When the Government launched the Welfare Reform Bill in February 2010, it was heralded as the biggest shake-up of a welfare system since the New Deal was first introduced in the United States 60 years ...

Several charities that have closed in recent months believe a government work scheme is partly to blame for their demise, a BBC investigation has found. The Work Programme makes payments to ...

A new employment support scheme has been launched by Norfolk County Council to help people who are struggling to find or keep work.

A former employee of three separate Work Programme providers describes how staff members were compelled to increase sanctions in order to hit financial targets. By Philip Hegarty From 2011, at the ...

The Government's flagship welfare-to-work programme deserves credit for producing results at least as good as previous systems at a "greatly reduced" cost, but should do better, MPs say. The Work and ...