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DWP to save billions by tackling fraud and error in the benefits system. But at what cost?
Benefit fraud

DWP to save billions by tackling fraud and error in the benefits system. But at what cost?

DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services

Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support
Access to work

Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
Christmas

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025

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

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

DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support
Disabled people

DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?
Disability benefits

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?

How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments
Disability benefits

How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments

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’

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

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

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

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

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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