Labour MP calls two-child benefit cap ‘heinous’ in latest call to scrap policy
Keir Starmer under pressure to scrap limit as more than dozen MPs thought to support king’s speech amendment
May 2024
Take it from a psychologist: Rishi Sunak’s callous crusade on welfare will have disastrous consequences
Jay Watts
Targeting people who need support for depression and anxiety will only make these growing problems worse, says Jay Watts, a clinical psychologist
April 2024
So UK ministers want to fob off disabled people with vouchers? It’s like government by Groupon
Frances Ryan
Labour shifts poll tactics to target fearful Tory over-65s
February 2024
UK savings and benefits: are you missing out on free cash?
From unclaimed premium bond prizes to lost accounts, there may be money you are missing out on
December 2023
Hidden victims of the UK’s cruel visa rule plans
Letters: Minimum-income requirements will be unfair to many pensioners, writes Gordon Reid, while Patricia Gibson warns about its potential effect in the north
September 2023
The pensions triple lock is still needed – don’t let the Tories unpick it
Letters: Readers respond to suggestions that the Conservatives are considering plans to water down the scheme designed to enhance the state pension
June 2023
Young people! Could thousands of pounds be sitting in a bank account with your name on it?
Rajiv Prabhakar
Two-child limit on UK welfare benefits ‘has failed to push parents into jobs’
October 2022
Liz Truss tells Sky News the government have ‘not yet’ made a decision over benefits – video
Prime minister was unable to confirm whether she will carry out Boris Johnson’s promise to uplift benefits after a dramatic rise in inflation
July 2022
Retirement on hold for UK’s over-60s as cost of living crisis bites
Many older people are now finding they cannot afford to meet basic outgoings. So retirement dates are being scrapped
June 2022
Former Tory minister calls 10% rise in state pension ‘ludicrous’
UK government’s £2.9bn job search scheme has put only 7% of participants in work to date
May 2022
Cost of living: how the payments affect people in various scenarios
Halt shift to universal credit to protect vulnerable Britons, charities demand
April 2022
Economics viewpoint
Cost of living crisis: Rishi Sunak must at the very least raise UK benefits
Richard Partington
One in three Britons will be unable to afford the cost of living this year – help is needed now for the worst off
September 2021
UK pensions shortfall is ‘tip of the iceberg’, says former minister
Steve Webb says IT and human errors are systemic and may also affect tax credits and universal credit
November 2020
Tending to the homeless was a rare Covid success. We’re failing again
Barbara Ellen
The arguments for bringing back the Everyone In scheme are greater than ever
September 2020
Britain's 18-year-olds are being given a reminder of Labour's fight against poverty
Polly Toynbee
The first child trust funds are maturing, helping to show how life might have been if such benefits hadn’t been shut down, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
August 2020
No bonanza for disabled teenagers barred from accessing child trust funds
Letters: From September young people turning 18 will start to receive payments from ‘baby bonds’ – but, writes Andrew Turner, those with mental capacity issues will be unable to take control of their money
