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Work and Pensions Committee Wednesday 10 January 2018 Meeting starts at 9.30am Agenda Subject: Support for carers Witnesses: Emily Holzhausen OBE, Carers UK, Sarah Jackson OBE, Chief Executive, Working Families, and Moira Wilkinson, Network Mana...

This week, Plaid Cymru will hold a debate in the National Assembly to urge the Welsh Government to change the ‘priority need’ system so that there is a duty to secure safe accommodation for all homeless people. This would be part of a mov...

Government changes to Universal Credit which will make it easier for direct payments to be made to landlords have been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirm...

Justine Greening has resigned from the government after refusing a job as work and pensions secretary in Theresa May's cabinet reshuffle. In her resignation statement she said: "Social mobility matters to me and our country more than a ministerial ca...

Rising food costs meant consumers spent less on a splurge over the Christmas, new research suggests. According to the British Retail Consortium, like-for-like retail sales rose 0.6% in December, compared with last December's 1% increase. Th...

The Conservative's roll out of Universal Credit risks driving up homelessness, Stephen Lloyd, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions Spokesperson, will warn in his Westminster Hall debate this morning. Lloyd is leading calls for the reform ...

No. 10 is stressing that housing will be a key focus, with another beefed-up ministerial role to be created today following yesterday’s rebranding of DCLG as the ministry of housing, communities and local government. And there has been no sign...

Tatton MP Esther McVey has been appointed as the new secretary of state for work and pensions, Downing Street has confirmed. McVey is the first new female cabinet minister announced since Theresa May started her January reshuffle and she is an e...

The plight of a homeless man sleeping rough in a Ross-shire railway station on a snowy night has led to calls for welfare policies that "reflect reality". MSP Kate Forbes believes policies should be shaped by the hidden factors behind rural poverty....

According to the BBC commuters are facing up to three days of disruption as staff working for five operators strike over the role of train guards. RMT union members at Northern, Merseyrail, South Western Railway and Greater Anglia will take action on...