Tag: benefits

GE2019: ‘It Absolutely Needs to Go’: We Asked People Affected by Universal Credit If It Should Be Scrapped
The Conservative government’s flagship welfare reform, Universal Credit, has been besieged by problems from the very start, driving thousands into debt and to foodbanks. We asked recipients and people who work with them what they think of Labour's plan to scrap the system entirely. 
Report: Universal Credit Is Riddled With Issues, but Have Some Flaws Been Deliberately Designed Into the System?
Universal credit has proved so unfit for purpose that Labour has said it will replace it entirely if elected next month. But perhaps the most controversial element of the policy is mounting evidence that suggests some of its cruellest flaws aren't accidental failings; the Tories may have deliberately built them in to the system to deter claimants.
Universal Credit: Charity Food Banks Forced to Compensate for Failing Benefits System
With charity food banks forced to expand into the space left behind by a shrinking welfare state, we spoke to three women who rely on them.
Freedom of Movement and Benefit Tourism: Paying Attention to the Background
Behind the folk devil figure of the ‘benefit tourist’ - which has become so prominent in the Brexit debate - is the politics of freedom of movement and the realities of those who are forced to be mobile to reproduce their lives.
4 Ways Generation Y is Being Taken for a Ride (and 3 Ways it’s Pushing Back)
Youth unemployment is sky-rocketing and Cameron is seeking to take away benefits from young people. Against this trend of declining living standards, students in the US are organising debt strikes and in the UK youth-led workers' co-operatives are multiplying.
The Miller’s Tale: A Tale of Two Camerons
The ongoing tale of Maria Miller has captured the public's vitriol on recent days. First among the defendants has been our leader, David Cameron. Ever the stalwart of all that is right and proper, we contrast two incriminating articles of evidence which tell a different story.