11 January 2020 — Welfare Weekly
Up to 2,000 terminally ill people have died awaiting DWP benefit decisions
Citizens Advice demands ‘fundamental overhaul’ of Universal Credit system
Unsecured debt hits new peak of £14,540 per household, says TUC
SNP: Tories must “wake up” to the growing food bank crisis
Ombudsman warns of the ‘human cost’ of housing benefit errors
Tory leadership hopeful defends comment that people on benefits “cannot have as many children as they like”
A £35 per week ‘Welsh Child Payment’ could ‘lift 50,000 children out of poverty’, says Plaid leader
Housing benefit shortfall forcing families to sacrifice food shopping to pay rent
Young family with disabled child left homeless after benefits blunder
Pregnant homeless woman left to sleep on hard floor
Family of Jodey Whiting seek fresh inquest into her death to examine role played by DWP
This Labour leadership candidate may have fuelled the ‘hostile environment’ faced by benefit claimants
Tories trying to keep Universal Credit claimants in the dark
The New Dark Age 