Welfare cuts
How cancer patients could suffer after Labour’s cuts to universal credit
How cancer patients could suffer after Labour’s cuts to universal credit
Dr Millie Light writes of the deep sorrow she feels for anyone who becomes sick or disabled with cancer after the cuts to the health element universal credit in April 2026
Is the Timms Review of disability benefit PIP just a tick-box exercise?
Is the Timms Review of disability benefit PIP just a tick-box exercise?
Mikey Erhardt, policy lead at Disability Rights UK, writes about why the Stephen Timms review of the personal independence payment (PIP) must be used to ensure genuine and positive change for disabled people
Suspended MP Brian Leishman: ‘It’s sad there’s no room for Jeremy and Zarah in the Labour Party’
Suspended MP Brian Leishman: ‘It’s sad there’s no room for Jeremy and Zarah in the Labour Party’
Brian Leishman remains firmly committed to the Labour Party despite his suspension and criticism of the government’s welfare policies, but what does he think of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new endeavour?
Suspended rebel MP Rachael Maskell: ‘If Labour doesn’t change, I fear where this country is headed’
Suspended rebel MP Rachael Maskell: ‘If Labour doesn’t change, I fear where this country is headed’
MPs vote to make Labour’s ‘reckless’ benefits bill into law – despite disabled people’s fears. Now what?
MPs vote to make Labour’s ‘reckless’ benefits bill into law – despite disabled people’s fears. Now what?
UN committee sounds alarm over Labour’s benefits bill: ‘It should shame the government’
UN committee sounds alarm over Labour’s benefits bill: ‘It should shame the government’
As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we’re all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead
As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we’re all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead
PIP cuts are paused after ‘shambolic’ series of U-turns – but is it enough to rebuild trust in Labour?
PIP cuts are paused after ‘shambolic’ series of U-turns – but is it enough to rebuild trust in Labour?
Here’s why 49 Labour MPs still voted against Starmer’s benefits bill: ‘It’s not the Labour way’
Here’s why 49 Labour MPs still voted against Starmer’s benefits bill: ‘It’s not the Labour way’
MPs vote to take forward ‘brutal’ cuts to disability benefits: ‘It will come to haunt this government’
MPs vote to take forward ‘brutal’ cuts to disability benefits: ‘It will come to haunt this government’
Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote
Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote
It never crossed my mind I might need disability benefits. Now I don’t know where I’d be without PIP
It never crossed my mind I might need disability benefits. Now I don’t know where I’d be without PIP
I’m a Labour MP and this is why I still can’t support the government’s disability benefits cuts
I’m a Labour MP and this is why I still can’t support the government’s disability benefits cuts
More than half of PIP claimants say Labour’s benefit cuts could make them homeless
More than half of PIP claimants say Labour’s benefit cuts could make them homeless
If Labour takes my PIP away, I’ll have to give up the job I love
If Labour takes my PIP away, I’ll have to give up the job I love
‘I am not a scrounger’: Paralympic champions blast Labour over disability benefit cuts
‘I am not a scrounger’: Paralympic champions blast Labour over disability benefit cuts
Revealed: Majority of PIP claimants with heart disease, arthritis and Crohn’s at risk of cuts
Revealed: Majority of PIP claimants with heart disease, arthritis and Crohn’s at risk of cuts
Could the government’s disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?
Could the government’s disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?
Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families
Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families
‘I was barely existing before PIP’: Benefit claimants say they’re ‘terrified’ of Labour’s cuts
‘I was barely existing before PIP’: Benefit claimants say they’re ‘terrified’ of Labour’s cuts
Labour pushes on with ‘catastrophic’ disability benefit cuts: ‘The government is just not listening’
Labour pushes on with ‘catastrophic’ disability benefit cuts: ‘The government is just not listening’
DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation
DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation
Disabled protesters say they’ll stop Labour’s benefit cuts – or die trying: ‘I will fight my heart out’
Disabled protesters say they’ll stop Labour’s benefit cuts – or die trying: ‘I will fight my heart out’
Disability benefit cuts ‘impossible to support’, Starmer told by his own MPs: ‘Cuts create poverty’
Disability benefit cuts ‘impossible to support’, Starmer told by his own MPs: ‘Cuts create poverty’
Disability benefit cuts could be as ‘politically toxic’ as winter fuel payment, Labour warned
