Could early intervention prevent a retirement disability benefit timebomb?

The increasing number of working-age individuals in the UK unable to work due to sickness [...]

Constituency data: Universal Credit rollout

This dashboard has statistics on Universal Credit by constituency in Great Britain, including the Library's [...]

The Triple Lock has increased state pension spending and creates uncertainty for current and future generations of pensioners

On Tuesday (12 September), the Office for National Statistics will release its estimate for average [...]

WORRYING PROPORTION OF TAX CREDIT CLAIMANTS NOT MOVING TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT – AND LOSING THEIR BENEFITS

An alarming 28% of tax credit claimants who are required to move to universal credit [...]

Universal Credit falling so far short of the cost of essentials is putting the health of millions at risk say health bodies and charities

Organisations representing hundreds of thousands of health and care professionals, and the millions who use [...]

FROM COMPLIANCE TO ENGAGEMENT

There has been growing political concern and criticism about benefits sanctions in recent years. As [...]

The High Income Child Benefit Charge

The High Income Child Benefit Charge provides for Child Benefit to be clawed back through [...]

Our social security system must support households with a disabled person to afford the essentials

Long-standing inequalities mean that households with a disabled person are falling behind faster in the [...]

Support for Mortgage Interest loans

The Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loan scheme helps households on means-tested benefits with the [...]

Playing catch-up

The impact of delayed health assessments for Personal Independence Payment [...]