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Welfare Spending

Budget Cuts Budgeting Universal Credit Taxation Pension Costs Benefit Claims Disability Benefits Child Benefits Taxpayer Impact Fiscal Policy

FOI Data Show £15bn in Benefits Paid to Migrant Households Over 18 Months

Ministers are using the disclosure to justify longer waiting periods for migrant benefit access.

Universal Credit Job-Entry Rate Falls to Seven-Year Low

Starmer Puts Welfare Legislation on Hold Until Next Year

Universal Credit Hits 8.40 Million as ‘No Work Requirement’ Cases Surge

Tory MP Urges Residency Curbs as Government Defends Ending Two-Child Benefit Cap

Blair Institute Drafts 'Renew Britain' Plan as Leadership Speculation Grows in Labour

‘Benefits Street’ Rhetoric Returns After Reeves Lifts Two-Child Cap, James Turner Street Divided

Think Tank Urges Cuts to UK Disability Benefits for Milder Conditions as £27bn Bill Looms

Reform UK Unveils PIP Crackdown, Cites £9bn Savings as Lee Anderson Admits 'Gaming' System

Analysis Says Nearly 1.9 Million Foreign Nationals Claim UK Benefits

Reeves Signals Welfare Shake-Up as Reports Flag Motability Tax Changes Under Consideration

Phillipson Says Government Is Looking at Two-Child Benefit Cap After Faith Leaders' Plea

Two-Child Cap Review Ongoing as New Data Point to Five-Figure Gains for Large Families

Universal Credit Caseload Tops Eight Million With 3.7 Million Exempt From Work Requirements

Universal Credit Caseload Hits 8 Million as Employment Falls and Benefit Costs Surge

DWP Rules Out Extending Universal Credit Transitional Protection to New Couples

DWP Issues Cohort Letters for State Pension Age Rise as New Commission Begins Work

Badenoch Draws Line in the Sand to Tighten UK Benefit Eligibility

New Welfare Bill Tightens PIP Eligibility and Guarantees 13-Week Transition

K C Venugopal Clarifies Welfare Pension Bribe Comment in Nilambur By-Poll