Benefits
Benefits diaries
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Meet the authors
Meet the writers behind our Tumblr benefits diaries interactive - telling the real story behind the government's welfare reforms
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Alastair Sloan: A new alliance of people working in the creative arts aims to reverse the government's austerity programme
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Amelia Gentleman: David Clapson was found dead last year after his benefits were stopped on the grounds that he wasn't taking the search for work seriously. He had an empty stomach, and just £3.44 to his name. Now thousands of other vulnerable claimants are being left in similar by the government's tough new welfare sanctions
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Pete Cashmore: In the face of a Tory call for cuts to benefits for those who go without treatment, it is important to know how brutal some methods can be and why refusing them can be valid
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From The Full Monty to The Matrix, films have a lot to tell us about economics. For instance, Mary Poppins taught us banking confidence, and Some Like it Hot lays bare the trouble with capitalism
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Stuart Jeffries: Our beleaguered second city is used to being either trashed or ignored, with Trojan horse, Benefits Street and recent failings in its children's services adding to its woes. But can a counter-narrative emerge, a new civic gospel to restore Brummie pride?
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Amelia Gentleman: Reliance on emergency food banks for people in extreme need has exploded in the past four years. A group of MPs want to find a solution – if only they can agree on the cause. Meanwhile, the people who actually run food banks are much less divided
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Hugh Muir: First thoughts: New research suggests that the work-shy scroungers who live off benefits as a ‘lifestyle choice’ may not actually exist
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Kirsty Jones: Negative attitudes towards people supported by benefits undermine the help that any safety net provides
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Frances Ryan: The DWP brags about ending the ‘something for nothing’ culture, but benefit sanctions punish the unemployed, disabled and poor in ways that are utterly inhumane
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Editorial: By belatedly resisting a public-spending cut they once endorsed, the Liberal Democrats take the coalition into uncharted territory
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John McTernan: The Tories’ cack-handed attempts at benefit reform have united long-term sick and disabled claimants against them
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Zoe Williams: This £1bn universal benefit is a punch in the face for the million people who need food banks
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Housing Network 7hr 28min ago
Over-reliance on private housebuilders is fuelling UK’s housing crisis
12 Sep 2014: To end dramatic shortages, local authorities and non-profit organisations need to take on more housebuilding -
Benefits 21hr 27min ago
Benefits Street culture: study rubbishes 'joblessness as a lifestyle' claim
11 Sep 2014:Researchers interview 10 families in most deprived areas and find none where every single member is out of work
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Unemployment 2 days ago
Back-to-work help
9 Sep 2014: It is important that politicians remain committed to helping the long-term unemployed -
Older people 3 days ago
Scrapping free bus passes for older people would 'cost over £1.7bn a year'
8 Sep 2014: Study finds that for every £1 spent on the bus pass, more than £2.87 of benefits for society and wider economy were generated -
Liberal Democrats 4 days ago
Lib Dems expand criticisms of coalition welfare policies
7 Sep 2014:After siding with Labour to defeat bedroom tax motion, party takes aim at benefit sanctions as conference season approaches
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Patrick Butler's cuts blog 6 days ago
Bedroom tax: the Coalition's welfare Achilles' heel
5 Sep 2014: The government's unexpected defeat over the Affordable Homes private members bill is the latest in a series of bedroom tax-related setbacks for ministers -
Bedroom tax 7 days ago
Bedroom tax bill splits coalition as Lib-Lab pact forces second reading
5 Sep 2014: Labour MPs join with Lib Dems to defeat Tories 306 to 231 in vote on private member's bill sponsored by Andrew George -
Housing Network 11 days ago
Social tenant survey reveals extent of dissatisfaction with landlords
1 Sep 2014: Majority of tenants feel their landlord does not listen to them while less than a third fully understand welfare reforms, reports Liam Kelly -
Public Leaders Network 15 days ago
Inside the Jobcentre: my experience working for a failing service
28 Aug 2014: So much has changed since I first worked for the Jobcentre in the 70s, when it actually offered real training and opportunities, says Elaine Steer -
Unite 15 days ago
Arthur Scargill's NUM inspires trade union drop-in centre
27 Aug 2014: The Barnsley HQ of the 1984 miners' strike is buzzing again, as host to a Unite scheme aimed at empowering the community -
Channel 4 17 days ago
Benefits Street series two starts filming despite locals’ opposition
26 Aug 2014: Council leader says makers of Channel 4 show have ignored residents’ wishes, as MP says it ‘exploits vulnerable people’ -
Comment is free 21 days ago
In this economy, being self-employed is not a choice but a necessity
22 Aug 2014: Richard Seymour: The rise in self-employment is not a measure of entrepreneurial spirit, as touted by the government, but a sign of a lacklustre labour market -
Housing Network 23 days ago
London’s refusal to build on green belt land causes uproar among neighbours
20 Aug 2014: Thousands of extra homes may need to be built in the south east as London councils fail to keep pace with population growth -
Comment is free 23 days ago
Britain’s youth risk being locked out of any recovery
20 Aug 2014: Tom Clark: From housing to jobs and benefits, the under-35s have little to hope for in the aftermath of this economic slump
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Prime minister announces tougher rules for European Union migrants claiming benefits in the UK
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