, after the work and pensions secretary said he would be able to make do on the money.

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Analysis: Why Labour is at its strongest in a Tory trap

Got them where he wants them? Osborne's trap could yet backfire.

The benefits cap puts Labour exactly where George Osborne wants them, but the chancellor's plan could yet backfire.

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Benefit cuts: Are pensioners next?

Elderly were protected from cuts by 2010 Tory manifesto

Pensioners could find themselves targeted for benefit cuts in the next Conservative manifesto, Iain Duncan Smith has suggested.

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Benefit wars: IDS on offensive before uprating vote

Out of work benefits will begin falling below inflation from 2013/14

Those out of work have seen their benefits increase nearly twice as quickly as the wages of those in the private sector in the last five years, it has emerged.

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Benefits battle rages in marginal seats

The Tory party's welfare campaign is a direct riposte to Labour's offensive in marginal seats

Bitter pre-Christmas campaigning has broken out in marginal seats, after Labour mounted an offensive against the autumn statement's benefit cuts.

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Coalition's welfare policy 'in shambles'

Labour says proposed housing cuts are "irresponsible"

Labour has accused the government of being "in a shambles" following the prime minister's earlier speech announcing further cuts to welfare benefits.

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David Cameron's welfare crackdown speech in full

David Cameron's speech addresses further cuts in the welfare budget

Conservative leader David Cameron's speech in Dartford on the need for more welfare cuts, and where he hopes to make them, is being viewed as a key moment in the development of the coalition. Here's the text in full:

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