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Working-age claimants are waiting five months for a decision

Disability benefit claims have risen steadily over the past three decades, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said.

BENGALURU: Former foreign secretary and author Nirupama Rao allegedly had a string of unpleasant experiences on a flight from Bengaluru to Vienna, Austria and even during the return journey as staff members were rude, she was not provided the meal she had booked and the airline misplaced her bag as…

It was double the number of those with two parents

Some 1.5 million children were living in relative poverty in 2019-20 before the coronavirus pandemic hit, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said.

Exclusive: IFS study shows impact of Tory cuts to benefits and cost of living crisis on single mothers

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The increase in 65-year-olds in poverty was concentrated among renters, single people and those with lower levels of education, researchers said.

Public accounts committee says institutions ‘potentially exposed to significant financial risks’, with 80 declaring annual deficit

Students are turning to payment apps such as Klarna or food banks to make ends meet says NUS.

IFS says cuts and inflation far outweigh £900m promised new spending, undermining levelling up ambitions