Department for Work and Pensions
DWP benefit payment dates in January 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
DWP benefit payment dates in January 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
Here’s everything you need to know about the benefits and cost of living payments to expect from the DWP in January 2025
DWP’s bank account spying plan is an attack on the poor. It must be scrapped in 2025
DWP’s bank account spying plan is an attack on the poor. It must be scrapped in 2025
Labour must urgently rethink its approach to support people who need it the most, writes Susannah Copson from Big Brother Watch
Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024
Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024
Big Issue has always existed to change lives – from supporting our vendors facing poverty and homelessness to our journalism which holds power to account
All we want for Christmas is for unpaid carers to be properly supported by the DWP and councils
All we want for Christmas is for unpaid carers to be properly supported by the DWP and councils
‘You want it to be magical for your kids’: Here’s how the two-child benefit cap is ruining Christmas
‘You want it to be magical for your kids’: Here’s how the two-child benefit cap is ruining Christmas
Millions of pensioners in ‘desperate need’ lose winter fuel payment: ‘We fear what will happen’
Millions of pensioners in ‘desperate need’ lose winter fuel payment: ‘We fear what will happen’
DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears
DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears
Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It’s now time for Labour to act
Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It’s now time for Labour to act
People with disabilities and ill health more likely to leave work, study finds – the DWP must fix this
People with disabilities and ill health more likely to leave work, study finds – the DWP must fix this
A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty
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
Labour must ‘immediately’ scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say
‘Christmas is out’: Meet the pensioners cancelling Christmas over Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts
‘Christmas is out’: Meet the pensioners cancelling Christmas over Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts
‘Get Britain Working’ risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system
‘Get Britain Working’ risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system
Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to ‘get Britain working again’
Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to ‘get Britain working again’
Labour warned against ‘scare tactics’ after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to ‘get Britain working’
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’
Keir Starmer’s pledge on benefits ‘deepens stigma’ and leads to ‘fear and shame’
DWP admits winter fuel payment cuts will plunge tens of thousands of pensioners into poverty
DWP admits winter fuel payment cuts will plunge tens of thousands of pensioners into poverty
Pension credit wait times double – fuelling fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support
Pension credit wait times double – fuelling fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support
PIP is a lifeline for me as a disabled person. Here’s a great way to claim for the DWP benefit
PIP is a lifeline for me as a disabled person. Here’s a great way to claim for the DWP benefit
‘Where will it stop?’: DWP to get ‘direct access to bank accounts’ in benefit fraud crackdown
‘Where will it stop?’: DWP to get ‘direct access to bank accounts’ in benefit fraud crackdown
‘This will be costly’: Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog
‘This will be costly’: Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog
‘We’re extremely nervous’: Here’s what Labour’s autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants
‘We’re extremely nervous’: Here’s what Labour’s autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants
Universal credit is not enough for single parents like me – I’m relying on food banks to survive
Universal credit is not enough for single parents like me – I’m relying on food banks to survive
DWP minister: ‘Disability pay gap marks a decade of lost potential for disabled people’
