Britain’s social safety net is one of the weakest in the rich world and its poorest households are worse off than counterparts in Slovenia, according to analysis that shows jobless benefits have ...

The poorest people in the UK are now poorer than the poorest people in countries such as Slovenia and Malta, as living ...

The Scottish Labour leader says the prime minister is taking the "right approach" amid reports of benefits cuts.

The United Kingdom is no longer a rich country after 15 years of stagnation and 'plummeting living standards', according to ...

Britain's poorest households are worse off than those in Slovenia and Malta after nearly two decades of stagnation in UK ...

PIP cuts don't fit in to the narrative of providing opportunities to people who are languishing on the dole. Some of those ...

The chancellor has earmarked several billion pounds in draft spending cuts to welfare and other government departments ahead ...

Keir Starmer’s government is expected to announce a host of cuts to sickness and disability support in the coming days.

Economic stagnation has made living standards in some UK cities worse than the poorest parts of Slovenia and Malta, new ...

Liz Kendall, work and pensions secretary, is next week expected to announce savings of £5bn a year. Sound the alarms, writes John Rentoul ...

Darren Jones, Treasury chief secretary, is leading a spending review — to conclude in June — which will cover three years of ...

Few Labour MPs entered politics to cut social security ... Starmer is planning a "fresh overhaul" of welfare, including potential cuts to disability benefits. Ministers are yet to publish their ...