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Gordon Brown calls for ‘urgent action’ to boost universal credit as petition reaches 140,000
Cost of Living Crisis

Gordon Brown calls for ‘urgent action’ to boost universal credit as petition reaches 140,000

Number of universal credit claimants facing sanctions soars past 100,000
Employment

Number of universal credit claimants facing sanctions soars past 100,000

Energy bills set to be higher than universal credit payments in January
Cost of living crisis

Energy bills set to be higher than universal credit payments in January

DWP staff are having to claim benefits themselves
In-work poverty

DWP staff are having to claim benefits themselves

Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support

The North East has overtaken London as the region with the highest rate of child poverty
Cost of living crisis

The North East has overtaken London as the region with the highest rate of child poverty

Dad on universal credit has gone days without eating so he can feed his children through cost of living crisis
Cost of Living Crisis

Dad on universal credit has gone days without eating so he can feed his children through cost of living crisis

More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July
Cost of living

More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July

‘I feel stuck’: How the cost of living crisis is impacting universal credit claimants
cost of living crisis

‘I feel stuck’: How the cost of living crisis is impacting universal credit claimants

‘It’s expensive to be poor’: How the cost of living crisis has impacted food prices
Food poverty

‘It’s expensive to be poor’: How the cost of living crisis has impacted food prices

Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into ‘destitution’, charities warn
Welfare system

Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into ‘destitution’, charities warn

Universal credit switch will leave up to 900,000 benefit claimants worse off
Social Justice

Universal credit switch will leave up to 900,000 benefit claimants worse off

DWP tries to scrap promise to report impact of universal credit
welfare system

DWP tries to scrap promise to report impact of universal credit

Benefit claimants suspected of ‘wrong-doing and deceit’ when trying to access government support, says study
welfare system

Benefit claimants suspected of ‘wrong-doing and deceit’ when trying to access government support, says study

You could be £1,100 a year worse off from Friday in cost of living surge
cost of living crisis

You could be £1,100 a year worse off from Friday in cost of living surge

‘Gutted and furious’: How universal credit claimants feel about Rishi Sunak’s Spring Budget
Spring Budget

‘Gutted and furious’: How universal credit claimants feel about Rishi Sunak’s Spring Budget

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High Court rules millions of legacy benefits claimants won’t get backdated payments
Welfare system

High Court rules millions of legacy benefits claimants won’t get backdated payments

Broadband providers told to promote their deals for low-income families after millions miss out
Digital inclusion

Broadband providers told to promote their deals for low-income families after millions miss out

A record one in four people out of work say it’s due to long-term sickness
Unemployment

A record one in four people out of work say it’s due to long-term sickness

The DWP must start putting people before process
Ella Abraham

The DWP must start putting people before process