State benefits

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  Benefit claimants aren't all waiting for handouts

  4 Oct 2011:

  The government's rhetoric on welfare dependency as a 'lifestyle choice' is out of touch with the reality, says researcher Ruth Patrick

• Attendance allowance: the £200-plus a month many elderly people miss out on

  30 Sep 2011:

  It is a tax-free benefit for ill and disabled over-65 – but many either do not know about it or are unsure about claiming

• Labour must stand side by side with women

  26 Sep 2011:

  Yvette Cooper: Female voters have been betrayed by the coalition. Labour must stop the clock being turned back

• Office for National Statistics agrees to review use of CPI in benefit calculations

  18 Sep 2011: Government body succumbs to pressure from statisticians to recognise drawbacks in consumer prices index as a measure of real-world spending

• Disabled people's benefit system needs reform, says minister

  17 Sep 2011: Work and pensions minister Steve Webb accepts reform is necessary for Atos-approved employment support allowance

• The culture of hatred for the disabled comes from the top

  16 Sep 2011: Sue Marsh: The shocking hostility to the sick and disabled in our society is seen just as clearly in official attitudes

• To solve unemployment, work must pay

  14 Sep 2011: Liam Byrne: With the government blundering over soaring unemployment, the principle that everyone should be better off in work is at risk

• Unemployment benefit claimants constituency by constituency: full data

  14 Sep 2011:

  Unemployment has risen to a rate of 7.9%. These are the unemployment benefit claimant numbers in each of the parliamentary constituencies. Get them where you live

• Jobseeker's allowance claimants who don't speak English may lose benefits

  13 Sep 2011:

  David Cameron says move will help people get work, as welfare minister comes attack in Lords on reforms

• Message to Cameron: it will take more than charm to win back women voters

  13 Sep 2011:

  Government plans to boost female support include some interesting ideas, but too much of it is PR and presentation

• Disability hate crime is our shame

  12 Sep 2011: Sharon Brennan: As disability benefits are attacked, police investigations into crimes against disabled people are permeated by doubt – we must act

• Tax cuts for high earners make no sense – give them to those on low incomes

  12 Sep 2011: Poorer families are bearing the brunt of austerity, making 'we are all in it together' sound fatuous

• The welfare reform bill is a sharp shove to the vulnerable

  9 Sep 2011: Ruth Lister: The government seems to believe its bill is a subtle nudge towards enhanced responsibility for those on benefits. It's wrong

• UK riots: courts could be asked to dock benefits

  7 Sep 2011:

  Ministers are looking at how benefits or tax credits could be taken away under plans being drawn up in response to the riots

• Disabled people rely on travel concessions

  7 Sep 2011: Lucy Glennon: The cuts get personal: The removal of concessionary coach travel for disabled people and the elderly is yet another blow to our independence

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