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How Labour’s changes to universal credit are going to impact millions of Brits
Universal Credit

How Labour’s changes to universal credit are going to impact millions of Brits

Cuts, universal credit and PIP: Everything you need to know about Labour’s benefits overhaul
Benefits

Cuts, universal credit and PIP: Everything you need to know about Labour’s benefits overhaul

‘I’ll lose my ability to be part of society’: Disabled people fear life after Labour’s benefit cuts
Disability benefits

‘I’ll lose my ability to be part of society’: Disabled people fear life after Labour’s benefit cuts

Disabled and mentally ill people feel ‘broken and without hope’ over Labour’s plans for benefits
Readers' views

Disabled and mentally ill people feel ‘broken and without hope’ over Labour’s plans for benefits

DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes

Working from home vital for disabled people to keep a job, DWP told ahead of benefit cuts
Working from home

Working from home vital for disabled people to keep a job, DWP told ahead of benefit cuts

Cuts to benefits would be a ‘grave mistake’, Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs
Benefits

Cuts to benefits would be a ‘grave mistake’, Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs

Why are so many people off work sick? Labour told not to forget the pandemic ahead of benefit cuts
Five years since the pandemic

Why are so many people off work sick? Labour told not to forget the pandemic ahead of benefit cuts

Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: ‘I’m terrified of cuts’
Food banks

Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: ‘I’m terrified of cuts’

Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned
Department for Work and Pensions

Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned

Pensioners ‘reduced to tears’ by ‘complex’ forms when applying for help from DWP
Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners ‘reduced to tears’ by ‘complex’ forms when applying for help from DWP

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
Benefits

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

Are disability benefit claimants ‘ready to work’? The truth behind DWP’s claims ahead of welfare reforms
Disability benefits

Are disability benefit claimants ‘ready to work’? The truth behind DWP’s claims ahead of welfare reforms

Number of young people not in work or education highest for a decade – but it’s not their fault
NEET

Number of young people not in work or education highest for a decade – but it’s not their fault

DWP to ‘re-examine’ controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts
Universal credit

DWP to ‘re-examine’ controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts

Scrap two-child benefit cap to prove you’re serious about child poverty, Labour told
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to prove you’re serious about child poverty, Labour told

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Government urged to stop using ‘personality tests’ in its hiring process: ‘Big barrier for autistic people’
Employment

Government urged to stop using ‘personality tests’ in its hiring process: ‘Big barrier for autistic people’

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’
Disability benefits

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’

Labour’s housing benefit freeze will cost low-income renters hundreds of pounds a year
Housing benefits

Labour’s housing benefit freeze will cost low-income renters hundreds of pounds a year

The benefits system is broken – and disabled people pay the price for the DWP’s ‘poor service’
Evan John

The benefits system is broken – and disabled people pay the price for the DWP’s ‘poor service’