Pay attention in class! Michael Gove is teaching the art of politics
Even if he doesn’t want to be PM, Education Secretary Michael Gove’s methods should still rule Point made: Education Secretary Michael Gove has transformed state education since the Coalition came to...
View Article'Bedroom tax': Wales benefit change homelessness fears
The body representing tenants in Wales is warning that up to 4,000 people could be forced into homelessness over "bedroom tax" housing benefit changes. From April, housing association tenants of...
View ArticleUniversal credit will fail the vulnerable, PM told
David Cameron urged to delay introduction beyond 2013 as MPs say online access will baffle many claimants David Cameron told MPs on Wednesday that the universal credit scheme was on course to start on...
View ArticleCutting housing benefit for under-25s 'is unworkable and irresponsible'
Crisis says move to save £1.8bn risks condemning thousands of vulnerable young people to homelessness According to the charity Crisis more than a third of homeless people were aged 16-24. Photograph:...
View ArticleSociety daily 6.11.12
Social workers: morale 'rock bottom' Guardian journalist Hugh Muir interviewed families involved in adoption and critics who worry about plans to place more black and Asian children with white...
View ArticleIDS vows to tackle child poverty
Iain Duncan Smith will seek to reassure critics that he is committed to ending child poverty but insist that "meaningful and accurate" measures must replace "arbitrary" household income targets. The...
View ArticlePoor and unemployed at risk as fresh wave of welfare cuts looms
Some state benefits could be frozen next April under a Coalition trade-off being discussed by senior Cabinet ministers as they draw up a new round of welfare cuts. The likely casualties would be...
View ArticleWelfare is Not a Dirty Word
It was compelling to read the November issue of In These Times titled ‘‘. Over the other side of the pond, the idea of a welfare state is hardly a controversial topic for most (‘most’) Europeans,...
View ArticleGerman advisers criticise government spending plans
* Govt econ advisers: German economy to grow 0.8 pct in 2012/13 * Advisors criticise govt plans for more social welfare benefits * Say ECB bond-buying must be "emergency solution" only By Sarah Marsh...
View ArticleIain Duncan Smith: 'We must do our best for pensioners'
The Work and Pensions Secretary praises pensioners but says universal benefits such as free bus passes and television licences are "always a matter for debate". 560 315 TelegraphPlayer_9654161 3:10PM...
View ArticleCouncils buying up house in the home counties for the homeless
Councils are buying properties as far afield as Wales, Hull and the home counties for vulnerable families to live in due to welfare cuts and high London rents, according to a new survey. Councils say...
View ArticleLong term 'sick' found to be fit work in new benefits drive
Tens of thousands of people who were labelled unfit for work for more than a decade have been found to be suitable for employment after new government tests. Mark Hoban, the Minister for Employment...
View ArticleChildren of divorced parents could be classified as in poverty
Children whose parents are divorced could be classed as growing up in poverty under government plans to redefine disadvantage. Mr Duncan Smith is understood to be determined to focus on preventing...
View ArticleLong term 'sick' found to be fit to work in new benefits drive
Tens of thousands of people who were labelled unfit for work for more than a decade have been found to be suitable for employment after new government tests. Mark Hoban, the Minister for Employment...
View ArticleEchoes of Cathy Come Home
The depressing reality is that councils' decisions to move homeless families out of London (Report, 5 November) is the unavoidable consequence of a deliberate set of politically motivated priorities...
View ArticleWhy 50 homeless men are sleeping in a Tottenham church
New Economics Foundation report pinpoints how cuts are hitting England's most deprived wards, in London and Birmingham One man tries to get on with his life, surrounded by clothes and luggage, at the...
View ArticleSupport for marriage is good for society
Children fare better if they are brought up by married parents At a loss: there is strong Tory support to recognise marriage through the tax system Photo: Alamy By Telegraph View 7:59PM GMT 15 Nov...
View ArticleChild benefit could be limited to two children for all families
All families could have their child benefit limited to their first two children in future under plans being considered by the Government. Child benefit could be restricted to the first two children in...
View ArticleSocial workers 'at rock bottom' over issue of race and adoption
Professional body to tell Lords committee that political stereotyping has hampered efforts to rehome vulnerable children...
View ArticleWelfare cut proposals to go before ministers
Iain Duncan Smith to lay out options for further cuts to welfare budget ahead of autumn statement by George Osborne The government has proposed withdrawing housing benefit for most people under 25,...
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