Benefits

‘I’m in crippling debt’: Brits are falling behind on bills in record numbers amid cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

‘I’m in crippling debt’: Brits are falling behind on bills in record numbers amid cost of living crisis

DWP faces ‘outrage’ and ‘paranoia’ if it continues plans to ‘spy’ on bank accounts
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP faces ‘outrage’ and ‘paranoia’ if it continues plans to ‘spy’ on bank accounts

Jeremy Hunt’s last-minute household support fund reprieve is too little, too late
Sabine Goodwin

Jeremy Hunt’s last-minute household support fund reprieve is too little, too late

Jeremy Hunt’s decision to ignore homelessness emergency in Spring Budget is dangerous
Rick Henderson

Jeremy Hunt’s decision to ignore homelessness emergency in Spring Budget is dangerous

DWP sparks protests by disability activists over benefit sanctions and ‘inhumane deaths’
Disability benefits

DWP sparks protests by disability activists over benefit sanctions and ‘inhumane deaths’

It’s truly heartbreaking how often food bank guests are punished because they can’t find work
Charlotte White

It’s truly heartbreaking how often food bank guests are punished because they can’t find work

One in five people see DWP benefits stopped for not switching to universal credit
Universal credit

One in five people see DWP benefits stopped for not switching to universal credit

‘It’s a win-win solution’: Building social housing could add £50bn to UK economy, study finds
Housing crisis

‘It’s a win-win solution’: Building social housing could add £50bn to UK economy, study finds

Disabled people on benefits aren’t to blame for UK’s recession – the Tories are
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Disabled people on benefits aren’t to blame for UK’s recession – the Tories are

More than half of people on universal credit going without food because they can’t afford it
Food banks

More than half of people on universal credit going without food because they can’t afford it

Millions on universal credit left cold, without food and in debt – because the system is failing us
Helen Barnard

Millions on universal credit left cold, without food and in debt – because the system is failing us

DWP benefit dates for March 2024 and other help as cost of living payments end
Benefits

DWP benefit dates for March 2024 and other help as cost of living payments end

Letters: Our 20-year tax fight with HMRC made us ill
Letters

Letters: Our 20-year tax fight with HMRC made us ill

Jobcentre work coach driven to suicide attempt by ‘bullying’ culture at DWP: ‘I felt worthless’
Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentre work coach driven to suicide attempt by ‘bullying’ culture at DWP: ‘I felt worthless’

Disabled benefit claimants recall ‘cruel and traumatic’ DWP video assessments: ‘It’s no way to live’
DWP

Disabled benefit claimants recall ‘cruel and traumatic’ DWP video assessments: ‘It’s no way to live’

‘Mummy can’t afford it’: Families worry about coping as DWP cost of living payments come to an end
Cost of living

‘Mummy can’t afford it’: Families worry about coping as DWP cost of living payments come to an end

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Most people who use food banks are disabled. We can do better than this – and we must
Heather Buckingham

Most people who use food banks are disabled. We can do better than this – and we must

Landlords to get £70bn in government housing support. Here’s how that money could be better spent
A modest proposal

Landlords to get £70bn in government housing support. Here’s how that money could be better spent

‘An absolute disgrace’: Benefit claimants share stories of being plunged into debt by DWP
The Big Issue

‘An absolute disgrace’: Benefit claimants share stories of being plunged into debt by DWP

Household support fund’s end would be ‘devastating’, charities say: ‘We’re planning for the worst’
Department for Work and Pensions

Household support fund’s end would be ‘devastating’, charities say: ‘We’re planning for the worst’