The UK’s Universal Credit programme, which aims to roll six forms of state welfare including unemployment and housing benefits into one, was launched in 2010 with the aim of supporting people to work.

The site once held a prisoner-of-war camp and a cholera hospital before being converted into a Victorian workhouse, archaeologists said. Screengrab from Cotswold Archaeology's Facebook post Along the ...

The Medium Security Institution, commonly called the Workhouse, has been in the news recently again, as activists continue to fight for its closure. But the history of the prison, now located on Hall ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The National Archives and the National Trust launched a new Web site on Wednesday offering a glimpse into the often cruel life of a workhouse in the Victorian age. Workhouses were ...

Sir Tony Robinson visits excavations of the workhouse that inspired Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist'. To find out more, do check out the websites of some of our expert contributors: A big thanks to ...

The owners of a Victorian workhouse are trying to get funding to repair part of the roof. The former Llanfyllin Union Workhouse in Powys, known locally as Y Dolydd, opened in 1839 and could house up ...

A United Nations report on poverty in the United Kingdom has painted a damning picture of a nation where “compassion” for the poorest has been replaced with a “mean-spirited” approach reminiscent of ...

Along the River Avon in southwest England, the city of Bristol has centuries of history. The harbor town was first incorporated in 1155, and soon became a major port through the export of wool from ...