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10/03/2025

Environment Secretary Steve Reed MP ignores the question on concerns about welfare cuts and then says 'Only work can lead to a happy life.'

Very poor choice of words that.....

08/03/2025

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall got annoyed on BBC Breakfast when asked if the DWP has assessed how welfare cuts will affect the most vulnerable.

03/03/2025

How to tackle welfare rules that worsen job quality

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall should read this great piece on how forcing Universal Credit claimants to take any job worsens productivity and quality of life.

Current welfare rules force those on benefits to take up any job that’s available, with no consideration of its financial viability, future prospects, or suitability to people’s other n…

01/03/2025

Highland Council says £70m of benefits are unclaimed in THEIR AREA alone.

It's imperative local authorities and government do more to inform people of their entitlements.

The local authority says the figure includes 3,000 people who have not taken up pension credits.

31/05/2023

🎧🎙️On this week's podcast, host Reya El-Salahi, Hyphen Europe commissioning editor Phoebe Greenwood, freelance journalist Alex Tiffin and writer and commentator Rabina Khan on Erdogan’s victory and whether the outrage over the TikTok prankster Mizzy is justified.

Plus: comedian Ava Vidal on why she converted to Islam.

Hyphen journalists and guests discuss President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's recent election victory and the political fallout from the release of the UK’s latest migration figures