Benefits

Here’s when people got the disability cost of living payment – and what to do if yours is missing
Cost of living crisis

Here’s when people got the disability cost of living payment – and what to do if yours is missing

Councils wasting millions in taxpayer cash fighting families of disabled kids – and losing
Education

Councils wasting millions in taxpayer cash fighting families of disabled kids – and losing

Mum feared her family would end up ‘living in a tent’ after no-fault eviction notice
End Housing Insecurity Now

Mum feared her family would end up ‘living in a tent’ after no-fault eviction notice

How government blows tens of millions in taxpayer cash fighting disability benefit claims
Disability benefits

How government blows tens of millions in taxpayer cash fighting disability benefit claims

Number of people on benefits who can’t afford rent has almost doubled since before pandemic
Housing

Number of people on benefits who can’t afford rent has almost doubled since before pandemic

State pension rise due to triple lock will be ‘wholly unfair’ on benefits claimants, charities warn
Pensions

State pension rise due to triple lock will be ‘wholly unfair’ on benefits claimants, charities warn

Blind woman mistakenly refused disability benefits by DWP: ‘I was in shock’
Disability benefits

Blind woman mistakenly refused disability benefits by DWP: ‘I was in shock’

Disability benefits companies used to be fined millions by DWP – but not anymore. What happened?
Disability benefits

Disability benefits companies used to be fined millions by DWP – but not anymore. What happened?

Government’s new welfare reforms could cause ‘huge anxiety for disabled people’
Disability benefits

Government’s new welfare reforms could cause ‘huge anxiety for disabled people’

Disabled people face ‘harrowing’ and ‘inhumane’ benefits assessments, MPs warn in Westminster debate
Disability benefits

Disabled people face ‘harrowing’ and ‘inhumane’ benefits assessments, MPs warn in Westminster debate

Young man who died by suicide feared DWP would take disability benefits away
Disability benefits

Young man who died by suicide feared DWP would take disability benefits away

Disabled people are disproportionately affected by homelessness – and getting support feels ‘nearly impossible’
Homelessness

Disabled people are disproportionately affected by homelessness – and getting support feels ‘nearly impossible’

The DWP disability benefits system has ‘failed people living with Parkinson’s for a decade’
Disability benefits

The DWP disability benefits system has ‘failed people living with Parkinson’s for a decade’

DWP warned over disability benefits failures that leave disabled people in ‘psychological distress’
Disability benefits

DWP warned over disability benefits failures that leave disabled people in ‘psychological distress’

‘The juggle is real’: Single parents, childcare and how Big Issue Recruit can help
Big Issue Recruit

‘The juggle is real’: Single parents, childcare and how Big Issue Recruit can help

DWP faces disability benefits backlog as record 430,000 people wait for PIP review
Disability benefits

DWP faces disability benefits backlog as record 430,000 people wait for PIP review

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‘The DWP refused me PIP and took universal credit deductions because my landlord told them to. How am I supposed to live?’
Disability benefits

‘The DWP refused me PIP and took universal credit deductions because my landlord told them to. How am I supposed to live?’

This teenager with MS is fighting for change after DWP universal credit waiting times forced her to use food banks
Universal credit

This teenager with MS is fighting for change after DWP universal credit waiting times forced her to use food banks

‘Stressful and depressing’: More of your stories from DWP benefits assessments
Your views

‘Stressful and depressing’: More of your stories from DWP benefits assessments

Half a million seriously ill and disabled people could have universal credit cut under DWP plans
Universal credit

Half a million seriously ill and disabled people could have universal credit cut under DWP plans