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Study Confirms the Link Between Benefit Cuts and Increased Food Bank Use
New research from Oxford University on the causes of food bank use has found a link between the suspension of benefit payouts and referrals for emergency food supplies.
There Have Been Protests Outside This Jobcentre Every Week For Two Years
Ashton-Under-Lyne is pioneering the government's benefit reforms, but the claimants it deals with are anything but happy.
Why Tory Plans to 'Help' Drug Addicts By Taking Away Their Benefits Definitely Won't Work
Making someone destitute is a very strange way to help them recover from drug addiction.
I Spoke to Some Screaming Tory-Haters Outside the UK's Tory Conference
I asked them why they want the Conservatives to feel shame.
How Benefit Sanctions Have Driven Brits to Suicide
Research has proven that welfare cuts are tipping deeply vulnerable individuals – in need of support, not punishment – over the edge.
The Britons with Mental Health Problems Who Have Had Their Benefits Snatched Away
Every day in the UK, 100 people with mental health problems have their benefits sanctioned. I asked a couple of them what that felt like.
The UK's New Supervised Job Search Scheme Feels Like a Farcical Joke
Selected jobseekers have to sit inside a center nine to five, Monday to Friday, for three months, looking for jobs that don't exist.