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70% of families living 'on the edge', finds survey
Nearly three quarters of UK families say they are ‘on the edge’ of surviving, with one in five mothers missing meals so their children can eat, according to a survey by Mumsnet.
16 February 2012

Carers 'disproportionately hit' by government cuts
Carers will be disproportionately hit by government benefit cuts over the coming years, research published today shows.
04 January 2012

UK children's commissioners want review of effect of cuts
The four UK Children's Commissioners have called for an urgent reassessment of the impact of government spending cuts on the needs of vulnerable children.
21 November 2011

Welfare Rights: Disabled children face slide into poverty
The proposed introduction of universal credit, replacing income support, tax credits and housing benefit, from 2013 could massively affect social work practice, writes Gary Vaux One particular change will cost some families with a disabled child up to £1,400 a year - and these families are already more likely to be in poverty and using social services support. The Welfare Reform Bill is now going through parliament so these proposals could change but this seems unlikely, despite furious lobbying from disabled children's charities and parents. At present, children who receive any rate of disability living allowance (DLA) are also entitled to up to two additional sums of money from child tax credits (CTC). Under universal credit, however, families will be entitled to only one additional sum of money. For the most severely disabled children this will still equate to a similar amount. Those with severe visual impairments may even gain signif
11 November 2011

Benefits cap 'will plunge 200,000 children deeper into poverty'
About 200,000 children will be plunged deeper into poverty under the government's proposed benefits cap, according to latest analysis by The Children's Society.
12 September 2011

Elderly people
The population of the UK is ageing bringing new challenges for the social care system.
18 August 2011

Fears for vulnerable people as poverty payments axed
Vulnerable people will lose vital support from the government's decision to press ahead with plans to scrap a national system of poverty payments, warn charities. Picture: Alamy
24 June 2011

Research: how the recession is affecting adult social services
Academic Trish Hafford-Letchfield examines research that casts light on the impact of the recession on local authority adult care services
11 June 2011

Charities slam government plan to scrap poverty payments
Fifteen charities have slammed the government's consultation on scrapping national poverty payments, accusing it of containing "no analysis" of the needs of vulnerable recipients who stand to be driven deeper into poverty.
15 April 2011

Ministers accused of 'mean-spirited' attack on poorer people
The government has been accused of a "mean-spirited attack" on vulnerable people after deciding to restrict poor families' access to interest-free loans to see them through crises.
03 March 2011

Welfare rights experts slam poverty payment plans
Legislation to give councils responsibility for emergency poverty payments contravenes social work values, and would harm practitioners' relationships with service users and deepen poverty. That was the warning from welfare rights experts after the government included plans to localise the payment of discretionary community care grants and crisis loans under the Social Fund in the Welfare Reform Bill, published last week.
21 February 2011

Benefit changes 'put more children into poverty'
The number of children in absolute poverty will rise by 200,000 within three years because of the government's tax and benefit reforms, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
16 December 2010

Frank Field report: 'shift money from benefits to early years'
The government should shift child benefit funding to early years services to increase the life chances of poorer children, says report by Frank Field
03 December 2010

What the spending review welfare cuts mean for social care
The £7bn cuts in benefit spending announced in the comprehensive spending review, along with £11bn in welfare cuts from the Budget, will have significant implications for social care, says Gary Vaux.
26 October 2010

Welfare changes will increase pressure on children's services
Welfare reforms announced in the comprehensive spending review are likely to create more children in need
22 October 2010

Poorest will be hit hardest by spending cuts, warns IFS
Poorer families and those who benefit most from public services will be hardest hit by chancellor George Osborne's "regressive" spending review, experts have warned. (Picture: Rex)
22 October 2010

Campaigners reject Osborne's child poverty claims
Campaigners have blasted George Osborne's declaration that public spending cuts will have "no measurable impact" on child poverty.
20 October 2010

Fallout from benefits cuts set to land on social workers
The chancellor's announcement last week of a benefits cap could see children's services in some areas swamped with new cases, experts are warning.
11 October 2010

Incapacity benefit and housing benefit scrapped
Incapacity benefit and housing benefit will be scrapped to generate £9bn of cuts to benefits under plans agreed by the Chancellor and Iain Duncan Smith,...
01 October 2010

Housing benefit cuts could leave thousands homeless in London
Ministers are pursuing a populist welfare cuts agenda and turning a deaf ear to the consequences of cutting housing benefit, an adults' social services director has warned.
22 September 2010