Unions open talks with employers ahead of benefits debate
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Striking differences in benefit entitlements across UK countries, study finds
Scottish family on low income receives £15,000 more a year than identical household in EnglandThe emergence of “welfare nationalism” in the UK has created striking differences in benefit entitlement that…
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The new benefits reforms that could be on way for 16- to 24-year-olds
Labour's worklessness tsar will pave the way for a package of recommended changes to be unveiled in the autumn
Pensions
A pension system that is unfair and unaffordable | Letters
Guardian readers respond to an article by Zoe Williams which argued that cutting the welfare bill should start with pensionsZoe Williams seeks to stimulate a debate about pensions and intergenerational…
Work & careers
Focus on jobs, not benefits, to cut welfare bill, says thinktank
Hitting government’s target of getting 80% of workers into jobs would reduce cost of universal credit by £10bnTackling the root causes of joblessness, instead of cutting benefits, is the best…
Youth unemployment
Labour to expand youth work experience and training schemes
Announcement comes after Alan Milburn says Britain has neglected generation of young people struggling to access work and training opportunitiesMinisters are expanding youth work experience and training schemes, after Alan…
Pensions
All this talk about ‘difficult’ cuts, yet the largest part of Britain’s welfare bill is never mentioned. Why? | Zoe Williams
Pensioners vote and young people don’t, so the truism goes. That’s no longer any reason to avoid dealing with the triple lockNothing makes you feel more like a de-developing nation…
Carers
DWP pursued woman’s employer for nonexistent ‘benefit debt’
Exclusive: Employer of woman who cares for disabled mother was asked to deduct ‘debt’ from salary despite court ruling she had nothing to payA woman providing full-time unpaid care for…
Childcare
Six problems with tax-free childcare
Parents can can claim up to £2,000 a year for each child – but many are put off by the clunkiness of the scheme Any parent who has ever used…