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Universal Credit blamed for creating taxing time at food banks London News Online12:02
      
Thousands of students dropping out due to Universal Credit Dundee Courier, Scotland08:27
      
Amber Rudd: Universal Credit system has ‘transformed lives’ Evening Standard20:41 16-Nov-18
      
If I want to put the gas on I'll have to do without something else: My Wigan Pier Story Mirror.co.uk10:08
      
Shamed benefits cheat who pocketed £48,000 in six year con walks free from court Chronicle Live11:12
      
Benefits: Key points from UN envoy's report on poverty in Britain The Guardian16:58 16-Nov-18
      
UN warns of damage to “the fabric of British society” as the state turns on its people The London Economic15:52 16-Nov-18
      
Glasgow council chiefs challenge UN criticism over Welfare Fund The National, Scotland05:05
      
Government plunging people into 'misery' with benefits policy, says UN official ITV19:05 16-Nov-18
      
Universal Credit has 'plunged people into misery and despair' ITV22:43 16-Nov-18
      
Damning Report Shows How Universal Credit Hit Amber Rudd’s Constituency HuffPost (UK)18:20 16-Nov-18
      
Increases in the State Pension age for women born in the 1950s Research Briefings - Parliament.uk18:00 16-Nov-18

In the last 2 hours

Universal Credit blamed for creating taxing time at food banks London News Online12:02

In the last 4 hours

Shamed benefits cheat who pocketed £48,000 in six year con walks free from court Chronicle Live11:12

If I want to put the gas on I'll have to do without something else: My Wigan Pier Story Mirror.co.uk10:08

In the last 6 hours

DWP: Teessiders using food banks less, but charity says Universal Credit to blame for referrals Teesside Gazette09:02

Thousands of students dropping out due to Universal Credit Dundee Courier, Scotland08:27

Earlier today

Glasgow council chiefs challenge UN criticism over Welfare Fund The National, Scotland05:05

Yesterday

Universal Credit has 'plunged people into misery and despair' ITV22:43 16-Nov-18

Amber Rudd: Universal Credit system has ‘transformed lives’ Evening Standard20:41 16-Nov-18

Can automation and AI support the achievement of the Sustain... The Economist Intelligence Unit20:26 16-Nov-18

UN poverty inspector slams government on Universal Credit and Brexit Big Issue19:10 16-Nov-18

Government plunging people into 'misery' with benefits policy, says UN official ITV19:05 16-Nov-18

Damning Report Shows How Universal Credit Hit Amber Rudd’s Constituency HuffPost (UK)18:20 16-Nov-18

Increases in the State Pension age for women born in the 1950s Research Briefings - Parliament.uk18:00 16-Nov-18

The Chelmsford benefit fraudster who used thousands to pay for her wedding Essex Live17:33 16-Nov-18

Chelmsford benefit fraudster used thousands to pay for her wedding and blamed childhood for… Essex Live17:13 16-Nov-18

Benefits: Key points from UN envoy's report on poverty in Britain The Guardian16:58 16-Nov-18

The Damning Report That Shows How Universal Credit Hit Amber Rudd's Constituency HuffPost (UK)16:48 16-Nov-18

Improving crew welfare through VSAT, satellite phones and credits Marine Electronics & Communications16:33 16-Nov-18

UN warns of damage to “the fabric of British society” as the state turns on its people The London Economic15:52 16-Nov-18

The UN Envoy Has Listened To Britons In Poverty - Now The Government Must Listen To Him HuffPost (UK)15:37 16-Nov-18

Thousands more Coventry people put on universal credit in October Coventry Live15:05 16-Nov-18

Families among 1,500 people reliant on foodbanks Cumnock Chronicle14:57 16-Nov-18

Banbury advice project helps find a way through the maze Banbury Guardian14:47 16-Nov-18

'A social calamity' - A UN poverty expert's verdict on Universal Credit after Newcastle visit Chronicle Live14:47 16-Nov-18

Midlothian Council condemns Tory MSP for benefits comment Midlothian Advertiser14:38 16-Nov-18

“Cruel and inhuman” – The UN’s poverty expert came to the UK and did not hold back Left Foot Forward (Weblog)14:31 16-Nov-18

