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Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024
2024

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024

All we want for Christmas is for unpaid carers to be properly supported by the DWP and councils
Ruth Hannan and Hannah Webster

All we want for Christmas is for unpaid carers to be properly supported by the DWP and councils

‘You want it to be magical for your kids’: Here’s how the two-child benefit cap is ruining Christmas
Two-child benefit cap

‘You want it to be magical for your kids’: Here’s how the two-child benefit cap is ruining Christmas

Millions of pensioners in ‘desperate need’ lose winter fuel payment: ‘We fear what will happen’
Winter fuel payment

Millions of pensioners in ‘desperate need’ lose winter fuel payment: ‘We fear what will happen’

DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears
Disability benefits

DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears

Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It’s now time for Labour to act
Ruth Patrick

Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It’s now time for Labour to act

People with disabilities and ill health more likely to leave work, study finds – the DWP must fix this
Work

People with disabilities and ill health more likely to leave work, study finds – the DWP must fix this

A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty
Joseph Howes

A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty

‘Christmas is out’: Meet the pensioners cancelling Christmas over Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts
Winter Fuel Payment

‘Christmas is out’: Meet the pensioners cancelling Christmas over Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts

It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system
Meagan Levin

It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system

‘Get Britain Working’ risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system
Anela Anwar

‘Get Britain Working’ risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system

Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to ‘get Britain working again’
Benefits

Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to ‘get Britain working again’

Labour warned against ‘scare tactics’ after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to ‘get Britain working’
Department for Work and Pensions

Labour warned against ‘scare tactics’ after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to ‘get Britain working’

Keir Starmer’s pledge on benefits ‘deepens stigma’ and leads to ‘fear and shame’
Benefits

Keir Starmer’s pledge on benefits ‘deepens stigma’ and leads to ‘fear and shame’

DWP admits winter fuel payment cuts will plunge tens of thousands of pensioners into poverty
Winter fuel payment

DWP admits winter fuel payment cuts will plunge tens of thousands of pensioners into poverty

Pension credit wait times double – fuelling fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support
Pension credit

Pension credit wait times double – fuelling fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support

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‘Where will it stop?’: DWP to get ‘direct access to bank accounts’ in benefit fraud crackdown
Benefit fraud

‘Where will it stop?’: DWP to get ‘direct access to bank accounts’ in benefit fraud crackdown

‘Disturbing’ disability benefit reforms in Labour’s budget could see hundreds of thousands denied help
Autumn budget

‘Disturbing’ disability benefit reforms in Labour’s budget could see hundreds of thousands denied help

‘This will be costly’: Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog
Winter fuel payment

‘This will be costly’: Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog

‘We’re extremely nervous’: Here’s what Labour’s autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants
Autumn budget

‘We’re extremely nervous’: Here’s what Labour’s autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants