Disability
Balancing childcare and work is driving up poverty – especially for children with additional needs
Balancing childcare and work is driving up poverty – especially for children with additional needs
Charity Children North East has found that the difficulties balancing childcare responsibilities alongside work can increase the risk of poverty, particularly for children who have additional needs
PIP is a lifeline for me as a disabled person. Here’s a great way to claim for the DWP benefit
PIP is a lifeline for me as a disabled person. Here’s a great way to claim for the DWP benefit
The personal independence payment (PIP) assessment process can be difficult to navigate, so charity Turn2us has designed an online tool to help you through it. They were supported by people with experience of accessing the benefit, including Alicia Cartwright, who explains why she got involved
‘What gave them the right?’: Fury after doctors refused to resuscitate disabled man during pandemic
‘What gave them the right?’: Fury after doctors refused to resuscitate disabled man during pandemic
Evidence given by charity Mencap at the Covid Inquiry revealed that people with a learning disability were told they would not be resuscitated
Disabled people losing jobs and ‘falling out of work’ due to months-long waits for DWP support
Disabled people losing jobs and ‘falling out of work’ due to months-long waits for DWP support
The budget was a start from Labour – but we need much more to transform disabled people’s lives
The budget was a start from Labour – but we need much more to transform disabled people’s lives
Labour’s autumn budget was another failure to make real change for disabled people
Labour’s autumn budget was another failure to make real change for disabled people
‘Disturbing’ disability benefit reforms in Labour’s budget could see hundreds of thousands denied help
‘Disturbing’ disability benefit reforms in Labour’s budget could see hundreds of thousands denied help
Special needs children forced out of school by ‘crumbling’ system, figures show
Special needs children forced out of school by ‘crumbling’ system, figures show
The human cost of years of DWP and benefits reforms must not be ignored in Labour’s budget
The human cost of years of DWP and benefits reforms must not be ignored in Labour’s budget
‘We’re the forgotten ones’: Labour budget must not ignore ‘broken’ social care system, families say
‘We’re the forgotten ones’: Labour budget must not ignore ‘broken’ social care system, families say
DWP minister: ‘Disability pay gap marks a decade of lost potential for disabled people’
DWP minister: ‘Disability pay gap marks a decade of lost potential for disabled people’
DWP still ‘considering’ PIP changes amid speculation on future of disability benefit reform
DWP still ‘considering’ PIP changes amid speculation on future of disability benefit reform
Woman suffers stroke and loses three stone after DWP stops her disability benefits: ‘I was a skeleton’
Woman suffers stroke and loses three stone after DWP stops her disability benefits: ‘I was a skeleton’
Disability benefits system is damaging claimants’ health, DWP’s own analysis finds: ‘It’s degrading’
Disability benefits system is damaging claimants’ health, DWP’s own analysis finds: ‘It’s degrading’
Labour’s plan to ‘get Brits back to work’ must not be an excuse for slashing benefits, charities say
Labour’s plan to ‘get Brits back to work’ must not be an excuse for slashing benefits, charities say
DWP’s crackdown on welfare fraud risks ‘criminalising’ innocent benefit claimants, Starmer warned
DWP’s crackdown on welfare fraud risks ‘criminalising’ innocent benefit claimants, Starmer warned
DWP’s uncertainty over future of PIP leaves benefit claimants in fear: ‘What’s going to happen to me?’
DWP’s uncertainty over future of PIP leaves benefit claimants in fear: ‘What’s going to happen to me?’
Poor, sick and disabled pensioners to lose winter fuel payment: ‘We are incredibly worried’
Poor, sick and disabled pensioners to lose winter fuel payment: ‘We are incredibly worried’
Disabled facilities grant: What is it and can I get one?
Disabled facilities grant: What is it and can I get one?
DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants
DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants
Paris Paralympics is a stark reminder of the barriers most disabled people face in sport
Paris Paralympics is a stark reminder of the barriers most disabled people face in sport
‘We’re going to war’: Meet the wheelchair rugby stars ‘normalising disability’ at the Paralympics
‘We’re going to war’: Meet the wheelchair rugby stars ‘normalising disability’ at the Paralympics
Nearly one million more people will be unpaid carers by 2035, report finds
Nearly one million more people will be unpaid carers by 2035, report finds
‘I’m going to die and I’m still not sick enough for PIP’: The reality of DWP disability benefits system
‘I’m going to die and I’m still not sick enough for PIP’: The reality of DWP disability benefits system
DWP will end ‘blame culture’ over benefits, says Liz Kendall – but words must be ‘backed up’
