Benefits

Stigma faced by benefit claimants is baseless. It’s like Donald Trump saying immigrants eat pets
Kate Anderson

Stigma faced by benefit claimants is baseless. It’s like Donald Trump saying immigrants eat pets

Kate Anderson, a research fellow at the University of York, writes about stigma faced by universal credit claimants – and why the Labour government must look at Social Security Scotland as an example for making a positive difference

Labour doubles down on slashing billions from DWP’s disability benefits bill
Disability benefits

Labour doubles down on slashing billions from DWP’s disability benefits bill

A High Court judge ruled the previous government’s consultation into reforming disability benefits was unlawful

DWP’s ‘misleading and unfair’ consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules
Disability benefits

DWP’s ‘misleading and unfair’ consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules

Tory ministers presented reforms to disability benefits as a way to support disabled people into work – and they would have seen many worse off by at least £416.19 per month

Can people actually self-diagnose with mental illness and claim disability benefits?
Benefits

Can people actually self-diagnose with mental illness and claim disability benefits?

‘Rushed implementation’ of AI in DWP benefits system could ‘harm’ people, experts fear
Department for Work and Pensions

‘Rushed implementation’ of AI in DWP benefits system could ‘harm’ people, experts fear

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Disability benefit reforms and universal credit rise: All the DWP benefit changes to expect in 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Disability benefit reforms and universal credit rise: All the DWP benefit changes to expect in 2025

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know
benefits

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know

Child tax credit: Do you qualify?
benefits

Child tax credit: Do you qualify?

Help with funeral costs: Know your options
Funeral poverty

Help with funeral costs: Know your options

Widowed parent’s allowance: What you should know
cost of living

Widowed parent’s allowance: What you should know

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials
poverty

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help
Housing

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help

DWP benefit payment dates in January 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in January 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year

DWP’s bank account spying plan is an attack on the poor. It must be scrapped in 2025
Susannah Copson

DWP’s bank account spying plan is an attack on the poor. It must be scrapped in 2025

Disabled people were celebrated in 2024 – so why are so many fearing 2025?
Richard Kramer

Disabled people were celebrated in 2024 – so why are so many fearing 2025?

Homelessness doesn’t have to rise in 2025 – here’s what can be done to turn the tide
Nick Redmore

Homelessness doesn’t have to rise in 2025 – here’s what can be done to turn the tide

‘You want it to be magical for your kids’: Here’s how the two-child benefit cap is ruining Christmas
Two-child benefit cap

‘You want it to be magical for your kids’: Here’s how the two-child benefit cap is ruining Christmas

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait
Benefits

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait

Prices rise at highest rate in months: ‘Families are still struggling with the cost of living’
Inflation

Prices rise at highest rate in months: ‘Families are still struggling with the cost of living’

Too many people wouldn’t be able to cope with an unforeseen cost of £1,000 – that needs to change
Opinion

Too many people wouldn’t be able to cope with an unforeseen cost of £1,000 – that needs to change

AI was meant to make the DWP benefits system more efficient. Instead it’s brought bias and hunger
Iris Lim

AI was meant to make the DWP benefits system more efficient. Instead it’s brought bias and hunger

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Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It’s now time for Labour to act
Ruth Patrick

Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It’s now time for Labour to act

Here’s when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024
Benefits

Here’s when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024

What benefits can I claim?
Benefits

What benefits can I claim?

We descended on Downing Street to demand an end to child poverty. This is what happened
Jo Barker-Marsh and Ruth Patrick

We descended on Downing Street to demand an end to child poverty. This is what happened