Welfare cuts
Labour deputy hopeful Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and Farage: ‘There’s no quick fix’

Labour deputy hopeful Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and Farage: ‘There’s no quick fix’
Big Issue spoke with deputy leadership hopeful Lucy Powell about her hopes for the future of the Labour party and the country
Universal credit is back in the dock – this time at the United Nations

Universal credit is back in the dock – this time at the United Nations
United Nations special rapporteurs have called for the UK government to question how its reforms to universal credit are in line with human rights standards
Labour faces another mass rebellion over reforms to the universal credit system, MPs fear

Labour faces another mass rebellion over reforms to the universal credit system, MPs fear
Labour MPs have expressed concerns over plans to change the assessment for the health element of universal credit
How cancer patients could suffer after Labour’s cuts to universal credit
How cancer patients could suffer after Labour’s cuts to universal credit
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?
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’
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’
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
Starmer finally backs down on disability benefits cuts – but are the concessions enough?

Starmer finally backs down on disability benefits cuts – but are the concessions enough?
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
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
‘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?
‘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’
Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: ‘I don’t want to be part of it’

Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: ‘I don’t want to be part of it’
DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation
