The government is not just looking at reforming the benefits system - it is preparing to put it at the heart of its economic ...

Today, we look at the challenges facing Labour’s plans for welfare reform. After the chancellor Rachel Reeves set her sights on a “fundamental” reform of the system, Laura, Paddy and Henry discuss ...

A surge in UK health-related benefit claimants has been caused by design flaws in the welfare system, not by worsening health outcomes or long waits for treatment, a committee of peers has said.

The UK is spending more on “financially unsustainable" sickness benefits than defence, with urgent reform needed, a report ...

The UK welfare budget has to be put on a "more sustainable course", Liz Kendall said as she warned the country could not keep meeting the "costs of failure". The Work & Pensions Secretary, who will ...

According to the latest government data, over the past five years, the proportion of applicants approved for claims paying ...

The DWP is being told to take 'urgent action' to reform the benefits system as costs soar. Detailed demands have been made to ...

The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee says urgent action is needed to tackle the ‘spiralling costs of the health ...

In a wide-ranging letter, committee chair Lord Bridges of Headley argues that there too many incentives to claim ...

It ultimately reminds us all that welfare reform can be about how we look after each rather than cuts and demonising those reliant on benefits. Beresford argues: “There has always been massive public ...