The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has reduced employment support for universal credit claimants because of a “work coach shortage”, the UK’s public spending watchdog has found.

An Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis in 2023 revealed that disability benefits account for 2.5 per cent of total welfare spending £15.4bn a year, which is a fraction of the £44bn annual cost of ...

A SHORTAGE of work coaches at jobcentres is undermining Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s drive to get more benefit claimants into work, a charity has warned. In the Spring Statement, Ms Reeves said reforms ...

Experts say 2 million Australians could qualify for a UK pension when they retire, but the opportunity is about to end.

With these changes, a staggering 150,000 people are set to lose their eligibility for Carer’s Allowance and the carer element ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued an update amid plans by the Labour Government to trim £8.6 billion over ...

A Labour politician has said people in his constituency are "terrified" about the chancellor's decision to tighten the ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that 150,000 people will lose eligibility for Carer's Allowance or the ...

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The average pensioner income sits at £407 a week, up by just £15 compared to 2010. Will incomes increase in future, and what ...

With the state spending $378 million last year on overtime, legislators are debating a controversial bill to eliminate ...

The majority (55 per cent) of pension administrators believe a new value for money (VfM) framework would require a ...