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Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: ‘We have to keep going’
fuel poverty

Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: ‘We have to keep going’

‘I wish I could get up one day and have a nice, normal day without no pain. No worries about getting dressed in the morning and money’

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

The five-week wait for universal credit is a structural flaw that actively creates debt, instability and dependency, says Christians Against Poverty’s Juliette Flach

I’ve had to appeal every single one of my PIP claims – the system is in dire need of improvement
Benefits

I’ve had to appeal every single one of my PIP claims – the system is in dire need of improvement

Benefit claimant Lydia Thomas explains that she would ‘struggle immensely’ if her PIP were to be changed after Labour’s upcoming review

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

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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’

Cost of living payments: Where to get help in 2025 now the scheme is over
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payments: Where to get help in 2025 now the scheme is over

DWP payment dates in August 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
Department for Work and Pensions

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

Revealed: Scrapping two-child benefit limit will make ‘no difference at all’ to 140,000 children in poverty
Two-child limit

Revealed: Scrapping two-child benefit limit will make ‘no difference at all’ to 140,000 children in poverty

Pensioners in poverty are isolated and eating only one meal a day – they need help
Morgan Vine

Pensioners in poverty are isolated and eating only one meal a day – they need help

Labour’s pensions review is a welcome step. Let’s hope they use it for positive change
Chris Brooks

Labour’s pensions review is a welcome step. Let’s hope they use it for positive change

DWP taking cash back from benefit claimants it overpaid is ‘just like carer’s allowance scandal’
Benefits

DWP taking cash back from benefit claimants it overpaid is ‘just like carer’s allowance scandal’

DWP’s ‘unhealthy’ AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds
Artificial intelligence

DWP’s ‘unhealthy’ AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds

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

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

PIP cuts are paused after ‘shambolic’ series of U-turns – but is it enough to rebuild trust in Labour?
Disability benefits

PIP cuts are paused after ‘shambolic’ series of U-turns – but is it enough to rebuild trust in Labour?

MPs vote to take forward ‘brutal’ cuts to disability benefits: ‘It will come to haunt this government’
Disability benefits

MPs vote to take forward ‘brutal’ cuts to disability benefits: ‘It will come to haunt this government’

Thousands of disabled people face ten-month wait for benefits due to DWP backlog
Disability benefits

Thousands of disabled people face ten-month wait for benefits due to DWP backlog

How did Keir Starmer end up in such a mess over benefit cuts?
Disability benefits

How did Keir Starmer end up in such a mess over benefit cuts?

Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote

I’m a working mum-of-four – ending the two-child benefit cap would be life-changing for us
Two-child benefit cap

I’m a working mum-of-four – ending the two-child benefit cap would be life-changing for us

If Labour takes my PIP away, I’ll have to give up the job I love
Disability benefits

If Labour takes my PIP away, I’ll have to give up the job I love

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Revealed: Majority of PIP claimants with heart disease, arthritis and Crohn’s at risk of cuts
Disability benefits

Revealed: Majority of PIP claimants with heart disease, arthritis and Crohn’s at risk of cuts

Could the government’s disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?
Disability benefits

Could the government’s disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says
Data

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: ‘A disaster on every front’
Disability benefit cuts

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: ‘A disaster on every front’