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 ...

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has warned the country could not keep meeting the “costs of failure” and said she ...

The long-term sick will be required to look for work and many will see their benefits cut under a massive overhaul of welfare ...

MP and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) minister has said sweeping overhauls were needed to cut the welfare bill in the ...

Liz Kendall singled out Universal Credit and disability benefits as part of her recent statement over “unavoidable” higher ...

The long-term sick could be forced to find jobs or have their benefits slashed in sweeping welfare reforms, according to ...

Linsey McFadden, 34, has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a rare inherited condition that affects connective tissue and leaves ...

Government spending on benefits is set to be £8.6 billion over budget, DWP boss Liz Kendall has said, as she promises ...

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 ...

A DWP minister has said the government will tackle the "scrapheap" of benefits claimants who have been left without support ...