More than 40 per cent of Barnsley's economically inactive residents are out of work because of ill health and disability ...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has confirmed a major welfare change for millions of Universal Credit claimants ...

Rachel Reeves informed the Commons that the standard allowance for universal credit will rise from £92 per week in 2025-26 to £106 per week by 2029-30 ...

Benefits claimants on a specific Universal Credit rate are set to receive an additional £728 following changes announced by ...

The government is expected to reveal further cutbacks to the welfare state as part of the spring statement today ...

The changes, confirmed in Spring Statement costing documents published after Reeves’s speech, mean the Universal Credit ...

Labour is plotting drastic cuts to benefits, including Universal Credit and PIP, which were confirmed by Chancellor Rachel ...

The Chancellor confirmed that the Universal Credit standard allowance will increase from £92 per week in 2025/26 to £106 per ...

In the Spring Statement, it was revealed the OBR forecast concludes housebuilding will be at its highest level in over 40 ...

Reeves confirmed that the Universal Credit standard allowance will rise from £92 per week in 2025-26 to £106 per week by 2029 ...

The Chancellor announced "the universal credit health elements will be cut to the new claimants by around 50% and then frozen ...

Ms Reeves said the OBR had forecast "GDP growth of 1.9 per cent in 2026, 1.8 per cent in 2027, 1.7 per cent in 2028, and 1.8 per cent in 2029. "By the end of the forecast our economy is larger ...