Benefits

Lib Dems hailed for putting NHS and social care at ‘heart’ of election with ‘welcome’ manifesto
General election 2024

Lib Dems hailed for putting NHS and social care at ‘heart’ of election with ‘welcome’ manifesto

Rishi Sunak says slashing benefits is his ‘moral mission’. But what’s moral about causing anxiety?
Benefits

Rishi Sunak says slashing benefits is his ‘moral mission’. But what’s moral about causing anxiety?

Nearly half of brain injury survivors claim benefits – without enough support to get back to work
Employment

Nearly half of brain injury survivors claim benefits – without enough support to get back to work

Disability and work: Why the next government must show compassion and reform the benefits system
Disability benefits

Disability and work: Why the next government must show compassion and reform the benefits system

DWP universal credit increase 2024 – everything benefit claimants need to know
Universal credit

DWP universal credit increase 2024 – everything benefit claimants need to know

Why DWP urgently needs to make universal credit enough so people can afford the essentials
Universal credit

Why DWP urgently needs to make universal credit enough so people can afford the essentials

Child benefit: Parents left ‘hungry’ as HMRC glitch means half a million haven’t received payments
Child benefits

Child benefit: Parents left ‘hungry’ as HMRC glitch means half a million haven’t received payments

10 ways the Tories categorically failed to end rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

10 ways the Tories categorically failed to end rough sleeping

Universal credit claimants lose more than £1bn a year to ‘automatic DWP deductions’
Department for Work and Pensions

Universal credit claimants lose more than £1bn a year to ‘automatic DWP deductions’

Tories want to paint disabled people as ‘benefit cheats’. Is Labour really any better?
Mikey Erhardt

Tories want to paint disabled people as ‘benefit cheats’. Is Labour really any better?

Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets
Letters

Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets

My child was awarded disability benefits after five years of fighting. Why don’t I feel victorious?
Cathy Reay

My child was awarded disability benefits after five years of fighting. Why don’t I feel victorious?

Abuse survivor tried to take her own life after years-long battle with DWP over disability benefits
Department for Work and Pensions

Abuse survivor tried to take her own life after years-long battle with DWP over disability benefits

DWP under investigation over treatment of ill and disabled people after deaths of benefit claimants
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP under investigation over treatment of ill and disabled people after deaths of benefit claimants

DWP ramps up AI use to ‘bring the future to the welfare system’ and push people into work
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP ramps up AI use to ‘bring the future to the welfare system’ and push people into work

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’ two-child benefit cap
Two-child benefit cap

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’ two-child benefit cap

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Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: ‘PIP fraud is a non-issue’
Disability benefits

Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: ‘PIP fraud is a non-issue’

Deaf man awarded £50,000 after ‘oppressive’ and ‘discriminatory’ treatment by DWP
Department for Work and Pensions

Deaf man awarded £50,000 after ‘oppressive’ and ‘discriminatory’ treatment by DWP

Benefits system is ‘utterly failing’ as food bank demand reaches record high: ‘It’s heartbreaking’
Food banks

Benefits system is ‘utterly failing’ as food bank demand reaches record high: ‘It’s heartbreaking’

‘We’re at breaking point’: Food banks see record number of first-time users as demand soars
Food banks

‘We’re at breaking point’: Food banks see record number of first-time users as demand soars