The delay in paying welfare benefits to two disabled people was “unlawful”, the High Court has ruled.
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.
The government has offered an “unreserved apology” for sending a letter to a woman, who had been in a coma for two months, encouraging her to find work.
The government frame the EU migration debate in terms of fear, with Romanians and other Europeans coming to the UK to make use of the NHS and to live off benefit payments – but evidence for these claims is notoriously light.
Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled a controversial plan to extend the “work for benefits” scheme where the long-term unemployed would need to take up work placements in return for their benefits.