Department for Work and Pensions
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
The views of people with first-hand experience of living in poverty must be central to the development and implementation of the child poverty strategy
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
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap would lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, it has been estimated
‘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
Pensioners tell Big Issue of the extreme measures they’re taking to keep warm this Christmas a result of winter fuel cuts
It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system
It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system
‘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 benefit payment dates in December 2024 – including when you’ll get benefits over Christmas
DWP benefit payment dates in December 2024 – including when you’ll get benefits over Christmas
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’
DWP minister: ‘Disability pay gap marks a decade of lost potential for disabled people’
DWP still ‘considering’ PIP changes amid speculation on future of disability benefit reform
DWP still ‘considering’ PIP changes amid speculation on future of disability benefit reform
‘It’s disastrous’: Furious pensioners call on government to reverse winter fuel payment cuts
‘It’s disastrous’: Furious pensioners call on government to reverse winter fuel payment cuts
UK’s shock fall in inflation means benefits increase of ‘just a few pounds’ next year
UK’s shock fall in inflation means benefits increase of ‘just a few pounds’ next year
Woman suffers stroke and loses three stone after DWP stops her disability benefits: ‘I was a skeleton’
Woman suffers stroke and loses three stone after DWP stops her disability benefits: ‘I was a skeleton’
This benefits ‘trap’ is forcing homeless young people out of work, charities say
This benefits ‘trap’ is forcing homeless young people out of work, charities say
Most universal credit claimants are behind on bills or facing debt, DWP’s own research finds
Most universal credit claimants are behind on bills or facing debt, DWP’s own research finds
Hundreds of thousands of pensioners miss out DWP pension credit worth £1,900: ‘Disappointing’
Hundreds of thousands of pensioners miss out DWP pension credit worth £1,900: ‘Disappointing’
Disability benefits system is damaging claimants’ health, DWP’s own analysis finds: ‘It’s degrading’
