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LABOUR has set out five urgent demands for changes to the benefits system to help families stay afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic.
And TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady told the Star that many families will “risk being plunged into poverty” if benefits aren’t boosted.
Labour’s demands come after recent studies suggest that millions of workers, particularly in the retail and hospitality industries, will have been furloughed or made redundant.
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY
The government’s retreat on PIP still leaves 150,000 new universal credit claimants facing halved benefits from April 2026, creating a discriminatory two-tier welfare system that campaigners must continue fighting, writes DR DYLAN MURPHY