Disability

What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit
Disability benefits

What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit

Experts explain what personal independence payment (PIP) is, if you’re eligible for the disability benefit, and how you can apply

Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
Access to Work

Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’

Thousands of disabled people receive the Access to Work payment. But could it be at risk?

This is how much caring for a disabled child really costs
Dr Abigail Dunn

This is how much caring for a disabled child really costs

Family Fund has investigated the financial impact of caring for a disabled child and calls for more support from the government to protect families

Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work
Homelessness

Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work

Labour must do the hard work of making employment accessible – instead of cutting benefits
Mikey Erhardt

Labour must do the hard work of making employment accessible – instead of cutting benefits

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Disabled protesters say they’ll stop Labour’s benefit cuts – or die trying: ‘I will fight my heart out’
Disability benefits

Disabled protesters say they’ll stop Labour’s benefit cuts – or die trying: ‘I will fight my heart out’

Rose Ayling-Ellis on raising deaf voices and new thriller Code of Silence: ‘I’m underestimated a lot’
TV

Rose Ayling-Ellis on raising deaf voices and new thriller Code of Silence: ‘I’m underestimated a lot’

Revealed: The areas where more than half of disabled people could lose their benefits
Disability benefits

Revealed: The areas where more than half of disabled people could lose their benefits

Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you’ve probably never heard of
Film

Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you’ve probably never heard of

Rising pop star Jessica Winter: ‘It can be tough doing music with a disability’
Music

Rising pop star Jessica Winter: ‘It can be tough doing music with a disability’

‘Dangerous’ DWP needs ‘deep-rooted change’ to stop benefit claimants from dying, damning report finds
Benefits

‘Dangerous’ DWP needs ‘deep-rooted change’ to stop benefit claimants from dying, damning report finds

I’m a Labour MP. This is why I can’t support Starmer’s benefits cuts
Paula Barker MP

I’m a Labour MP. This is why I can’t support Starmer’s benefits cuts

Disability benefit cuts ‘impossible to support’, Starmer told by his own MPs: ‘Cuts create poverty’
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts ‘impossible to support’, Starmer told by his own MPs: ‘Cuts create poverty’

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England
Women

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England

Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer
Employment

Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer

Disabled people retiring with pensions less than two-thirds of the Brit average, report warns
Pensions

Disabled people retiring with pensions less than two-thirds of the Brit average, report warns

Widower of disabled woman in bitter, years-long legal battle after DWP denied him benefits
Department for Work and Pensions

Widower of disabled woman in bitter, years-long legal battle after DWP denied him benefits

Revealed: 1.3 million people with cancer, arthritis and more could lose PIP under Labour’s benefit cuts
Disability benefits

Revealed: 1.3 million people with cancer, arthritis and more could lose PIP under Labour’s benefit cuts

Disabled children are bearing the brunt of a broken social care system – they deserve better
James Watson-O'Neill

Disabled children are bearing the brunt of a broken social care system – they deserve better

One in five parents of disabled children wait more than a year to be seen by social services
Disabled children

One in five parents of disabled children wait more than a year to be seen by social services

Blind people feel ‘anxious and outraged’ over Labour’s benefit cuts: ‘I’m struggling as it is’
Disability benefits

Blind people feel ‘anxious and outraged’ over Labour’s benefit cuts: ‘I’m struggling as it is’

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Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College
Big Issue Invest

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College

This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK
James Baldwin

This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK

Could Rachel Reeves have introduced a wealth tax instead of benefit cuts? Economists say yes
Wealth tax

Could Rachel Reeves have introduced a wealth tax instead of benefit cuts? Economists say yes

250,000 people will be plunged into poverty by benefit cuts, DWP analysis reveals
Disability benefits

250,000 people will be plunged into poverty by benefit cuts, DWP analysis reveals