The King’s Speech was missing one thing – any reference to a shake-up of social security. Sean O’Grady assesses the prospects for change – and how long it might take ...

First Minister John Swinney has accused the UK government of taking an "absolutely appalling" approach to welfare reform. MPs have backed changes to the social security system, but only after Labour ...

YouGov polling revealed that in all but five of 634 constituencies in the UK, voters said that the welfare system is too easy ...

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks a year in office this week, fighting a rebellion from his own party in a vote Tuesday on welfare reform and reckoning with a sluggish economy and ...

Nigel Farage made a clear attempt to win over Labour’s core working-class voters by calling for expanding welfare payments and cutting taxes. What was far less clear: How the Reform UK leader would ...

More than half a million households receive more in benefits than the average worker's salary, a shocking analysis has ...

(Bloomberg) -- Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said she will reform the UK’s welfare system as part of a government drive to find savings that help plug a hole in the public finances. “We’ve ...

Reform UK will scrap “gold-plated” pensions for public sector workers from 2030 if it wins the next election. The Telegraph understands that doctors, teachers, civil servants and other employees ...