Benefits

A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty
Joseph Howes

A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty

Labour must ‘immediately’ scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say
Child poverty

Labour must ‘immediately’ scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say

Starmer’s intention for work and benefits should be applauded – but it must come with good jobs
Paul McNamee

Starmer’s intention for work and benefits should be applauded – but it must come with good jobs

Every Scottish pensioner to get winter fuel payment. Will Labour follow and finally U-turn on cuts?
Winter fuel payment

Every Scottish pensioner to get winter fuel payment. Will Labour follow and finally U-turn on cuts?

It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system
Meagan Levin

It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system

Labour has declared ‘war on benefits’. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing
Catherine Parsons

Labour has declared ‘war on benefits’. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing

‘Get Britain Working’ risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system
Anela Anwar

‘Get Britain Working’ risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system

Get Britain Working: What are Labour’s plans for the DWP, benefits and employment support?
Department for Work and Pensions

Get Britain Working: What are Labour’s plans for the DWP, benefits and employment support?

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect
Housing benefits

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect

Labour warned against ‘scare tactics’ after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to ‘get Britain working’
Department for Work and Pensions

Labour warned against ‘scare tactics’ after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to ‘get Britain working’

Keir Starmer’s pledge on benefits ‘deepens stigma’ and leads to ‘fear and shame’
Benefits

Keir Starmer’s pledge on benefits ‘deepens stigma’ and leads to ‘fear and shame’

‘Living is expensive’: DWP winter fuel cuts forcing pensioners to choose between heating and eating
Winter fuel payment

‘Living is expensive’: DWP winter fuel cuts forcing pensioners to choose between heating and eating

Winter fuel benefit cuts will send pensioners to hospital, DWP warned: ‘It’s a political choice’
Winter fuel payment

Winter fuel benefit cuts will send pensioners to hospital, DWP warned: ‘It’s a political choice’

‘This cannot go on’: Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time
Food banks

‘This cannot go on’: Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time

Britain’s data watchdog has a warning for big tech and AI companies: ‘We’re watching you’
Artificial Intelligence

Britain’s data watchdog has a warning for big tech and AI companies: ‘We’re watching you’

Balancing childcare and work is driving up poverty – especially for children with additional needs
Hannah Mackay-Christie, Leigh Elliott

Balancing childcare and work is driving up poverty – especially for children with additional needs

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PIP is a lifeline for me as a disabled person. Here’s a great way to claim for the DWP benefit
Alicia Cartwright

PIP is a lifeline for me as a disabled person. Here’s a great way to claim for the DWP benefit

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know
benefits

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know

How and when to claim unemployment benefits
benefits

How and when to claim unemployment benefits

‘It’s an invasion of privacy’: Single mum left ‘mortified’ after DWP scrutinises her bank account
Universal credit

‘It’s an invasion of privacy’: Single mum left ‘mortified’ after DWP scrutinises her bank account