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"Welfare reforms will penalise the vulnerable and divide society" warns Unite

Britain’s largest union, Unite, today (Wednesday, 1 February) urged MPs to oppose the Welfare Reform Bill, warning that it will hit low paid working people, push over 200,000 thousand children into poverty and leave some families with as little as 62p per person per day to live on.

CPAG: Introduction to welfare rights

This week-long course is aimed at advisers, social workers, probation workers, health and housing workers and others new to welfare benefit advice work. This course is designed to give participants an understanding of the structure of the benefit and tax credit system, ability to identify the issues that may affect entitlement and an appreciation of the importance of advice and advocacy. The emphasis is on tackling benefit questions through case studies, including how to calculate entitlements, and providing participants with the chance to practise using CPAG’s Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook.

Breast Cancer Care responds to MPs' rejection of House of Loards amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill

Responding to MPs’ rejection of the House of Lords’ amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill in the House of Commons today (Wednesday 1 February 2012), Liz Carroll, Director of Policy and Research at Breast Cancer Care said:

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.

Welfare-to-work: No 'acceptable' level of fraud, MPs tell govt

DWP has made clear fraud problems were much greater under the last government

Government officials should avoid the temptation to define an 'acceptable level of fraud', MPs have said, as a probe into allegations of malpractice at a major government contractor continues.

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Welfare bill faces further £25bn cut

No 10's welfare cuts proposal could meet resistance from Lib Dems in the coalition

Further drastic cuts to the welfare budget are being considered in No 10, according to reports.

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Coalition won't budge despite 'bedroom tax' defeat

Tenants will pay price for under-occupied council housing

Ministers have vowed to press ahead with their 'bedroom tax' on under-occupied council housing, after yet another government defeat in the Lords.

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It's not necessarily game over for welfare reform resistance, after all

Clerks in both Houses operate by the book

We were told the welfare reform fight was over, that the government's cynical use of the rulebook meant further resistance by the Lords was futile. It's now becoming clear that is far from the case.

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politics.co.uk podcast: Does the benefit cap fit?

Hard-hit benefit claimants are deeply frustrated by politicians' approach to welfare

The coalition is pushing its welfare reform bill through parliament despite a storm of opposition from angry claimants.

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Resorting to the rulebook: Ministers bypass welfare clash

Iain Duncan Smith won't back down on welfare reform

Ministers are using parliamentary rules to prevent the Lords causing further setbacks to the coalition's welfare reforms.

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The week in politics: Doom, gloom and govt defeats

This week wasn't just depressingly typical. Think about it: it contained, in microcosm, all the themes of British politics in the aftermath of the 2010 general election.

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