Labour leader says Boris Johnson’s decision to remove £20 uplift comes at ‘worst possible time’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson has been accused by Keir Starmer of “turning on the poorest” as Britain eases out o…
EU citizens face losing benefits if they fail to update DWP profile
People unaware they need to input code on universal credit website could drop off system, charities warnEU citizens on benefits could lose their universal credit in three weeks time unless they evidence their right to be in the UK, charity workers have…
The Tory ‘emergency fund’ is an admission that universal credit shouldn’t be cut | Tom Pollard
The government is plugging its £6bn cut with a £500m one-off bung. How many people will struggle for food and heating?Working in frontline NHS mental health services during the darkest days of the pandemic, I often encountered people in crisis who did …
Food banks warn of smaller parcels due to HGV supply shortages
Exclusive: declining stocks and expected higher demand for charity could see struggling families given less in their food parcelsFood banks have said they will have to shrink the size of the parcels they give to struggling families owing to declining s…
Rishi Sunak to announce £500m ‘plan for jobs’ extension
The chancellor will lay out a package of measures designed to stem rise in unemployment as furlough endsRishi Sunak will announce a £500m extension to his “plan for jobs” on Monday as the government tries to avoid a surge in unemployment after the furl…
Gordon Brown warns 3.5m households face fuel poverty this winter
Former prime minister says 2021 ‘worst time to be poor’ as he calls for support for struggling householdsThe former prime minister Gordon Brown has demanded fresh government financial support for households struggling to pay energy bills as he warned a…
After years of cruelty to people on welfare, is the UK starting to think differently? | John Harris
The universal credit uplift is about to end, but there are signs that politicians’ talk of people ‘milking it’ will no longer cut itHere it comes. This Wednesday, the Department for Work and Pensions will finally end the £20-a-week “uplift” to universa…
Universal credit cut will cost carers for disabled £1,000 a year
More than 300,000 people will be hit by the end of the £20 temporary increase in the benefit, government figures showMore than 300,000 unpaid carers of disabled people face a £1,000 annual benefit cut from next month due to the withdrawal of the univer…
Treasury minister branded ‘ridiculous’ after claiming HGV driver shortage nothing to do with Brexit – live
Simon Clarke, chief secretary to the Treasury, tells BBC: ‘The idea that this is somehow just a British problem is fundamentally wrong’100,000 renters in England ‘risk eviction’ when universal credit is cutDitching furlough will add to UK economic woes…
Ditching furlough scheme will add to UK’s economic woes, warn unions and firms
Rishi Sunak criticised for cutting off wage-subsidy lifeline that still supports over a million jobsRishi Sunak’s decision to wind up the furlough scheme today will intensify Britain’s economic woes, an array of unions, business groups, employment expe…