Economics ❯ Public Spending

Welfare Budget

Government Expenditure Cost Savings Disability Benefits Benefit Cuts Economic Inactivity Taxpayer Impact Universal Credit Expenditure Financial Consequences Government Initiatives Cost of Living

Official Figures Show One in Four Settled Non‑EU Migrants on Universal Credit as Government Plans Tighter ILR Rules

Ministers face Conservative pressure to end immediate benefit access and raise the settlement qualifying period to ten years.

DWP Begins Rollout of New Anti-Fraud Powers Including Bank Checks and Direct Deductions

Attendance Allowance: DWP Confirms Rates and Conditions as Underclaiming Concerns Grow

Labour Faces Backlash Over £5 Billion Welfare Cuts as Impact Assessment Looms

Labour Faces Internal Rift Over Proposed Disability Benefit Cuts