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THE statistics watchdog chided ministers for again distorting its figures yesterday over claims that more than 12,000 households had found work thanks to Tory attacks on welfare.
Trade unionists said the government had been caught “bang to rights” trying to make unsubstantiated claims.
The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) found that while the figures for claimants moving into work and ceasing to receive housing benefit were accurate, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had failed to give evidence that this was a direct result of the £500-a-week benefit cap.
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE