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Boris Johnson’s claim of a choice between more welfare or better jobs is not a real trade-off at all
Chancellor criticised for not going further to avoid ‘perfect storm’ for families later in year
Backbenchers from constituencies mostly in northern England want £20 weekly uplift to continue
Labour triggers Commons protest debate and vote over measure set to end in March
Study shows cuts to the benefits system helped push poorest further into poverty
Government U-turn on funding crucial in tackling food poverty but still only ‘sticking plaster’, warn campaigners
Some 6m households likely to have to rely on benefits as jobs crisis is set to worsen
Cross-party report warns on hardship caused by 5-week wait for initial benefits payments
If you’re made redundant in your fifties, should you dip into your retirement funds?
Workers with savings could soon find out they’re not entitled to many benefits
Sunak says Treasury working on how to wind down programme but there will be no ‘cliff edge’
Fears that 1.3m holders of ‘pre-settled status’ could be refused universal credit amid virus lay-offs
Parents who haven’t historically claimed could now do so due to lost income
Civil servant in charge of welfare reform programme says events are ‘truly seismic’
Readers say they fall between the cracks of government support schemes
How to navigate government help schemes, the benefits system, redundancy pay and help from banks
Claims for universal credit benefit surge to 950,000 since lockdown began
Chancellor urged to consider ‘debt freeze’ to help low-income households after pandemic
Benefit applications 10 times normal UK level as people lose jobs under coronavirus lockdown
Universal credit surge comes amid reports of tens of thousands of people waiting for hours to register
Unions and workers’ groups still call for government to increase sick pay
94,000 fewer people received the income top-up last year
Fifty swing seats most at risk from job automation and universal credit reforms
A move to donate universal benefits to charity could turn up the political heat
Latest hold-up to add extra £500m to cost of moving claimants
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