Just 21 people have received non-financial benefit sanctions since the new traffic light scheme took effect. That is despite the government at the time describing them as a "very fair and reasonable" ...

The Labour Government is floating a more lenient approach to benefit sanctions that would shield claimants from having their payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) docked after a ...

Benefit claimants could be spared sanctions for first breaches of welfare rules under a softer sanctions regime being tested by Labour. Under the current system, jobseekers must prove they are ...