UNISON women steady themselves for the fight
Women's conference tackles a raft of business, with the general election result as a common thread
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Category: Universal credit
Conference sets campaigning tasks on universal credit
Speakers talk of the devastation caused by Conservative attacks on benefits and the most vulnerable in society
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Chancellor should ditch the two-child limit to universal credit and tax credits, says UNISON
The chancellor should use tomorrow’s spring statement to scrap the rules that penalise low-income families applying for universal credit and tax credits, says UNISON today (Tuesday). Any parents...
Blog: Five weeks is too long
It’s difficult to see how Universal Credit can continue to deliver anything but misery for many. It’s difficult to see how any government – even this one – can justify ploughing on regardless in the...
Blog: UNISON will always stand with those facing the brunt of this government’s brutality
Universal Credit needs to be halted before more people suffer and lose out.
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U-turn welcome but two-child limit should go for everyone, says UNISON
UNISON welcomes government’s decision not to extend the two-child limit
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Blog: Universal credit has been a disaster for the poor and vulnerable – it must be halted
It’s difficult to see how Universal Credit can deliver anything but misery. It’s difficult to see how any government – even this one – can justify ploughing on regardless in the face of such...
‘Empty nest’ couples and people without children robbed of benefit boost, says UNISON
Low-paid working couples who receive benefits and whose children have left home will be denied a pay boost by the Chancellor, UNISON said today (Wednesday). Childless people on universal credit will...
UNISON puts pressure on Treasury to increase universal credit work allowance
The government must reverse its cuts to universal credit so that workers are allowed to keep more of the money they earn every month, says UNISON today (Thursday). Millions of workers on the minimum...
Changes to the way universal credit is introduced are a sensible move, says UNISON
UNISON welcomes assurances that ‘in work conditionality' will be put on pause
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