What we know about Labour’s plan for people on benefits

The government plans to overhaul the benefits system and has unveiled proposals to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall criticised the former government's "strivers versus profiteers" rhetoric as she unveiled plans to reform the DWP on Tuesday.

In her first major speech since taking over the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Kendall said she would seek fundamental reform of the department. She said the DWP would "move from a department for welfare to a department for work". She said the current system was "too fragmented and centralised" and that "the Conservatives are more concerned ...