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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

The High Court has heard a legal challenge against a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plan to reform disability benefits under the guise of helping people into employment

The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve
Mikey Erhardt

The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve

This year saw the continued decline of living standards for disabled people and a repeated government focus on cutting social security spending

Letters: Disabled people live in constant fear we will lose our benefits – which we need to survive
Letters

Letters: Disabled people live in constant fear we will lose our benefits – which we need to survive

A reader outlines the shadow that disabled people live under for fear that their benefits will be taken away

Letters: Is DWP about to go after disabled people daring to save money for their future funerals?
Letters

Letters: Is DWP about to go after disabled people daring to save money for their future funerals?

DWP benefit reforms to get people into work are ‘smokescreen for cuts’, disability activist says
Disability benefits

DWP benefit reforms to get people into work are ‘smokescreen for cuts’, disability activist says

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‘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

The human cost of years of DWP and benefits reforms must not be ignored in Labour’s budget
Amanda Light

The human cost of years of DWP and benefits reforms must not be ignored in Labour’s budget

DWP still ‘considering’ PIP changes amid speculation on future of disability benefit reform
Disability benefits

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’
Disability benefits

Woman suffers stroke and loses three stone after DWP stops her disability benefits: ‘I was a skeleton’

DWP plans to spy on claimants’ bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people
Mikey Erhardt

DWP plans to spy on claimants’ bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people

Disability benefits system is damaging claimants’ health, DWP’s own analysis finds: ‘It’s degrading’
Disability benefits

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
Disability benefits

Labour’s plan to ‘get Brits back to work’ must not be an excuse for slashing benefits, charities say

DWP’s uncertainty over future of PIP leaves benefit claimants in fear: ‘What’s going to happen to me?’
Benefits

DWP’s uncertainty over future of PIP leaves benefit claimants in fear: ‘What’s going to happen to me?’

Cuts to disability benefits in autumn budget would plunge disabled people into deep poverty
Anela Anwar

Cuts to disability benefits in autumn budget would plunge disabled people into deep poverty