Will the £20 Universal Credit cut become Boris Johnson’s government’s worst decision?
From food banks to Whitehall, the New Statesman reports from the front line of a life-changing policy.
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Why hasn’t Keir Starmer told us where Labour stands on social care?
After announcing many policies to little or no benefit in his first year in office, the Labour leader is now…
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Conservative MPs have a familiar worry about the Universal Credit cut
As welfare is cut again, Tory MPs are haunted by the consequences of George Osborne’s 2015 Budget.
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Why Thérèse Coffey is wrong about Universal Credit claimants and work
High benefit withdrawal rates mean that claimants cannot simply compensate for cuts by finding two more hours of work a…
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Why the government’s argument for cutting Universal Credit isn’t credible
Ministers’ claim that cutting benefits incentivises work ignores how many claimants are in work already.
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Boris Johnson’s government lacks the necessary imagination to reform social care
Ministers want to fix social care, but it comes with a sign reading: “Do not touch”.
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Tory ministers keep repeating the same myth about Universal Credit – here’s why it’s untrue
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak disingenuously suggest that claiming benefits and working are mutually exclusive.
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Why cutting Universal Credit is even worse than you think
The £1,000-a-year cut would increase child poverty, damage economic growth and intensify regional inequality.
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