Steve Webb says IT and human errors are systemic and may also affect tax credits and universal creditThe pension underpayment scandal could be the tip of the iceberg affecting many thousands more people, according to the former pensions minister Sir St…
Rayner targets Raab over holiday fiasco as deputies take PMQs
Deputy Labour leader accuses government of failing Britons over the looming energy crisisUK politics – live updatesAngela Rayner has accused the government of failing the British people over the looming energy crisis in a prime minister’s questions not…
The £20 benefit cut is the most morally indefensible thing I’ve seen in politics | Gordon Brown
Seventy-five years after the British welfare state was born, our poorest people are about to be cast aside by the government’s universal credit cutGordon Brown is the WHO ambassador for global health financing, and was UK prime minister from 2007 to 20…
Gordon Brown: universal credit cut ‘vindictive and indefensible’
Ex-PM writes in Guardian that with prices of basics set to ‘rocket’, £20 a week cut is illogical and callousBrown: ‘£20 cut is most morally indefensible thing I’ve seen in politics’Gordon Brown has called the government’s decision to cut £20 a week fro…
The universal credit cut is outrageous, but this callousness is nothing new | Frances Ryan
From the bedroom tax to ESA reductions, a gulf between those who make policy and those affected by it has brought a decade of miseryNext month, universal credit will be cut back by £20 to its pre-pandemic level. A policy that will – by the admission of…
Tell us: how will you be affected by the cut to Universal Credit?
We’re interested to hear how people receiving Universal Credit will be impacted by lower payments from the end of September Boris Johnson has been warned that more than 800,000 people risk being plunged into poverty as a result of an imminent cut to Un…
Kwarteng admits ‘difficult winter’ ahead as energy bills soar
Business secretary says vulnerable customers will be protected, as he distances himself from universal credit cutKwasi Kwarteng has said it “could be a very difficult winter”, with families facing rising energy bills, as he sought to distance himself f…
Universal credit cut will push 800,000 people into poverty, Boris Johnson warned
Senior Tories plot to force government U-turnBoris Johnson is warned today that more than 800,000 people risk being plunged into poverty as a result of an imminent cut to universal credit, amid a plot by senior Tories to force the government into a las…
Universal credit cut is a cruel blow for the poor | Letters
The planned abolition of the £20 uplift is the latest attack on claimants caught in an unfair benefits system, says Mark Newbury. Plus letters from Jane Middleton and Manuela GonnermannYour editorial (14 September) is correct in highlighting the link b…
Lockdown has made UK families reconsider the cost of childcare – and they’re furious | Gaby Hinsliff
Somehow we have ended up with a system that’s too expensive for parents, but not lucrative enough to pay staff properlyBuild the tower up, only to knock it to the floor. When my son was tiny, he could play that game for hours. As he got older, often it…