Benefits

Poorest Brits now worse off than poorest people in Slovenia, report finds – here’s why
Cost of living

Poorest Brits now worse off than poorest people in Slovenia, report finds – here’s why

Cuts to benefits would be a ‘grave mistake’, Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs
Benefits

Cuts to benefits would be a ‘grave mistake’, Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs

Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned

Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: ‘I’m terrified of cuts’
Food banks

Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: ‘I’m terrified of cuts’

Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned
Department for Work and Pensions

Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning
Human rights

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning

Pensioners ‘reduced to tears’ by ‘complex’ forms when applying for help from DWP
Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners ‘reduced to tears’ by ‘complex’ forms when applying for help from DWP

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
Benefits

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

DWP to ‘re-examine’ controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts
Universal credit

DWP to ‘re-examine’ controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts

Scrap two-child benefit cap to prove you’re serious about child poverty, Labour told
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to prove you’re serious about child poverty, Labour told

DWP blew tens of millions in taxpayer cash on fighting disability benefit claims
Exclusive

DWP blew tens of millions in taxpayer cash on fighting disability benefit claims

MS has left me virtually housebound – I fear what disability benefit reforms mean for my future
Charlotte Wright

MS has left me virtually housebound – I fear what disability benefit reforms mean for my future

Warning after DWP reveals how it uses AI to make decisions on benefits
Benefits

Warning after DWP reveals how it uses AI to make decisions on benefits

Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes
Housing benefit

Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes

Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP
Letters

Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’
Disability benefits

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’

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Labour warned ‘one size doesn’t fit all’ over plan to ‘help’ neurodivergent people on benefits into work
Employment

Labour warned ‘one size doesn’t fit all’ over plan to ‘help’ neurodivergent people on benefits into work

Labour’s housing benefit freeze leaves almost one million children at risk of poverty
Housing benefit

Labour’s housing benefit freeze leaves almost one million children at risk of poverty

Letters: Cut, cut, cut benefits… it’s the Tory Labour way
Letters

Letters: Cut, cut, cut benefits… it’s the Tory Labour way

Labour’s housing benefit freeze will cost low-income renters hundreds of pounds a year
Housing benefits

Labour’s housing benefit freeze will cost low-income renters hundreds of pounds a year