A damning UN report has compared the controversial Tory welfare regime to the infamous Victorian workhouses of the 19th Century.

Urgent Government action is needed so that all children are able to have access to, and benefit from, the education that is their right, says Baroness Janke.

Every week we at Mind hear from people with mental health problems who are struggling to cope the combined impact of having their benefits frozen for years on end, cuts to financial support for disabled people, and the five week wait for Universal Credit

The Tories’ cruel attack on our pensioners steps up a gear today as the pension credit cut comes into force. They simply cannot be trusted to look after our pensioners, says Mhairi Black MP.

Penny Mordaunt has said that dealing with the treatment of Army veterans facing prosecution over their actions in Northern Ireland is a "personal priority" for her.

Amber Rudd today announced a major rollback on benefits sanctions and said she hoped any damage done to the Tory brand by the controversial regime could be reversed.

Arfon MP Hywel Williams writes: "Plaid Cymru is calling for Wales’ European funding to be doubled in order to jumpstart our economy and provide a much-needed boost to working people’s income".

Labour is to launch a Commons bid to force the Government to maintain free TV licences for older people.

Philip Hammond has ditched plans to scrap 1p and 2p coins as part of plans to stop the UK going cashless.

The Government must urgently address problems with UC and make sure that our benefits system works for anyone who needs it.

Jeremy Corbyn heaped praise on a book which suggested banks and the media were controlled by Jews, it has emerged.

If the Department for Work and Pensions is confident that Universal Credit is operationally ready to begin the managed migration pilot, there is no explanation for not setting and meeting the tests to demonstrate this, says Frank Field MP.

The DWP risks leaving benefit claimants "destitute" if it fails to properly prepare for the roll-out of Universal Credit, a group of influential MPs has warned.

The Ministry of Justice are working hard to make the Children’s Funeral Fund a reality in England, like it is in other parts of the UK. But a year really is too long to wait, says Carolyn Harris MP.

Scottish Labour's former deputy leader Anas Sarwar has claimed he was "barred" from giving evidence at a "deeply flawed" probe into allegations of Islamophobia against him.

Nicola Sturgeon will declare that it is “time for Scotland to become independent” as she calls on Theresa May to U-turn on ministers' refusal to consider a fresh referendum.

Talks aimed at restoring devolved government in Northern Ireland are to restart in the wake of the murder of journalist Lyra McKee.

A row has erupted over a former aide to Jeremy Corbyn being put in charge of Labour's complaints unit.

New figures from the Trussell Trust show that the number of emergency food parcels their network has given to people in the past year has increased by 19% increase on the previous year. With around half of people resorting to foodbanks because of Universal Credit (UC) delays.

Ministers have been urged to ditch pensioner perks including free bus passes and TV licenses in favour of higher public spending on the issues affecting young people.

A major food bank charity has called on ministers to slash the wait faced by first-time Universal Credit claimants following their busiest year yet.

The Government must urgently address the “grave” and “systemic” breaches of women’s rights flagged up in relation to Northern Ireland's abortion laws, MPs have warned.

The Bishop of Durham writes following his House of Lords question on the impact of the two-child limit on the per-child element of Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit payments on child poverty and child development'.

Nicola Sturgeon has said that a second Scottish independence referendum should be held within two years if the UK has left the European Union by then.