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One in three terminally ill people miss out on benefits in the final year of their life
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One in three terminally ill people miss out on benefits in the final year of their life

A third of people dying with chronic illness are not claiming fast-tracked benefits worth up to £187 a week.

Are universities really churning out 700,000 jobless graduates on benefits?
graduates

Are universities really churning out 700,000 jobless graduates on benefits?

If you go to university, are you likely to end up on benefits? We take a look

Access to Work delays double in four years leaving disabled people at risk of losing jobs
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Access to Work delays double in four years leaving disabled people at risk of losing jobs

Surging demand is heaping pressure on Access to Work, a vital DWP scheme to help disabled people stay in work.

DWP penalises universal credit claimant despite getting new job: ‘Congratulations – you’re sanctioned’
Universal credit

DWP penalises universal credit claimant despite getting new job: ‘Congratulations – you’re sanctioned’

Revealed: Scrapping two-child benefit limit will make ‘no difference at all’ to 140,000 children in poverty
Two-child limit

Revealed: Scrapping two-child benefit limit will make ‘no difference at all’ to 140,000 children in poverty

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DWP’s ‘unhealthy’ AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds
Artificial intelligence

DWP’s ‘unhealthy’ AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds

As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we’re all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead
Diane Johnson

As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we’re all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead

I’m a working mum-of-four – ending the two-child benefit cap would be life-changing for us
Two-child benefit cap

I’m a working mum-of-four – ending the two-child benefit cap would be life-changing for us

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says
Data

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: ‘A disaster on every front’
Disability benefit cuts

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: ‘A disaster on every front’

Benefit cuts will have ‘catastrophic impact’ on mentally ill people: ‘Some will struggle to survive’
Disability benefits

Benefit cuts will have ‘catastrophic impact’ on mentally ill people: ‘Some will struggle to survive’

Reforming the two-child benefit cap could lift 230,000 under-fives out of poverty, Labour told
Two-child benefit cap

Reforming the two-child benefit cap could lift 230,000 under-fives out of poverty, Labour told

‘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

Labour’s benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it
Paul McNamee

Labour’s benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it

Working from home vital for disabled people to keep a job, DWP told ahead of benefit cuts
Working from home

Working from home vital for disabled people to keep a job, DWP told ahead of benefit cuts

Are disability benefit claimants ‘ready to work’? The truth behind DWP’s claims ahead of welfare reforms
Disability benefits

Are disability benefit claimants ‘ready to work’? The truth behind DWP’s claims ahead of welfare reforms

Warning after DWP reveals how it uses AI to make decisions on benefits
Benefits

Warning after DWP reveals how it uses AI to make decisions on benefits

How Big Issue Recruit builds on a three-decade legacy of removing barriers to work
Big Issue Recruit

How Big Issue Recruit builds on a three-decade legacy of removing barriers to work

Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP
Letters

Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’
Disability benefits

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’
Benefit fraud

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an ‘assault’ on the ‘disabled, sick and elderly’

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DWP’s ‘misleading and unfair’ consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules
Disability benefits

DWP’s ‘misleading and unfair’ consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules

Letters: Disabled people shouldn’t need to be Paralympians to have dignity
Letters

Letters: Disabled people shouldn’t need to be Paralympians to have dignity

Letters: Yes, it was really easy being a Boomer… How Gen Z must envy us!
Letters

Letters: Yes, it was really easy being a Boomer… How Gen Z must envy us!

Labour has declared ‘war on benefits’. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing
Catherine Parsons

Labour has declared ‘war on benefits’. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing