The delay in paying welfare benefits to two disabled people was “unlawful”, the High Court has ruled.
Prime Minister David Cameron has set out plans to slash the cap on benefits by 12% to £23,000 and strip under-21s of housing benefits completely “within the first few days” of a Conservative victory in the general election.
George Osborne has signalled a calculated move by the Tories to end “compassionate conservatism”, by announcing further real-terms cuts to benefits for those in work and unemployed.
Who actually counts as a “benefit tourist”, or a “health tourist” and how much do they cost the UK?
Hard work is the way to lift your family out of poverty, or so some would have you believe. However, the reality in modern Britain is that as wages continue to fall behind inflation – people simply do not earn enough to escape poverty.