Benefits

Why disabled people are worried that the Timms Review could be used as a cover for PIP cuts
Mikey Erhardt

Why disabled people are worried that the Timms Review could be used as a cover for PIP cuts

Mikey Erhardt, a campaigner for Disability Rights UK, expresses concern about what the Timms Review will mean for personal independence payment (PIP) in the future

Farage puts pints over poverty with plan to cut price of beer by reinstating two-child benefit cap
Politics

Farage puts pints over poverty with plan to cut price of beer by reinstating two-child benefit cap

The Reform UK leader laid out his proposal to boost hospitality as Labour’s bill to end the two-child benefit limit and lift 450,000 kids out of poverty progressed through parliament

Disabled people appointed to co-produce Timms review of PIP: ‘This opportunity cannot be wasted’
Disability benefits

Disabled people appointed to co-produce Timms review of PIP: ‘This opportunity cannot be wasted’

Most of the people on the newly-elected steering group have lived experience of disability or claiming personal independence payment (PIP)

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: ‘The impact of these errors is brutal’
Benefits

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: ‘The impact of these errors is brutal’

Disability benefit claimants at risk of poverty because of ‘poor service’ from DWP, MPs warn
Poverty

Disability benefit claimants at risk of poverty because of ‘poor service’ from DWP, MPs warn

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How to survive the cold weather when you’re struggling to pay your bills
Cost of living

How to survive the cold weather when you’re struggling to pay your bills

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked
Benefits

Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked

The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it
Austerity

The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it

‘I’m praying’: From hope to fear, here’s how parents feel about the new child poverty strategy
Child poverty strategy

‘I’m praying’: From hope to fear, here’s how parents feel about the new child poverty strategy

Scrapping the two-child limit was just the start. The child poverty strategy has to go further
Thea Jaffe

Scrapping the two-child limit was just the start. The child poverty strategy has to go further

How scrapping the two-child benefit cap could stop divorcing families sliding into poverty
Kate Daly

How scrapping the two-child benefit cap could stop divorcing families sliding into poverty

‘Benefits Street’ is a devastatingly low blow for children living in poverty in the UK
Joseph Howes

‘Benefits Street’ is a devastatingly low blow for children living in poverty in the UK

Revealed: MPs rack up huge taxpayer-funded rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
Exclusive

Revealed: MPs rack up huge taxpayer-funded rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits

Rachel Reeves cracks down on benefit fraud. How much could she really save – and at what cost?
Benefit fraud

Rachel Reeves cracks down on benefit fraud. How much could she really save – and at what cost?

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
Autumn budget

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?

Labour’s choice to freeze local housing allowance will ‘condemn thousands to another grim winter’
Renting

Labour’s choice to freeze local housing allowance will ‘condemn thousands to another grim winter’

Two-child benefit cap axed and wage hikes: What Rachel Reeves’ autumn budget means for your money
Autumn budget

Two-child benefit cap axed and wage hikes: What Rachel Reeves’ autumn budget means for your money

Scotland’s social security system treated me better as a disabled person. DWP must take notes
Caroline Cawley

Scotland’s social security system treated me better as a disabled person. DWP must take notes

Families have hope for the first time this budget. Anything other than bold moves will let them down
Moazzam Malik

Families have hope for the first time this budget. Anything other than bold moves will let them down

Britain’s cruel war on single mums must end. It’s time to scrap the two-child limit and benefit cap
Ruth Talbot

Britain’s cruel war on single mums must end. It’s time to scrap the two-child limit and benefit cap

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What we have learned after 15 years of universal credit – and what must change
Lucy Bannister

What we have learned after 15 years of universal credit – and what must change

Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials
Ayaz Manji

Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials

15 years on, it’s time we made universal credit the game changer it can be 
Iain Porter

15 years on, it’s time we made universal credit the game changer it can be 

Universal credit sanctions more ‘severe’ and ‘damaging’ than criminal fines, report finds
Universal credit

Universal credit sanctions more ‘severe’ and ‘damaging’ than criminal fines, report finds