WASPI women and supporters head to Westminter rally OnTheWight13:32 16-Nov-18

Help on offer as Universal Credit goes live in Leighton Buzzard in just a few days’ time Leighton Buzzard Observer13:12 16-Nov-18

Hotline for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women launched Voice Online12:35 16-Nov-18

Terminally ill patients are kept waiting for benefits Wigan Today11:49 16-Nov-18

Universal credit claimants driven to consider suicide, report finds The Independent11:17 16-Nov-18

Phelim MacCafferty: Benefit caps and rising rents fuelling housing crisis Brighton & Hove Independent11:01 16-Nov-18

Are you owed a state pension boost? Credits worth £3.5 BILLION are going… Moneywise10:45 16-Nov-18

Pausing new Universal Credit claims is the only way to stop further food poverty this winter,… Manchester Evening News10:15 16-Nov-18

Calls grow for PIP and Universal Credit to be scrapped Belfast Media Group10:01 16-Nov-18

Preparations under way for universal credit roll out in Forest Heath Bury Free Press08:04 16-Nov-18

Derry still top of the claimant count chart Derry Journal07:47 16-Nov-18

Inquiry launched on effectiveness of social security system Ekklesia07:06 16-Nov-18

Benefit cap hits hundreds of Midlothian families Midlothian Advertiser07:06 16-Nov-18

Haemorrhage, paralysis and hit by a car but still stripped of disability benefits Darlington and Stockton Times07:05 16-Nov-18

Dundee benefit claims stabilise as Jobcentre and college offer courses Dundee Evening Telegraph06:09 16-Nov-18

Martin Armstrong: Benefits change is universally unfair to those who struggle The Scotsman06:08 16-Nov-18

Thousands of North East benefits claimants shift over to the new universal credit system Chronicle Live04:57 16-Nov-18

If we’re now able to ‘self-identify’ our age, perhaps I can be 75 and claim my free TV licence Daily Mail03:04 16-Nov-18

Rugby Union injuries: future research British Medical Journal01:13 16-Nov-18

EU action on animal welfare not living up to promise: auditors EUbusiness.com00:44 16-Nov-18

Are you owed a state pension boost? Credits worth £3.5BILLION are going… Moneywise00:43 16-Nov-18

UN envoy: Benefits system could be branded 'cruel and inhuman' The Guardian00:13 16-Nov-18

In the last 7 days

Rage against the cruelty of so-called austerity The Guardian18:02 15-Nov-18

Benefits delays affecting many in south Warwickshire, say Citizens Advice Leamington Spa Courier16:19 15-Nov-18

Exclusive: universal credit linked to higher suicide risk, says study The Guardian15:41 15-Nov-18

‘Take It With You’ - Critics Hit Out At Universal Credit After Esther McVey Resigns HuffPost (UK)15:22 15-Nov-18

Newtownabbey residents’ concerns over Universal Credit Newtonabbey Times14:50 15-Nov-18

More people on Universal Credit in Cornwall This is The West Country14:39 15-Nov-18

Over £10 billion of benefits left unclaimed Money Saving Expert14:20 15-Nov-18

Firm must pay £700,000 of pension contributions after benefit miscalculation Professional Pensions13:43 15-Nov-18

What The Archers Taught Me About Universal Credit HuffPost (UK)12:18 15-Nov-18

‘Take Universal Credit with you’ Sturgeon condemns McVey as minister quits Daily and Sunday Express11:57 15-Nov-18

Esther McVey ‘now subject to benefit sanctions’ after voluntarily resigning from her job NewsThump (Satire)10:42 15-Nov-18

Life on Universal Credit: One month I got £342, then zero, then £34 i News10:08 15-Nov-18

Over 1000 extra people in Cornwall on Universal Credit Pirate FM08:48 15-Nov-18

Steve Webb launches petition to win back state pension credits for mums Daily Mail07:49 15-Nov-18

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Webb launches petition to win back vital state pension credits for mums who fail to claim child benefit This is Money07:47 15-Nov-18

Both Rightmove and Zoopla tell agents to avoid blanket bans of tenants on benefits Property Industry Eye06:50 15-Nov-18

Huge rise in number of people on Universal Credit in Cornwall Cornwall Live05:57 15-Nov-18

