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‘There have been too many deaths at the hands of the welfare system. It’s time to end the violence’
China Mills

‘There have been too many deaths at the hands of the welfare system. It’s time to end the violence’

China Mills has spent years researching deaths at the hands of the welfare system. She is now publishing her findings in a book: No More Deaths By Welfare

Disability campaigners criticise report proposing PIP cuts: ‘Very concerning’
Personal Independence Payment

Disability campaigners criticise report proposing PIP cuts: ‘Very concerning’

“PIP is a vital benefit for disabled people,” a report has found. But the money needs to be used more effectively, it adds

‘I waited nine months for PIP decision. It was horrendous and my mental health suffered’
Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead

‘I waited nine months for PIP decision. It was horrendous and my mental health suffered’

Jake, 34, lives in a care home supporting people with mental health needs. But they still had to wait months for the government to make a decision about their disability benefit claim

‘I still have concerns about the Timms Review of PIP. Will mental health be protected?’
Letters

‘I still have concerns about the Timms Review of PIP. Will mental health be protected?’

Labour is facing calls to means-test disability benefit PIP. Here’s why it would push up poverty
Disability benefits

Labour is facing calls to means-test disability benefit PIP. Here’s why it would push up poverty

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Timms Review recommends changes to ‘dehumanising’ PIP assessment process
Disability benefits

Timms Review recommends changes to ‘dehumanising’ PIP assessment process

Access to Work cuts lock disabled actor out of her career: ‘Will I ever be on stage again?’
Social Justice

Access to Work cuts lock disabled actor out of her career: ‘Will I ever be on stage again?’

PIP assessment process is ‘dehumanising’ and ‘degrading’, government’s Timms Review finds
Disability benefits

PIP assessment process is ‘dehumanising’ and ‘degrading’, government’s Timms Review finds

Four ways the government could change PIP for the better
Ross Barrett

Four ways the government could change PIP for the better

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say
Benefits

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say

The Timms Review must stop people with terminal illness being forced to reapply for PIP 
Becca Stacey

The Timms Review must stop people with terminal illness being forced to reapply for PIP 

How Britain failed one million NEET young people: ‘We’re wasting a generation’s talent’
Youth unemployment

How Britain failed one million NEET young people: ‘We’re wasting a generation’s talent’

Letters: Cutting Access to Work is impractical and cruel
Letters

Letters: Cutting Access to Work is impractical and cruel

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne slams ‘savagery’ of government cuts to Access To Work payments
Access To Work

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne slams ‘savagery’ of government cuts to Access To Work payments

Why disabled people are worried that the Timms Review could be used as a cover for PIP cuts
Mikey Erhardt

Why disabled people are worried that the Timms Review could be used as a cover for PIP cuts

Disabled people appointed to co-produce Timms review of PIP: ‘This opportunity cannot be wasted’
Disability benefits

Disabled people appointed to co-produce Timms review of PIP: ‘This opportunity cannot be wasted’

Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns
Disability benefits

Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns

Disability benefit claimants at risk of poverty because of ‘poor service’ from DWP, MPs warn
Poverty

Disability benefit claimants at risk of poverty because of ‘poor service’ from DWP, MPs warn

Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?
Mikey Erhardt

Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?

Targeting people with mental health conditions will not fix the welfare system
Arun Veerappan

Targeting people with mental health conditions will not fix the welfare system

Reeves’ budget does nothing for families with disabled children like mine. I dread the future
Lorraine Griffin

Reeves’ budget does nothing for families with disabled children like mine. I dread the future

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Scotland’s social security system treated me better as a disabled person. DWP must take notes
Caroline Cawley

Scotland’s social security system treated me better as a disabled person. DWP must take notes

This metal song perfectly sums up the anger felt by disabled people towards the benefits system
Music

This metal song perfectly sums up the anger felt by disabled people towards the benefits system

Growing number of disabled people turning to sex work amid benefit cuts and rising living costs
Sex work

Growing number of disabled people turning to sex work amid benefit cuts and rising living costs

The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here’s how to overhaul it
Benefits

The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here’s how to overhaul it