Benefits

Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes
Housing benefit

Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes

The government pledged to stop supported housing landlords claiming taxpayer cash as well as injecting £350m into bid to build more affordable housing

Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP
Letters

Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP

Rather than penalising claimants, we must realise that everyone has a part to play in the economy

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’
Disability benefits

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’

A freedom of information (FOI) request, brought by a campaigner who goes by the name of Ben Claimant, found the nine-month legal action cost the DWP almost half a million pounds

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an ‘assault’ on the ‘disabled, sick and elderly’
Benefit fraud

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an ‘assault’ on the ‘disabled, sick and elderly’

Labour warned ‘one size doesn’t fit all’ over plan to ‘help’ neurodivergent people on benefits into work
Employment

Labour warned ‘one size doesn’t fit all’ over plan to ‘help’ neurodivergent people on benefits into work

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Labour’s housing benefit freeze leaves almost one million children at risk of poverty
Housing benefit

Labour’s housing benefit freeze leaves almost one million children at risk of poverty

Letters: Cut, cut, cut benefits… it’s the Tory Labour way
Letters

Letters: Cut, cut, cut benefits… it’s the Tory Labour way

Labour’s housing benefit freeze will cost low-income renters hundreds of pounds a year
Housing benefits

Labour’s housing benefit freeze will cost low-income renters hundreds of pounds a year

The benefits system is broken – and disabled people pay the price for the DWP’s ‘poor service’
Evan John

The benefits system is broken – and disabled people pay the price for the DWP’s ‘poor service’

Disabled Brits suffering ‘unacceptably poor’ treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds
Disability benefits

Disabled Brits suffering ‘unacceptably poor’ treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds

Labour must invest in benefits system to lift children out of poverty, shameful report finds
Child poverty

Labour must invest in benefits system to lift children out of poverty, shameful report finds

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say
Disability benefits

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as ‘one of the biggest assaults on welfare in a generation’
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as ‘one of the biggest assaults on welfare in a generation’

I’m made to feel like a burden for claiming benefits from the DWP. It’s not a way of life – it’s torture
Karen

I’m made to feel like a burden for claiming benefits from the DWP. It’s not a way of life – it’s torture

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here’s why
Social housing

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here’s why

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

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

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

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

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

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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