Welfare cuts
Why disabled people are worried that the Timms Review could be used as a cover for PIP cuts

Why disabled people are worried that the Timms Review could be used as a cover for PIP cuts
Mikey Erhardt, a campaigner for Disability Rights UK, expresses concern about what the Timms Review will mean for personal independence payment (PIP) in the future
Disabled people appointed to co-produce Timms review of PIP: ‘This opportunity cannot be wasted’

Disabled people appointed to co-produce Timms review of PIP: ‘This opportunity cannot be wasted’
Most of the people on the newly-elected steering group have lived experience of disability or claiming personal independence payment (PIP)
Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: ‘We need to up our game’

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: ‘We need to up our game’
Neil Duncan-Jordan spoke to the Big Issue about why he wants to see an ‘essentials guarantee’ in universal credit, what he thinks about the government’s approach to welfare, and where he thinks Labour is going wrong
Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns
Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns
Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?
Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?
Targeting people with mental health conditions will not fix the welfare system

Targeting people with mental health conditions will not fix the welfare system
‘Incentivising work’ or instilling fear? How making the benefits system meaner has backfired

‘Incentivising work’ or instilling fear? How making the benefits system meaner has backfired
How trust could transform Britain’s broken benefits system

How trust could transform Britain’s broken benefits system
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’
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
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
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 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
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?
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
