Welfare

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait
Benefits

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait

A universal credit advance payment can ease the wait for your application to be processed – but it can reduce your monthly income too

Scotland’s move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap must inspire Westminster
Sabine Goodwin

Scotland’s move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap must inspire Westminster

Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) director Sabine Goodwin says groundbreaking commitments to tackle poverty should inspire Westminster – but the Scottish government must aim higher.

It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system
Meagan Levin

It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system

Meagan Levin, policy and public affairs manager at Turn2us, reacts to the government’s ‘Get Britain Working’ white paper. She says more must be done to regain people’s trust in the social security system

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

Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to ‘get Britain working again’
Benefits

Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to ‘get Britain working again’

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Labour warned against ‘scare tactics’ after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to ‘get Britain working’
Department for Work and Pensions

Labour warned against ‘scare tactics’ after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to ‘get Britain working’

Keir Starmer’s pledge on benefits ‘deepens stigma’ and leads to ‘fear and shame’
Benefits

Keir Starmer’s pledge on benefits ‘deepens stigma’ and leads to ‘fear and shame’

DWP benefit payment dates in December 2024 – including when you’ll get benefits over Christmas
Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in December 2024 – including when you’ll get benefits over Christmas

PIP is a lifeline for me as a disabled person. Here’s a great way to claim for the DWP benefit
Alicia Cartwright

PIP is a lifeline for me as a disabled person. Here’s a great way to claim for the DWP benefit

‘It’s an invasion of privacy’: Single mum left ‘mortified’ after DWP scrutinises her bank account
Universal credit

‘It’s an invasion of privacy’: Single mum left ‘mortified’ after DWP scrutinises her bank account

DWP benefit reforms to get people into work are ‘smokescreen for cuts’, disability activist says
Disability benefits

DWP benefit reforms to get people into work are ‘smokescreen for cuts’, disability activist says

The budget was a start from Labour – but we need much more to transform disabled people’s lives
Chloe Schendel-Wilson

The budget was a start from Labour – but we need much more to transform disabled people’s lives

‘Where will it stop?’: DWP to get ‘direct access to bank accounts’ in benefit fraud crackdown
Benefit fraud

‘Where will it stop?’: DWP to get ‘direct access to bank accounts’ in benefit fraud crackdown

‘We’re extremely nervous’: Here’s what Labour’s autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants
Autumn budget

‘We’re extremely nervous’: Here’s what Labour’s autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants

Real change or austerity 2.0? Here’s how Labour can deliver a budget that works for everyone
Autumn budget

Real change or austerity 2.0? Here’s how Labour can deliver a budget that works for everyone

The human cost of years of DWP and benefits reforms must not be ignored in Labour’s budget
Amanda Light

The human cost of years of DWP and benefits reforms must not be ignored in Labour’s budget

Woman suffers stroke and loses three stone after DWP stops her disability benefits: ‘I was a skeleton’
Disability benefits

Woman suffers stroke and loses three stone after DWP stops her disability benefits: ‘I was a skeleton’

John McDonnell fears ‘people will lose their lives’ if Labour cuts benefits in autumn budget
Exclusive

John McDonnell fears ‘people will lose their lives’ if Labour cuts benefits in autumn budget

DWP plans to spy on claimants’ bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people
Mikey Erhardt

DWP plans to spy on claimants’ bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people

Disability benefits system is damaging claimants’ health, DWP’s own analysis finds: ‘It’s degrading’
Disability benefits

Disability benefits system is damaging claimants’ health, DWP’s own analysis finds: ‘It’s degrading’

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it
Vikki Brownridge

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it

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DWP’s crackdown on welfare fraud risks ‘criminalising’ innocent benefit claimants, Starmer warned
Benefit fraud

DWP’s crackdown on welfare fraud risks ‘criminalising’ innocent benefit claimants, Starmer warned

Rachel Reeves promises ‘no return to austerity’ amid fears of cuts to benefits in autumn budget
Social Justice

Rachel Reeves promises ‘no return to austerity’ amid fears of cuts to benefits in autumn budget

‘My son lives without any joy’: How DWP’s two-child benefit limit is punishing children in crisis
Joseph Howes

‘My son lives without any joy’: How DWP’s two-child benefit limit is punishing children in crisis

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month
Universal Credit

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month