UK Is Europe's 'Self-Employment Capital' but Underemployment Brings Tax and Welfare Concerns
IPPR thinktank shows UK labour market experiencing fastest rate of self-employment growth in Western Europe.
Bedroom Tax: Labour Blasts Nick Clegg's 'Unbelievable Hypocrisy' Over U-Turn
Liberal Democrats withdraw support for controversial bedroom tax policy having voted for it.
Lib Dems Back Out of 'Bedroom Tax'
Party U-turn sends shockwaves through Coalition over controversial welfare reform.
Westminster Times: Reshuffle Fever, Labour Pots and Kettles, Disjointed Tories
Political editor Nick Assinder casts a sideways look at events in Westminster.
UK Welfare Reform: DWP Spends £4.8m on Outside Consultants as Bill Quadruples
Analysis by IBTimes UK shows that the cost of outsider advice was up from £1.29m a year ago.
Bonus 'Flaws' Mean DWP Faces Overpaying Work Programme Contractors by £25m
The National Audit Office says flaws in the scheme's bonus system must be addressed.
Rachel Reeves Demands Duel over DWP's 'Failings' in Commons with Iain Duncan Smith
Reeves says the Prime Minister David Cameron has 'failed to get to grip' with the DWP.
Blair's Welfare Reform Minister Backs Miliband on Stopping Youth Unemployment Benefit
Exclusive: Frank Field tells IBTimes UK that he is pleased by the Labour Party leader's new 'Youth All policy.
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.
Miliband's Pitch to Shed Labour's Party of Welfare Tag as Approval Ratings Slide
Labour leader is starting to flesh out manifesto but struggles with personal ratings.
Italy's Youth Abandoned by Economy as Unemployment Nears 50%
The figures come after Prime Minister Matteo Renzi proposed his controversial "Jobs Act".
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.
Clegg Calls for End of Church-State Link and Raises Question Over House of Lords
Is it time for Britain to consider disestablishing the Church, perhaps through Lords abolition?
Everyday Sexism and Feminism's New Wave: The Fight Against Britain's Boys' Clubs
IBTimes UK examines how attitudes towards sexism are changing in Britain.
Poverty Tsar Frank Field Fights for Food Bank Truth
The Labour MP will co-chair an All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into hunger and food poverty.
Atos Ends Fit-to-Work Contract with DWP
Controversial contractor ends work capability deal one year early.
Budget 2014: Osborne Pulls a Grey-Haired Rabbit From His Budget Hat
The Chancellor's big political surprise was to focus attention on two core groups of neglected voters.
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.
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 Apologies For Telling Coma Patient Sheila Holt to Find Work
Minister for disabled Mike Penning says sorry to family of critically ill woman 'hounded' by DWP
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.
Centre for Policy Studies: Productivity is Key to Securing UK's Economic Recovery
Adam Memon says the task of restoring economic growth to the UK has been achieved.
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.
George Osborne: UK Recovery Unbalanced and Not Secure
Chancellor George Osborne warns on UK recovery in Hong Kong speech, but says must stick to austerity plan.
Cameron's 'Moral Mission' Targets Archbishop over Welfare
PM hits back at Catholic Archbishop Vincent Nichols for attack on government's welfare reforms.
Archbishop of Westminster Launches Scathing Attack on UK Government Benefit Cuts
Vincent Nichols says benefit cuts threaten poor families with 'hunger and destitution'.
French Economy Dodges Recession in Boost for Embattled Francois Hollande
Insee data reveals France's economy grew by 0.3% in the fourth quarter.
Iain Duncan Smith 'Hid Problems with Welfare Reforms'
Work and pensions secretary's Universal Credit plan may be in deeper trouble than feared.