Benefits

Revealed: 1.3 million people with cancer, arthritis and more could lose PIP under Labour’s benefit cuts
Disability benefits

Revealed: 1.3 million people with cancer, arthritis and more could lose PIP under Labour’s benefit cuts

‘Taking money away from disabled people does not mean our needs will go away’

Letters: Stop assuming everyone with a house is somehow rich and without problems
Letters

Letters: Stop assuming everyone with a house is somehow rich and without problems

A land tax on houses would target all the wrong people, says a reader

DWP urged to withdraw ‘dangerous’ and ‘inaccessible’ consultation into benefit cuts
Disability benefits

DWP urged to withdraw ‘dangerous’ and ‘inaccessible’ consultation into benefit cuts

The government has been accused of ‘preventing people whose lives are impacted by these decisions from sharing their concerns’ in the consultation on disability benefits reforms

Blind people feel ‘anxious and outraged’ over Labour’s benefit cuts: ‘I’m struggling as it is’
Disability benefits

Blind people feel ‘anxious and outraged’ over Labour’s benefit cuts: ‘I’m struggling as it is’

Torture survivors face ‘gruelling’ process to get disability benefits – and it could get even worse
Disability benefits

Torture survivors face ‘gruelling’ process to get disability benefits – and it could get even worse

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Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection, Labour told
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection, Labour told

I’m buying fruit and veg for my kids on ‘buy now, pay later’. The two-child benefit cap needs to go
Two-child benefit cap

I’m buying fruit and veg for my kids on ‘buy now, pay later’. The two-child benefit cap needs to go

‘Time for radical thinking’: What’s the bigger picture behind Reeves’ dramatic benefit cuts?
Spring statement

‘Time for radical thinking’: What’s the bigger picture behind Reeves’ dramatic benefit cuts?

Energy bills are rising this April. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
Cost of living crisis

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

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 
John Bird

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 

DWP ordered to correct ‘entirely misleading’ claim about universal credit claimants looking for work
Benefits

DWP ordered to correct ‘entirely misleading’ claim about universal credit claimants looking for work

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?
Letters

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about
Social Justice

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about

DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
Benefits

DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

DWP ‘work coach shortage’ could undermine Labour’s bid to help disabled people into work
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP ‘work coach shortage’ could undermine Labour’s bid to help disabled people into work

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: ‘It’s a terrible situation’
Ruth Talbot

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: ‘It’s a terrible situation’

Rachel Reeves doubles down on welfare cuts in Spring Statement: ‘This is change for the worse’
Spring Statement

Rachel Reeves doubles down on welfare cuts in Spring Statement: ‘This is change for the worse’

‘Welfare not warfare’: Disabled people hold Downing Street protest over Spring Statement benefit cuts
Spring Statement

‘Welfare not warfare’: Disabled people hold Downing Street protest over Spring Statement benefit cuts

Benefit cuts and big housebuilding promises: What Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement means for you
Spring Statement

Benefit cuts and big housebuilding promises: What Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement means for you

There’s no defence for raiding the social security pot
John Bird

There’s no defence for raiding the social security pot

We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected
Mikey Erhardt

We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected

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Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs
Poverty line

Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs

Labour’s rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty
Anela Anwar

Labour’s rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty

Here’s how to make your voice heard against the DWP’s disability benefit cuts
Disability benefits

Here’s how to make your voice heard against the DWP’s disability benefit cuts

UK loses £118bn a year to poor mental health. Cutting benefits is not the answer
Oliver Chantler

UK loses £118bn a year to poor mental health. Cutting benefits is not the answer