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UK’s state pension is one of the lowest in Europe. It’s the main reason for misery among retirees
Lord Prem Sikka

UK’s state pension is one of the lowest in Europe. It’s the main reason for misery among retirees

Nearly half of brain injury survivors claim benefits – without enough support to get back to work
Employment

Nearly half of brain injury survivors claim benefits – without enough support to get back to work

DWP plans to spy on benefit claimants’ bank accounts must ‘never be resurrected’
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP plans to spy on benefit claimants’ bank accounts must ‘never be resurrected’

Universal credit claimants lose more than £1bn a year to ‘automatic DWP deductions’
Department for Work and Pensions

Universal credit claimants lose more than £1bn a year to ‘automatic DWP deductions’

Cost of living payment 2024: Where to get help now the scheme is over
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payment 2024: Where to get help now the scheme is over

Dignified quality of life or gaslighting? Tories’ ‘triple lock plus’ pension pledge divides voters
General election 2024

Dignified quality of life or gaslighting? Tories’ ‘triple lock plus’ pension pledge divides voters

My child was awarded disability benefits after five years of fighting. Why don’t I feel victorious?
Cathy Reay

My child was awarded disability benefits after five years of fighting. Why don’t I feel victorious?

DWP under investigation over treatment of ill and disabled people after deaths of benefit claimants
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP under investigation over treatment of ill and disabled people after deaths of benefit claimants

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’ two-child benefit cap
Two-child benefit cap

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’ two-child benefit cap

Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: ‘PIP fraud is a non-issue’
Disability benefits

Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: ‘PIP fraud is a non-issue’

Deaf man awarded £50,000 after ‘oppressive’ and ‘discriminatory’ treatment by DWP
Department for Work and Pensions

Deaf man awarded £50,000 after ‘oppressive’ and ‘discriminatory’ treatment by DWP

Benefit reforms ‘entirely in the wrong direction’ to help disabled people into work, DWP warned
Benefits

Benefit reforms ‘entirely in the wrong direction’ to help disabled people into work, DWP warned

DWP snooping on benefit claimants’ bank accounts will ‘decimate civil liberties’, campaigners warn
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP snooping on benefit claimants’ bank accounts will ‘decimate civil liberties’, campaigners warn

DWP sparks outcry with plan to hire 2,500 ‘agents’ to investigate universal credit claimants
Benefit fraud

DWP sparks outcry with plan to hire 2,500 ‘agents’ to investigate universal credit claimants

Universal credit changes risk pushing vulnerable benefit claimants ‘into crisis’, DWP warned
Universal credit

Universal credit changes risk pushing vulnerable benefit claimants ‘into crisis’, DWP warned

‘I’m terrified’: Disabled and mentally ill people share harrowing experiences of benefits system
Benefits

‘I’m terrified’: Disabled and mentally ill people share harrowing experiences of benefits system

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PIP changes: What is the government planning with the disability benefits system?
Disability benefits

PIP changes: What is the government planning with the disability benefits system?

DWP sparks outcry as disabled people face end to cash benefits: ‘This won’t solve the UK’s problems’
Disability benefits

DWP sparks outcry as disabled people face end to cash benefits: ‘This won’t solve the UK’s problems’

DWP disability benefit cuts will impact 450,000 people – but very few will actually find paid work
Benefits

DWP disability benefit cuts will impact 450,000 people – but very few will actually find paid work

I know how to make the DWP better and get more people into work – but they’re just not listening
John McDonough

I know how to make the DWP better and get more people into work – but they’re just not listening