The chancellor helped out middle-income households, but left the poorest with just a fraction of the support they will need as energy and food prices soar
The DWP's goals are controversial in themselves but perhaps more worrying is that the department doesn't seem able to function - report after report lays bare the most fundamental failings.
According to many politicians, removing benefits is necessary to compel the unemployed to work even if their children suffer as a consequence. What’s the origin of this idea? Listen to a recorded audio version of this article courtesy of curio.io.
Perhaps people are unaware of just how bad the situation has got for many of their fellow citizens, those who have little food, no money, and no home - in 21st century Britain. Two forces make this possible: hypocrisy and invisibility.
Governments and global development agencies will do well in the formulation of new social protection and social welfare policies, only if they take serious account of the experience of religious organisations in their provision.
We lead this week's report with news of the disquieting appointment to the ACMD of Dr Raabe, an anti-harm reduction proponent with disturbing views on homosexuality. The Government have traditionally ignored the medical and scientific evidence on this key issue of social policy, and such an appoin
