BRITISH universities have been caught are advising students to sign up for Universal Credit the moment they finish their ...

Britain's welfare bill has ballooned, with 23 per cent of the working-age population now in receipt of some form of benefits, figures analysed by The Independent reveal. Labour has branded the ...

BRITAIN’S sickness benefits bill has ballooned to a record 7.6million claims, new figures reveal, as ministers face mounting pressure to fix the country’s spiralling welfare crisis.

Labour faces fury as new analysis reveals 13,000 luxury cars were handed to PIP claimants while the nation's benefit bill ...

Last week the Centre for Social Justice revealed that the Government's decision to abandon reform of Britain's broken welfare system will cost taxpayers over £25billion a year. That is almost EXACTLY ...

Crucially, at the same time, the tax burden is at a record high. Only 46 per cent of households are net contributors to the ...

Britain's ballooning Personal Independence Payment (PIP) bill is forecast to nearly double by the end of the decade as ...

The British prime minister had pressed ahead with the proposal, but a parliamentary vote on it was expected to fail. By Stephen Castle Reporting from London Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain ...

Work and Pensions secretary admits Labour has asked business to pay more and vows to try to ease pressure on public finances ...