Exclusive: Policy misunderstands realities of caring roles and has left hundreds of thousands of families in poverty, study finds The UK’s controversial two-child benefit limit, …
Exclusive: research reveals 350 low-paid workers a day are raising complaints about errors in benefit top-ups More human contact is needed in the UK’s automated …
Former Labour PM, writing in the Observer, calls for action as charities increasingly take over role of social security system Food banks are increasingly “taking …
Complexity of system and perception of government handouts as ‘shameful’ stopping people from accessing much-needed support Millions of UK households are collectively missing out on …
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in a major challenge to a federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care …
Harmony Montgomery has not been seen since around October 2019 but authorities only started searching for her in December 2021. Ten months on, questions persist …
Kwasi Kwarteng to bring forward fiscal statement to later this month amid disquiet in party over spending cuts hitting poorest Conservative MPs are plotting to …
New court documents show retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre texted the Mississippi governor in 2019 to ask about getting money from the state’s welfare agency …
Exclusive: Liz Truss strips Conservative peer of environment minister post but he is expected to keep Foreign Office role The Conservative peer Zac Goldsmith has …
George Eustice says rival Rishi Sunak has made clear there will be no compromise on welfare standards Liz Truss has refused to recognise the importance …
Thérèse Coffey ‘set out to minimise evidence’ on studies including research into deaths of benefit claimants and help for vulnerable Ministers have been accused of …
Exclusive: Focus on human needs must not result in impact on animals being overlooked, say researchers Taking a pet everywhere for emotional support, from aeroplanes …
West Ham defender pleads guilty after footage showed him kicking and slapping his pet The West Ham defender and French international Kurt Zouma has pleaded …
Asda chairman Stuart Rose says universal credit uplift and honesty over Brexit are crucial to combat ‘national economic emergency’ One of Britain’s most prominent retailers …
Two-year study reveals households are being ‘battered again and again’ by an ‘unfit’ welfare state that is in urgent need of reform Britain’s welfare system …
Delayed legislation includes ban on trophy hunting imports and stricter sentences for puppy thieves Some of the government’s most prized new animal welfare policies are …
Harmony Montgomery has not been seen since around October 2019 but authorities only started searching for her in December 2021. Two weeks on, questions are …
Campaigners say fish farmed in England, Wales and Scotland face cruelty, with no repercussions for those who fail to meet welfare needs The government has …
The government must ensure that all animal products clearly explain how the animal lived and died, and explicitly label lower welfare imports as below UK …
Exclusive: even wealthy nations seen as having good sustainability records use more than fair share of resources, finds study No country has managed to meet …