UK

A two-year freeze in working-age benefits will save £3bn, but critics – including Lib Dems – question whether this is the fairest way to fix the deficit. George Osborne provoked a storm of controversy today […]

Powers banning extremists from appearing on TV and which allow police to vet “harmful” individuals’ social media activity would be enforced if the Conservatives return to power next year, Home Secretary Theresa May is set […]

‘MPs being investigated for alleged abuses of their expenses will have their names kept secret, the Commons watchdog has announced. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will no longer release the names of MPs under investigation […]

Benefits could to be paid onto smart cards to stop claimants wasting taxpayers money on alcohol or gambling. Iain Duncan Smith today announced the first trial of pre-paid cards, which would restrict where the jobless […]

Sexual abuse was rampant at a children’s home in Northern Ireland run by a Catholic order of brothers, a former senior policeman has said. Around a fifth of boys at Rubane House in Co Down […]

From journalist Amelia Abraham via an article on Vice.com:  “This weekend, the Observer published findings from a survey of 1,052 British adults on their sexual attitudes and behaviours. The study found that 16 percent of participants […]

Newly unemployed will have to wait a full week before claiming JSA. Ministers have been accused of pushing nearly 300,000 people into the clutches of payday lenders when changes to benefit rules come into force […]

The UK Government is continuing to ignore a link between welfare cuts and the rising use of food banks, according to the SNP. MSP Joan McAlpine said Westminster is failing to acknowledge the damage caused […]