Benefits Follow

Cuts of £350 million from legal aid will deny thousands of ordinary people the right to defend their jobs, homes and benefits in court, says Siân Ruddick

Could Iain Duncan Smith really get by on £7.37 a day? The smug architect of the government’s welfare reforms insists he “could if I had to”. Socialist Worker and benefit claimant Paul went to his mansion in Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire, to find out

The Tories’ welfare cuts have sparked widespread protest.

Almost three million disabled people face new assessments from companies such as Atos healthcare, G4S and Capita. 

Around two million people in over 650,000 households were hit by the Tories’ tax on social housing tenants’ spare bedrooms last week. Fewer than 1 percent of them have moved into smaller properties. 

More and more councils are coming out to say that they oppose the bedroom tax. 

A £500 a week benefit cap is set to come into effect in four pilot London boroughs next week. Labour’s Frank Field called it a “mega-sum”. But the increasing cost of living means that people need it. 

A blizzard of cuts is set to rob billions from people on benefits this month.

How the Tories are attacking a range of our benefits this month

The millionaire Tories running the government are on the rampage.

Last week could have been a disaster for the government’s workfare programme. It sends unemployed people to toil for free – and takes away their benefits if they refuse.

Job centre workers are facing disciplinary measures if they don’t sanction enough benefits claimants.