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Two-Child Limit: Discriminating against families locally as well as nationally
As the legal and political challenge to the two-child limit on Tax Credits and Universal Credit gathers pace, many local authorities are also quietly applying it to their local Council Tax Reduction schemes
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Universal Credit – Fast track to a food bank
Z2K's Tenancy Engagement Officer, Eimear Twomey, explains how one of her clients has been left without enough to live on after being put onto Universal Credit
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The benefit cap unfairly hits people who are unable to work
As MPs reopen their enquiry into the benefit cap, Z2K Policy Director Marc Francis outlines the injustices of the cap and why we’re arguing for change
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Latest News
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Z2K gives evidence to Work & Pensions Select Committee Benefit Cap Inquiry
In October, Z2K’s Policy & Campaigns Director gave evidence to the Work & Pensions Select Committee as part of its inquiry into the impact of the Government’s Benefit Cap. Watch here see why we think the cap should be scrapped and hope the committee will at least recommend that all disabled people, lone parents with young children and homeless households should be exempted from it.
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Z2K clients speak out on Channel 4 News
Two of Z2K's clients, Simon and Elizabeth, have spoken out on Channel 4 News about the Government's mistreatment of ill and disabled people claiming social security payments.
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Z2K publishes new report on disability benefits
Z2K has published a new report showing how the Government's harsh policies are preventing disabled and unwell people from getting the disability payments they are entitled to.
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