Labour Promises Universal Credit 'Pause' as Welfare Reform Continues Roll Out
Universal Credit has now expanded to the North West of England, with four more job centres offering the benefit.
UK's Most Vulnerable Let Down by Disability Payment 'Fiasco'
The Public Accounts Committee slammed Iain Duncan Smith's Department for Work and Pensions over PIP payments.
Duncan Smith's Welfare Reforms in 'Meltdown' And Threaten Cameron's Spending Cap
Two highly-critical reports have pitched the government's struggling welfare reforms into a fresh crisis.
'National Wealth Service' Needed For George Osborne's 'Retirement Revolution'
Dr Ros Altmann, a former government advisor, has called for a new body to help savers after the 2014 Budget.
UK Sickness Absence Levels Hit Record Low, Says Manufacturing Body
But the EEF says that long term absence has increased.
UK Government Extends Flexible Working Rights to Help Older Workers
Steve Webb says older workers have a huge amount to bring to any workforce and are a vast untapped talent.
Government's Social Mobility Tsar Slams Coalition Child Poverty Plan
Alan Milburn says the government's draft child poverty strategy is a 'missed opportunity'.
Firefighters to Strike in Nationwide 24 Hour Walkout over Pension Row
BREAKING NEWS: Members of the FBU will strike from 9am on 12 June, with another set for 10am-5pm on 21 June.
Scottish Independence Will Hurt the Country's Welfare System, Warns Former PM Gordon Brown
Labour MP added though that if Scots vote 'No', they'd be more prosperous than becoming independent
Scottish Independence Will Lead to a Job Loss, Capital Flight and Industry Deconstruction Onslaught
The referendum period starts on 30 May over whether Scotland should break away from the UK
UK Unemployment: Young Men Most Likely to be on Universal Credit
The DWP says 5,910 people have started on Universal Credit between April 2013 and 28 February 2014.
UK Low Paid Workers Save for Retirement for First Time
Government welcomes figures from ONS as auto-enrolment scheme continues roll-out
UK Unemployed Face Benefit Sanctions if They Refuse Zero-hours Contracts
The change comes under the government's new universal credit scheme.
Firefighters to Strike as Pensions Row Escalates
Walkouts to take place on Friday and over weekend
The Current Account: Why the Cost of Living is Back in the News
IBTimes UK business reporter Ian Silvera takes a look at wage figures.
The Current Account: Cost of Living Back in the News
Pay, wages, remuneration – call it what you like, but the cost of living is back in the news.
UK's Long-Term Unemployed Face Benefits Crackdown Under Help to Work Scheme
The Prime Minister David Cameron says the initiative will provide more help than ever before to job seekers.
UK Couple Use Human Rights to Beat Bedroom Tax in Historic Decision
Judge rules bedroom tax breached humans rights of Jacqueline Carmichael and her 24-hour carer husband Jayson.
UK Benefit Cuts Creates Army of Self-Employed, Says BoE
Bank says a 'striking feature' of the recent labour market data has been the 'strength in self-employment'.
Scottish Independence Will Cost Taxpayers £450 Extra Annually for Pensions, says DWP
UK government says an independence would cost an extra £450 per working adult annually
London JobCentre Staff Under Attack: 3,800 Verbal and Physical Abuse Incidents in 2013
Exclusive: Data also shows that the total number of attacks on workers increased to 1,124 in East London.
Why Scottish Independence Can Lead to a £9bn Retirement 'Timebomb'
Gordon Brown will say it makes no sense to break up the British system of pension payments.
Scottish Independence Campaign Hit by Gordon Brown's 'UK Protected Pension' Claim
The former UK Prime Minister will deliver his thoughts in a speech for the Better Together rally
Generation of Young Europeans 'Scarred' by Unemployment
House of Lords EU Committee says the UK government should adopt the EU's Youth Guarantee.
UK Faces Riots Unless Government Tackles Youth Unemployment Warns Tory Peer
Exclusive: Baroness O'Cathain gave the stark warning in an interview to IBTimes UK.
Bedroom Tax One Year On: What is the Real Cost of the Controversial Policy?
One year on from the introduction of bedroom tax but who's had to pay?
Atos Ends Fit-to-Work Contract with DWP
Controversial contractor ends work capability deal one year early.
Steve Webb Tightens 'Iron Grip' With 0.75% Workplace Pension Charge Cap
The Pensions Minister says the government is going to put charges in a vice.
Jobcentres Send Benefit Claimants to Food Banks [Map]
Ministers insist food banks not part of welfare system despite tacit approval.
The Apprentice's Karren Brady Welcomes Three Millionth Pension Auto-Enrolment Member
Brady, who is also a vice chairman of West Ham United, says the scheme is become increasingly important.