Disability
Cuts, universal credit and PIP: Everything you need to know about Labour’s benefits overhaul
Cuts, universal credit and PIP: Everything you need to know about Labour’s benefits overhaul
The Big Issue explains what is in the government’s plans for welfare reform, and what exactly the changes to disability benefits mean for claimants
Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It’s a waste of public funds
Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It’s a waste of public funds
Joanne Barker Marsh is one of eight parents from Changing Realiities, a collaboration of parents on a low-income, who met with education secretary Bridget Philippson to discuss why action to support families on a low-income with SEND children is so urgently needed
‘I’ll lose my ability to be part of society’: Disabled people fear life after Labour’s benefit cuts
‘I’ll lose my ability to be part of society’: Disabled people fear life after Labour’s benefit cuts
The Big Issue spoke to disabled people about their worries for the future if the government goes ahead with disability benefit cuts
Disabled and mentally ill people feel ‘broken and without hope’ over Labour’s plans for benefits
Disabled and mentally ill people feel ‘broken and without hope’ over Labour’s plans for benefits
Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I’d be resuscitated in the pandemic
Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I’d be resuscitated in the pandemic
Cuts to benefits would be a ‘grave mistake’, Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs
Cuts to benefits would be a ‘grave mistake’, Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs
Why are so many people off work sick? Labour told not to forget the pandemic ahead of benefit cuts
Why are so many people off work sick? Labour told not to forget the pandemic ahead of benefit cuts
Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned
Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned
This small change to sick pay would make a huge difference for people with mental health problems
This small change to sick pay would make a huge difference for people with mental health problems
DWP reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts
DWP reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts
Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned
Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning
Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’
Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’
Labour accused of ‘turning its back on disabled people’ in Grenfell Inquiry response: ‘We’re dismayed’
Labour accused of ‘turning its back on disabled people’ in Grenfell Inquiry response: ‘We’re dismayed’
DWP blew tens of millions in taxpayer cash on fighting disability benefit claims
DWP blew tens of millions in taxpayer cash on fighting disability benefit claims
‘Heartbreak’ for millions of Brits as energy bills to rise by more than expected from April
‘Heartbreak’ for millions of Brits as energy bills to rise by more than expected from April
MS has left me virtually housebound – I fear what disability benefit reforms mean for my future
MS has left me virtually housebound – I fear what disability benefit reforms mean for my future
Warning after DWP reveals how it uses AI to make decisions on benefits
Warning after DWP reveals how it uses AI to make decisions on benefits
‘I had to pay £75 for a chopping board’: This is how much extra being disabled costs me
‘I had to pay £75 for a chopping board’: This is how much extra being disabled costs me
Liz Kendall blasted for ‘fuelling fear’ after saying benefits claimants are ‘taking the mickey’
Liz Kendall blasted for ‘fuelling fear’ after saying benefits claimants are ‘taking the mickey’
DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’
DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’
DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an ‘assault’ on the ‘disabled, sick and elderly’
DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an ‘assault’ on the ‘disabled, sick and elderly’
Labour warned ‘one size doesn’t fit all’ over plan to ‘help’ neurodivergent people on benefits into work
Labour warned ‘one size doesn’t fit all’ over plan to ‘help’ neurodivergent people on benefits into work
The benefits system is broken – and disabled people pay the price for the DWP’s ‘poor service’
The benefits system is broken – and disabled people pay the price for the DWP’s ‘poor service’
Disabled Brits suffering ‘unacceptably poor’ treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds