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If you earn a different amount each month a little-known change to the way Universal Credit is calculated could soon hit you in the pocket. Self-employed, part time, zero-hour and 'gig economy' workers are being warned about a new rule ...

FEWER than half of requests for emergency benefit payments were met by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in the latest year for which figures are available, veteran Labour MP Frank Field said today. Mr Field, who chairs the work and pensions...

MPs have set the stage for a showdown with Carillion bosses over pensions, with committee head Frank Field accusing the firm of attempting to “wriggle out” of obligations. The Work and Pensions Committee, currently investigating the colla...

Tax credit claimants who suffered as the result of a botched outsourcing plan have been paid just £14 each in compensation. Concentrix adjusted or terminated around 108,000 cases of claimants’ tax credits – nearly a third of which w...

A TORY Government at Holyrood could be blocked from introducing policies like the rape clause and benefit cuts, under plans unveiled by SNP ministers. Ill health and disability benefits are being devolved to Holyrood, wh...

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Social Democrats call for New Deal for Young Workers The Social Democrats have called for a ‘New Deal for young workers’ to end the dumbing down of pay and conditions and remove barriers to good quality employment. The call comes as the p...

PRIME Minister Theresa May has been told that one Cleckheaton resident is reportedly living off just £20 a week due to Universal Credit delays. Labour MP Tracy Brabin, who represents Batley and Spen, raised the issue of poverty in her cons...

Statutory sick pay and government assistance for jobless and self-employed people in the UK have been found to breach international legal obligations. The amount of money available to those claiming statutory sick pay and employment support allowance...

Dru Edmonstone yesterday pleaded guilty to a “significant and sophisticated” series of benefit frauds. He used the names of his sister, ex-wife, former housekeeper and employee of his dad to claim income support, tax credits, carers&rsquo...