Disability
What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say
What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say
A call for evidence for the Timms Review closed on 28 May, having received 38,000 responses. What’s next in the review and what will it mean for disability benefit claimants?
How Britain failed one million NEET young people: ‘We’re wasting a generation’s talent’
How Britain failed one million NEET young people: ‘We’re wasting a generation’s talent’
Former health secretary Alan Milburn has published the first part of his review into why so many young people are not in education, work or training in the UK. Here’s what he found
DWP to hire 500 new Access to Work case workers – but will it save the scheme?
DWP to hire 500 new Access to Work case workers – but will it save the scheme?
The DWP is hiring 500 new case workers to tackle a backlog leaving 60,000 disabled people without vital support.
‘My son has cystic fibrosis. The government wrongly denied him PIP – twice’
‘My son has cystic fibrosis. The government wrongly denied him PIP – twice’
‘If I was prime minister, I’d want people to spend a week experiencing the world as a deaf person’
‘If I was prime minister, I’d want people to spend a week experiencing the world as a deaf person’
How to manage your money if you become ill or disabled
How to manage your money if you become ill or disabled
‘I cannot see a secure future if Access to Work continues to cap budgets. I could lose my job’
‘I cannot see a secure future if Access to Work continues to cap budgets. I could lose my job’
Meet the man tasked with fixing youth unemployment: ‘I see a generation that is trying hard’
Meet the man tasked with fixing youth unemployment: ‘I see a generation that is trying hard’
Adolescence writer Jack Thorne slams ‘savagery’ of government cuts to Access To Work payments
Adolescence writer Jack Thorne slams ‘savagery’ of government cuts to Access To Work payments
Winter Paralympics: Costs of competing leaves Paralympians with mountain to climb
Winter Paralympics: Costs of competing leaves Paralympians with mountain to climb
Perfect Show for Rachel presents a joyful world of possibility for disabled people
Perfect Show for Rachel presents a joyful world of possibility for disabled people
Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment
Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment
Energy bills will fall in April. But will it be enough for people living in fuel poverty?
Energy bills will fall in April. But will it be enough for people living in fuel poverty?
I’m worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms
I’m worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms
What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?
What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?
It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter
It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter
Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children
Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children
I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn’t help SEND children like my own
I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn’t help SEND children like my own
My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support
My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support
Mainstream school was right for my daughter. SEND changes could cause more harm than good
Mainstream school was right for my daughter. SEND changes could cause more harm than good
My son is deaf and blind – but it was months of fighting before he got SEND support
My son is deaf and blind – but it was months of fighting before he got SEND support
Rosie Jones: ‘I thought I couldn’t be disabled and gay – I’d never seen a gay disabled person’
Rosie Jones: ‘I thought I couldn’t be disabled and gay – I’d never seen a gay disabled person’
Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability
Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability
Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026
Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026
Would a quarter of workers really be better off ‘swapping wages for benefits’?
