“I am just surviving”: Life in the Manchester areas with the highest numbers on housing benefit
The Manchester ward of Harpurhey is home to 1,854 people claiming Local Housing Allowance (LHA), the most in Manchester, according
Oldham MP calls on Chancellor to increase social security ahead of Autumn Statement
An MP for Oldham has urged the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to use the Autumn Statement to increase social security in
Manchester is child poverty hotspot, says new report
Children in Greater Manchester experience some of the highest rates of poverty in the UK, a new national report has
Demand for food banks to remain high despite UK easing lockdown
The need for food banks, hygiene banks and baby banks shows no signs of levelling off despite the UK coming
Revealed: Manchester City Council failed to collect nearly £70MILLION in council tax since 2010
Manchester City Council failed to collect more than £67million in council tax since 2010.
‘Counterproductive’: Mental health charity Mind calls for ‘fundamental’ government rethink on benefit cuts
The Government has ‘failed its duty of care’ to people with mental health problems, according to a senior figure in Manchester Mind charity.
‘Faith is my anchor, it kept me from drowning’: Manchester shares stories for World Mental Health Day
Today is World Mental Health Day and, with one in four adults suffering from some form of mental illness, now is the time to start talking about it.
Family the ‘bedrock’ of welfare reform, says Duncan Smith at Tory Conference
Family is the ‘bedrock’ of any good society and the government’s welfare reforms, said Iain Duncan Smith at the Manchester Conservative Party Conference today.
Oldham MP calls on Cameron to investigate ‘insensitive’ IDS for benefits ‘fraud’
Labour MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, Debbie Abrahams, calls for Prime Minister David Cameron to launch an investigation into Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith for falsifying benefits claimants’ quotes.
‘You should be ashamed’: Oldham MP takes aim at Government over ‘fit for work’ death figures
Figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions this week showed that between December 2011 and February 2014 that around 90 people a month died within weeks of being taken off employment and support allowance (ESA) having been assessed as fit to work by a Government contractor.
‘You’re a disgrace’: Oldham MP calls for IDS resignation over fake sanctions leaflet
Ms Abrahams, who is a member of the work and pensions select committee, said Mr Duncan Smith was a ‘disgrace’ following revelations that the Department for Work and Pensions created a leaflet about sanctions containing made-up quotes attributed to non-existent benefit claimants.