Exclusive: tech firm admits algorithm weighs claimants’ age, which is protected in equality lawAn automated system that screens welfare claimants for Read More
Jul 18, 2021
Welfare
May 12, 2021
Cross-party MPs aim to force government to rectify rights breaches
Stella Creasy and David Davis leading attempt to protect at-risk women and extend bereavement benefits to unmarried parents A cross-party coalition of Read More
Mar 01, 2021
Lawyers to argue for mother and baby’s right to Healthy Start in UK
Exclusive: Scheme aiming to reduce child poverty and health inequalities excludes some of poorest familiesAn 11-month-old baby and her mother are Read More
Sep 15, 2020
Women lose court of appeal challenge against UK pension change
Judges rule that raising state pension age did not amount to unlawful discrimination Increasing the age at which women born in the UK in the 1950s are Read More
Aug 31, 2020
Robodebt class action lawsuit is not ready and contains ‘obvious errors’, federal judge says
Justice Bernard Murphy has asked for more evidence of Gordon Legal’s claim the government knew Centrelink’s program was unlawful The class action Read More
Jun 10, 2020
Robodebt: total value of unlawful debts issued under Centrelink scheme to exceed $1bn
Exclusive: three-quarters of all money banked from the welfare program will likely go through the refund process or be wipedThe true value of all Read More
Nov 13, 2019
UK government loses supreme court fight over bedroom tax
Judgment will restore full housing benefit to at least 155 partners of disabled peopleThe supreme court has ruled against the UK government’s attempts Read More
Oct 03, 2019
Women not entitled to pension age change compensation, high court rules
Nearly 4m women born in 1950s not entitled to restitution over pension age rise, judges ruleAlmost 4 million women born in the 1950s will not be Read More
Apr 30, 2019
Anthony Douglas: ‘I survived a miserable childhood. I’ve refused to be beaten since’ | David Brindle
The outgoing head of Cafcass on his fight to turn around the once ‘disastrous’ family court support service for childrenWhen Anthony Douglas was Read More
Apr 30, 2019
Anthony Douglas: ‘I survived a miserable childhood. I’ve refused to be beaten since’ | David Brindle
The outgoing head of Cafcass on his fight to turn around the once ‘disastrous’ family court support service for childrenWhen Anthony Douglas was Read More
Apr 19, 2019
Benefits claimant ‘disgusted’ by DWP after ‘lying bitch’ comment
Woman forced to appeal against incorrect PIP decisions three times in five yearsA woman called a “lying bitch” in official tribunal papers by welfare Read More
Apr 19, 2019
Tribunal restores benefit payments to acid attack victim
British woman had been told she was fit to work despite being in constant painThe victim of an acid attack who suffered 50% burns to her face and body Read More