Welfare reform

Public policy experts on how widespread job loses could change the UK’s thinking on welfare

Long-term effects of pandemic could include government spending, remote working and lower pollution

Errol Graham wrote letter pleading with DWP to ‘judge me fairly’

The model of provision is the cornerstone of many modern countries

Fears that technology is leaving vulnerable people at whim of unreliable automated systems

Vote to extend government’s flagship welfare programme to three million new claimants has been pushed back

Four female plaintiffs launch legal challenge to government’s flagship welfare programme

‘Complex’ flagship welfare programme forcing people into rent arrears - and food banks

Work and Pensions secretary makes partial apology but also disputes some of the watchdog’s findings

Government will not expand scheme that gives unconditional monthly payments instead of means-tested benefits

Conservative Party Vice Chairman for Youth is ‘textbook example of how bloggers should think twice’

400,000 extra children and 300,000 extra pensioners among the poorest compared to 2013

National Audit Office report says welfare reform is likely driver behind issue

Critics say Iain Duncan Smith's reforms will turn back the clock for disabled people - but IDS denies he's being nasty

Minister branded 'smug' and urged to prove he could live on minimum amount paid to benefits claimants