Benefits

Universal credit is back in the dock – this time at the United Nations
Rick Burgess and Alex Firth

Universal credit is back in the dock – this time at the United Nations

The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here’s how to overhaul it
Benefits

The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here’s how to overhaul it

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
Christmas

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025

Labour faces another mass rebellion over reforms to the universal credit system, MPs fear
Benefits

Labour faces another mass rebellion over reforms to the universal credit system, MPs fear

DWP payment dates in October 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
Benefits

DWP payment dates in October 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month

DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support
Disabled people

DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?
Disability benefits

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?

What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit
Disability benefits

What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit

How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments
Disability benefits

How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments

Reform UK’s plan to ban benefits for migrants is ‘an attack on the backbone of this country’
Reform UK

Reform UK’s plan to ban benefits for migrants is ‘an attack on the backbone of this country’

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts
Food banks

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts

Universal credit sanctions ‘undermine’ Jobcentre employment support, DWP warned by MPs
Department for Work and Pensions

Universal credit sanctions ‘undermine’ Jobcentre employment support, DWP warned by MPs

‘Cruel’ housing benefit ‘quirk’ forces thousands of vulnerable young people to give up work
Housing benefit

‘Cruel’ housing benefit ‘quirk’ forces thousands of vulnerable young people to give up work

I have arthritis, incontinence and other chronic health conditions. The DWP didn’t think I needed PIP
Disability benefits

I have arthritis, incontinence and other chronic health conditions. The DWP didn’t think I needed PIP

Labour’s next round of benefit cuts risks hitting 600,000 disabled people
Welfare

Labour’s next round of benefit cuts risks hitting 600,000 disabled people

Five-week universal credit wait for claimants is a baffling own goal – here’s the proof
Juliette Flach

Five-week universal credit wait for claimants is a baffling own goal – here’s the proof

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Homeless people risk losing benefits if they don’t move to universal credit, DWP warns
Universal credit

Homeless people risk losing benefits if they don’t move to universal credit, DWP warns

‘Getting benefits eased pressure on my family’: £9.6bn of universal credit went unclaimed in the last 12 months
Benefits

‘Getting benefits eased pressure on my family’: £9.6bn of universal credit went unclaimed in the last 12 months

Five key things you need to know about PIP
Disability benefits

Five key things you need to know about PIP

DWP penalises universal credit claimant despite getting new job: ‘Congratulations – you’re sanctioned’
Universal credit

DWP penalises universal credit claimant despite getting new job: ‘Congratulations – you’re sanctioned’