Benefits
Carers Week: Eldercare is the new childcare, and carers need new rights

Carers Week: Eldercare is the new childcare, and carers need new rights
The DWP’s record on disability benefits is a disgrace. We’re here to shine a light on it

The DWP’s record on disability benefits is a disgrace. We’re here to shine a light on it
‘Truly sickening’: Your stories of the DWP rejecting PIP disability benefit appeals

‘Truly sickening’: Your stories of the DWP rejecting PIP disability benefit appeals
The DWP is pushing the benefit fraud narrative but disabled people know where the real problem lies

The DWP is pushing the benefit fraud narrative but disabled people know where the real problem lies
Drip-feeding support to the poor is not going to solve the crisis we face

Drip-feeding support to the poor is not going to solve the crisis we face
Millions of people on universal credit do not have enough money to live

Millions of people on universal credit do not have enough money to live
All the changes to minimum wage, income tax, universal credit, cost of living support and more coming in April

All the changes to minimum wage, income tax, universal credit, cost of living support and more coming in April
Is universal credit enough to live on? Here’s why experts say the April increase is ‘too little, too late’

Is universal credit enough to live on? Here’s why experts say the April increase is ‘too little, too late’
Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments

Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments
Benefits system is forcing people on to the streets, Gordon Brown warns

Benefits system is forcing people on to the streets, Gordon Brown warns
Legacy benefits court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift

Legacy benefits court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift
Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement will push more into poverty, says Big Issue founder John Bird

Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement will push more into poverty, says Big Issue founder John Bird
Hunt must raise benefits in line with inflation, urge campaigners

Hunt must raise benefits in line with inflation, urge campaigners
‘People will starve and freeze’ if government U-turns on promise to increase benefits

‘People will starve and freeze’ if government U-turns on promise to increase benefits
Forcing working universal credit claimants to do more hours ‘does nothing to help childcare crisis’

Forcing working universal credit claimants to do more hours ‘does nothing to help childcare crisis’
New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits

New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits
90% of rented homes in England unaffordable for people on housing benefit



