The welfare dilemma: how to help 3.5mn people trapped on health-linked benefits?
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Starmer's plan for benefits throws up a bigger dilemma
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1mn fewer people to secure health benefits under UK welfare reform
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Does cutting benefits actually work?
The government is to set out details of how it will save billions of pounds from the working welfare bill.BBC News - 3d -
Does cutting benefits actually work?
The government is to set out details of how it will save billions of pounds from the working welfare bill.BBC News - 3d -
Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs
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'I'm not a scrounger – I work, but would struggle without benefits'
People on long-term sickness and disability benefits have told the BBC they fear how cuts will affect them.BBC News - 3h -
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What went wrong with the UK’s welfare system?
Factors behind sharp rise in incapacity and disability benefits are complex and at times counterintuitiveFinancial Times - 2d -
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'Worrying' number of teens lose disability benefits
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Plan to freeze key disability benefit may be dropped
Many usually loyal Labour MPs had voiced strong opposition to the idea of not increasing PIP in line with inflation, as part of expected welfare cuts.BBC News - 1d -
Could Starmer be in for a benefits rebellion as tribes clash in his own party?
Labour may have ditched its factional in-fighting - but deep welfare cuts could reignite tensions.BBC News - 2d -
Tensions grow over UK government plan to cut welfare payments
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall prepares to slash spending on health-related benefitsFinancial Times - 19h -
Some PIP recipients may lose out under welfare cuts
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will set out reforms to the benefits system on Tuesday afternoon.BBC News - 5h -
How to stop the fruitless search for welfare savings
Governments chase illusory short-term cuts when what’s needed are routes back into lasting employmentFinancial Times - Mar. 8 -
How to cut Britain’s rising welfare bill
Reforms rather than quick fixes will save more money in the long termFinancial Times - Mar. 9 -
Government’s employment reforms clash with its welfare plans
Jobs market policies could threaten the part-time vacancies that ease people back into workFinancial Times - 6d -
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Disability benefit cuts test loyalty of Labour MPs
Some are worried about the possibility of freezing payments for people with long-term conditions.BBC News - 5d -
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How to calculate your Social Security tax obligations
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How a nightclub fire killed dozens of young people in North Macedonia
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People are ignoring streaming and TV ads. This company is capitalizing on that.
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Free online virtual reality tool helps people tackle public speaking nerves
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‘An ideal tool’: prisons are using virtual reality to help people in solitary confinement
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How Trump Is Helping Liberals Abroad
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How Zelensky Can Help Ukraine
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People Receive 121 Emails a Day
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How An Earlier Start And 84-Game Season Could Benefit The NHL
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Rachel Reeves insists changes to welfare needed
Labour MPs have been expressing unease about the proposed cuts to welfare, ahead of announcements next week.BBC News - 3d -
These tax cuts and benefits could help caregivers in crisis — can they get through Congress?
The financial burden of caring for ailing loved ones could be eased through two bipartisan legislative proposals introduced this week.MarketWatch - 3d -
Is The Government Backing Down Over Benefits?
Plans to freeze some disability benefits could be abandoned.BBC News - 1d -
Emotionally Intelligent People Use a Brilliant 7-Word Phrase to Motivate Themselves, Keep Going, and Do Their Best Work
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‘It’s helping me build my future’: empowering migrant and refugee families in a London borough of sanctuary
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Typing loudly, wearing AirPods: ‘taskmasking’ is how gen Z pretends to work at the office
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