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Amputee pensioner refused higher rate of disability benefit by DWP: ‘I couldn’t understand it’
Disability benefits

Amputee pensioner refused higher rate of disability benefit by DWP: ‘I couldn’t understand it’

Instead of helping disabled people, Rishi Sunak wants to force us to work ourselves to death
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Instead of helping disabled people, Rishi Sunak wants to force us to work ourselves to death

Here’s when people got the disability cost of living payment – and what to do if yours is missing
Cost of living crisis

Here’s when people got the disability cost of living payment – and what to do if yours is missing

How government blows tens of millions in taxpayer cash fighting disability benefit claims
Disability benefits

How government blows tens of millions in taxpayer cash fighting disability benefit claims

State pension rise due to triple lock will be ‘wholly unfair’ on benefits claimants, charities warn
Pensions

State pension rise due to triple lock will be ‘wholly unfair’ on benefits claimants, charities warn

Blind woman mistakenly refused disability benefits by DWP: ‘I was in shock’
Disability benefits

Blind woman mistakenly refused disability benefits by DWP: ‘I was in shock’

Disability benefits companies used to be fined millions by DWP – but not anymore. What happened?
Disability benefits

Disability benefits companies used to be fined millions by DWP – but not anymore. What happened?

What to expect from Liz Kendall as Keir Starmer’s controversial shadow work and pensions secretary
Cabinet reshuffle

What to expect from Liz Kendall as Keir Starmer’s controversial shadow work and pensions secretary

Disabled people face ‘harrowing’ and ‘inhumane’ benefits assessments, MPs warn in Westminster debate
Disability benefits

Disabled people face ‘harrowing’ and ‘inhumane’ benefits assessments, MPs warn in Westminster debate

Young man who died by suicide feared DWP would take disability benefits away
Disability benefits

Young man who died by suicide feared DWP would take disability benefits away

The DWP disability benefits system has ‘failed people living with Parkinson’s for a decade’
Disability benefits

The DWP disability benefits system has ‘failed people living with Parkinson’s for a decade’

DWP warned over disability benefits failures that leave disabled people in ‘psychological distress’
Disability benefits

DWP warned over disability benefits failures that leave disabled people in ‘psychological distress’

DWP faces disability benefits backlog as record 430,000 people wait for PIP review
Disability benefits

DWP faces disability benefits backlog as record 430,000 people wait for PIP review

‘The DWP disability benefits system has crushed me’: a domestic abuse survivor speaks out
Disability benefits

‘The DWP disability benefits system has crushed me’: a domestic abuse survivor speaks out

‘The DWP refused me PIP and took universal credit deductions because my landlord told them to. How am I supposed to live?’
Disability benefits

‘The DWP refused me PIP and took universal credit deductions because my landlord told them to. How am I supposed to live?’

This teenager with MS is fighting for change after DWP universal credit waiting times forced her to use food banks
Universal credit

This teenager with MS is fighting for change after DWP universal credit waiting times forced her to use food banks

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Half a million seriously ill and disabled people could have universal credit cut under DWP plans
Universal credit

Half a million seriously ill and disabled people could have universal credit cut under DWP plans

Panic attacks, pressure to ‘ramp up numbers’ and a ‘bullying atmosphere’: Life as a DWP disability benefits assessor
Disability benefits

Panic attacks, pressure to ‘ramp up numbers’ and a ‘bullying atmosphere’: Life as a DWP disability benefits assessor

‘They make me feel like a criminal’: Your stories of DWP benefits assessments
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‘They make me feel like a criminal’: Your stories of DWP benefits assessments

‘I’m an amputee and the DWP reduced my disability benefits. I worried I would be homeless’
Disability benefits

‘I’m an amputee and the DWP reduced my disability benefits. I worried I would be homeless’