Ayesha Hall with her children (pic: Tim Anderson) . . Coalition plans to limit benefits are in disarray. Tory Work Secretary Iain Duncan Smith...

People registering a birth or death in Sunderland can now use a new service which will inform the Department of Work and Pensions.. . Sunderland...

Unemployed people in Nottinghamshire are being offered job-boosting skills and support in a new weekly session.. . . Charity Gedling Community And...

ELEVEN per cent of Wigan's population are receiving council tax benefit and eight per cent housing benefit according to the latest figures.. ....

The goverment's auto-enrolment pension scheme has been pushed back for SMEs by up to five years following a revised timetable.. . The Department of...

Article written by Dominic Casciani Home affairs correspondent More from Dominic Follow Dominic on Twitter The UK's statistics watchdog has rebuked...

British 20-year-olds are twice as likely to reach their 100th birthdays as their parents, threatening a crisis in public provision of health and welfare for the elderly, official figures showed Thursday.A Department for Work and Pensions study stated that babies born ...

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 80,000 Britons claim payments for long-term sick leave because of obesity or drug or alcohol addiction, contributing to a 7 billion pound annual bill for Incapacity Benefit, the government said on Thursday.Out of these, more than ...

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 80,000 Britons claim payments for long-term sick leave because of obesity or drug or alcohol addiction, contributing to a 7 billion pound annual bill for Incapacity Benefit, the government said on Thursday.Out of these, more than ...

Thousands of Jobcentre Plus staff are to stage a 24-hour strike later this month amid a row over working conditions in what will be the second walkout at the unemployment agency this year.Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union ...