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Universal Credit should support workers, not punish them for not earning enough
Punishing Universal Credit claimants who don't meet 'in-work conditionality’ requirements risks pushing more people into poverty.
Anjum Klair - 11 Jun 2019
Pensions and benefits
Female warehouse manager holding clipboard and pulling pallet truck
Britain's broken politics: Tax cuts for the rich, frozen benefits for working families
Benefit uprating should be based on need, not the whim of a government addicted to inflicting austerity on the poorest
Anjum Klair - 01 Apr 2019
Economy, jobs and pay
A man holding a baby on the sofa
Government delays to pension reform could cost poorest workers up to £12,000
Delays in implementing government plans to overhaul a pension rule that penalises low earners could cost Britain’s poorest workers as much as £12,000
Tim Sharp - 05 Feb 2019
Pensions and benefits
pension
Why you could be waiting till your 70s for a state pension
The UK state pension age is already on the rise – now the IMF thinks people might have to work into their 70s before retiring
Tim Sharp - 19 Nov 2018
Pensions and benefits
A senior couple running a small business together
Three reasons why CDC pensions could mean a better retirement for workers
Thanks to the CWU union, the government is planning to allow a new pension scheme that could mean more working people get the security in retirement they deserve
Tim Sharp - 08 Nov 2018
Pensions and benefits
A man delivering mail in the financial district in Westminster late in the day.
Five reasons why austerity is going nowhere
Last week we set five tests for the government to prove that austerity was “over”. Today’s Budget failed them all.
Geoff Tily - 29 Oct 2018
Economy, jobs and pay
Chancellor Philip Hammond
Austerity won’t be over until…the Chancellor stops cutting support for working families
If the Chancellor really wants to end austerity, he must reverse eight long years of cuts to the social security net
Anjum Klair - 24 Oct 2018
Economy, jobs and pay
Chancellor Philip Hammond
Universal Credit is driving workers into poverty - stop and scrap it now
The government's flagship benefits policy is pushing low-paid workers into debt. It must be scrapped before any more damage is done.
Anjum Klair - 12 Oct 2018
Pensions and benefits
Image of Iain Duncan Smith and Esther McVey
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