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 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
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?
ADHD 'Not a Real Disease' Says American Neuroscientist
Top neuroscientist says hyperactive children labelled ADHD for 'merely a group of symptoms'.
Atos Ends Fit-to-Work Contract with DWP
Controversial contractor ends work capability deal one year early.
George Osborne and Ed Balls Reveal Pre-Budget Messages
UK Chancellor George Osborne and Labour counterpart Ed Balls trade blows on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
A Living Wage Makes Good Business Sense for Britain and America Alike
Don't let the right-wingers fool you - a living wage is fair, progressive and necessary.
Frank Field: Fraudsters Using Government Jobs Website to Rip off Unemployed
Universal Jobmatch abused by fake firms, claims Labour MP
Disabled Oxford Man Mark Wood 'Starved to Death' After Benefits Were Cut
Mark Wood weighed just 5st 8Ibs when found.
Interview: Labour's Teresa Pearce Urges Duncan Smith Universal Credit Truce
Work and pensions secretary should stop attacking select committee members trying to salvage his reform, says Pearce
Government Pushes Labour Cost of Living Crisis Back up Agenda
Child poverty and minimum wage rows have turned spotlight back to Ed Miliband's cost of living agenda.
IDS Moves to Combat Church Attacks on Welfare by Redefining Child Poverty
PM said to have agreed to change how child poverty is measured and new ways of tackling it.
Cameron's Battle with Bishops Deepens over 'Moral Mission' on Welfare
Prime minister facing new challenge from faith leaders amid claims hunger increasing in UK.
UK Government pays sex clubs to employ teenage girls
UK Department of Work and Pensions offers massage parlours and strip clubs grants to hire unemployed.
UK Government Lambasted for Spending Thousands on Twitter Promotion
The Department for Work and Pensions comes under fire for wasting limited resources.
Archbishop of Westminster Launches Scathing Attack on UK Government Benefit Cuts
Vincent Nichols says benefit cuts threaten poor families with 'hunger and destitution'.
Vladimir Putin Becomes Internet Meme as Sochi Jokes Flood the Web
Comical images of President Vladimir Putin appear on social media as Winter Olympics gets underway.
Iain Duncan Smith 'Hid Problems with Welfare Reforms'
Work and pensions secretary's Universal Credit plan may be in deeper trouble than feared.
Jobcentre Should Immediately Revise its Key Performance Indicators, Says Work and Pensions Committee
The group of MPs also say the JCP should conduct a more "thorough initial assessment" of claimants' barriers to employment.
Political Times: Lib Dem Family Feud, Farage and the Fruitcakes
The Rennard scandal plunged the Lib Dems in to civil war, whilst Ukip's Farage outraged women.
Latest News Bytes: Iain Duncan Smith on 'Welfare Ghettos', Sochi Olympic Terror Threats, Celebrity Big Brother Faked
Our digest of the hottest news trends for 23 January 2014.
More 'Soft Love' from Labour on the UK's Welfare System
English and maths tests for the unemployed? That's not the real problem
Tory Iain Duncan Smith and Labour's Rachel Reeves Locked in "Ill-Informed" Welfare Wars
Government and Labour attempting to outdo each other in talking tough over welfare.
Information on How to Claim Government Benefits Available on Nintendo Wii
Department for Work and Pensions launches new scheme to help people understand Universal Credit proposals.
MPs Spend £250,000 of Taxpayers Money on 'Vanity' Portrait Paintings
Public fork out nearly quarter of a million for paintings of Dianne Abbot and Tony Blair.
UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg Widens Rift with David Cameron's Tories
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg continues to widen gap with Tories while softening towards Labour.
Iain Duncan Smith: UK 'Aspires' to Block Migrants' Benefits
Britain working with other countries to restrict migrant benefits, says work and pensions secretary.
Bedroom Tax: Thousands Wrongly Liable In Government Error
A mistake by the Department of Work and Pensions could mean 40,000 people are wrongly liable to pay.
Duncan Smith Welfare Reforms Face Fresh Delays in Cabinet Rift
Leaked Whitehall memo suggests fresh breach between ministers could further undermine welfare reforms