A hardship fund worth £180m a year will be abolished from 2015 as part of the latest Welfare Reform Act, the Guardian reports. The Department for Work and Pensions fund is used to help vulnerable people in emergency or crisis situations, and the government will recommend that those affected apply instead for government-sponsored loans.
The parliamentary defence committee is to review the support offered to the families of armed forces personnel as part of its new inquiry into military casualties. The committee is to look at the support services available to families of servicemen and women who are bereaved or severely injured. It follows concerns about the number of people who may go on to develop severe and life-limiting, physical, mental health, alcohol or neurological problems. The deadline for submission is 21 February.
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