Universal Credit in Wrexham is “a beast” as “there are people out there suffering” Wrexham.com04:49 15-Nov-18

Universal Credit roll out causing suffering in Wrexham Evening Leader22:49 14-Nov-18

Foodbank use could jump by 50 per cent because of Universal Credit rollout in Northampton,… Northampton Chronicle & Echo18:22 14-Nov-18

I’m all for Children in Need but shouldn’t the welfare state be helping? Norwich Evening News18:11 14-Nov-18

Increase in state pension age delivers £11bn savings for govt - Aegon IFAOnline17:47 14-Nov-18

Rutherglen politicians back calls from Britain’s biggest foodbank charity for urgent changes to … Daily Record17:20 14-Nov-18

Foodbank forced to 'tighten its belt' since launch of Universal Credit Lincolnshire Live16:03 14-Nov-18

Young woman riddled with TUMOURS who needs help with most basic functions wins disability row with DWP Liverpool Echo13:49 14-Nov-18

Further evidence of soaring Universal Credit rent arrears 24housing13:27 14-Nov-18

Tory welfare reform blamed for rise in rent arrears Daily Record12:39 14-Nov-18

Head to head: Buy-to-let lenders and housing benefit tenants Mortgage Strategy12:31 14-Nov-18

Hartlepool out of work benefits claimants rise for third month in a row Hartlepool Mail11:40 14-Nov-18

Number of people in South Tyneside claiming out of work benefits rises by 100 in a month Sunderland Echo11:22 14-Nov-18

Number of people claiming out of work benefits in Sunderland rises by 300 in a month Sunderland Echo11:12 14-Nov-18

Keir Starmer says DWP is operating with a ‘hostile environment’ over universal credit as Camden … Ham & High10:45 14-Nov-18

Romanian mother-of-two is allowed to keep her UK child benefit despite never having lived here Daily Mail10:27 14-Nov-18

Rent arrears double for Universal Credit claimants Property Reporter10:09 14-Nov-18

This is morally repugnant – encouraging welfare state dependency The Conservative Woman09:41 14-Nov-18

Some new benefit claims will now take five weeks as Universal Credit goes live in Northampton… Northampton Chronicle & Echo09:40 14-Nov-18

Universal Credit update Association of Residential Letting Agents09:08 14-Nov-18

Universal Credit roll-out begins in the Berwick area Berwick Advertiser09:07 14-Nov-18

Homelessness and Universal Credit Liberal Democrat Voice (Weblog)08:58 14-Nov-18

Benefits battle, Brexit cake and walrus hair BBC08:40 14-Nov-18

Foodbanks reporting increase in demand in areas where Universal Credit is rolled out Glasgow Evening Times08:37 14-Nov-18

Fox analysis of US trade deal is ‘work in progress’ The Ecologist08:08 14-Nov-18

PIP rejection for Belfast man who was shot in the head Belfast Live06:56 14-Nov-18

Rise in Stirling Universal Credit rent arrears Central FM06:07 14-Nov-18

It took a UN envoy to hear how austerity is destroying lives The Guardian06:03 14-Nov-18

Firm sorting and agglomeration VoxEU.org02:04 14-Nov-18

Pension Transfers On Hold After Equal Benefits Ruling iExpats.com00:55 14-Nov-18

Plaid Cymru make calls to halt the roll-out of universal credit in Gwynedd North Wales Chronicle22:33 13-Nov-18

Frances Ryan: Children in Need is wonderful, but we shouldn’t need Pudsey to feed our children The Guardian18:07 13-Nov-18

'Optimism bias' hampers transformation projects, says NAO chief PublicTechnology.net17:13 13-Nov-18

Benefits advice session to be held Newtonabbey Times17:11 13-Nov-18

New benefit claims will now take five weeks as Universal Credit goes live in Northampton today Northampton Chronicle & Echo17:10 13-Nov-18

Unemployment falls in Cumbria The Carlisle News & Star15:40 13-Nov-18

Thousands of Brummies put on Universal Credit last month - despite system falling deeper into… Birmingham Mail15:04 13-Nov-18

Increase in number of food bank parcels handed out in Dundee, figures reveal Dundee Evening Telegraph14:47 13-Nov-18

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