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‘Getting benefits eased pressure on my family’: £9.6bn of universal credit went unclaimed in the last 12 months
Benefits

‘Getting benefits eased pressure on my family’: £9.6bn of universal credit went unclaimed in the last 12 months

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’

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour’s cuts to universal credit
Millie Light

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour’s cuts to universal credit

Universal credit cuts will push 50,000 into poverty despite government’s U-turn, MPs warn
Disability benefits

Universal credit cuts will push 50,000 into poverty despite government’s U-turn, MPs warn

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

MPs vote to make Labour’s ‘reckless’ benefits bill into law – despite disabled people’s fears. Now what?
Disability benefits

MPs vote to make Labour’s ‘reckless’ benefits bill into law – despite disabled people’s fears. Now what?

Homeless young people slapped with £1,800 carpet bill after finally being housed
Homelessness

Homeless young people slapped with £1,800 carpet bill after finally being housed

MPs vote to take forward ‘brutal’ cuts to disability benefits: ‘It will come to haunt this government’
Disability benefits

MPs vote to take forward ‘brutal’ cuts to disability benefits: ‘It will come to haunt this government’

Pressure mounts on Labour over two-child benefit cap as Scotland sets end date: ‘Families can’t wait’
Two-child benefit cap

Pressure mounts on Labour over two-child benefit cap as Scotland sets end date: ‘Families can’t wait’

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it’s time politicians knew about it
Amie Alissa Watson

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it’s time politicians knew about it

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: ‘It will take hunger out of classroom’
Child poverty

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: ‘It will take hunger out of classroom’

Where to get free financial advice now – from benefits to budgeting
Money

Where to get free financial advice now – from benefits to budgeting

Mum-of-two shares experience of ‘dehumanising’ DWP benefits system: ‘It could kill somebody’
Benefits

Mum-of-two shares experience of ‘dehumanising’ DWP benefits system: ‘It could kill somebody’

UK’s ‘cruel’ benefits system is ‘ruining lives’ and ‘violating human rights’, Amnesty report finds
Benefits

UK’s ‘cruel’ benefits system is ‘ruining lives’ and ‘violating human rights’, Amnesty report finds

DWP ordered to correct ‘entirely misleading’ claim about universal credit claimants looking for work
Benefits

DWP ordered to correct ‘entirely misleading’ claim about universal credit claimants looking for work

DWP ‘work coach shortage’ could undermine Labour’s bid to help disabled people into work
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP ‘work coach shortage’ could undermine Labour’s bid to help disabled people into work

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Benefit cuts and big housebuilding promises: What Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement means for you
Spring Statement

Benefit cuts and big housebuilding promises: What Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement means for you

We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected
Mikey Erhardt

We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected

Labour’s rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty
Anela Anwar

Labour’s rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty

DWP minister ‘regrets’ making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts
Disability benefits

DWP minister ‘regrets’ making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts