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

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

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 benefit trap’.

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 ...

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 ...

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

The government has not yet announced its plans for health-related benefits, but has made clear that spending cuts are likely.

The committee expressed its approval of the UK Government's intention to "take a whole new approach with fresh thinking" towards welfare. They stated that reform is necessary to both curb the ...