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

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’

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

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

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 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

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it
Labour’s plan to ‘get Brits back to work’ must not be an excuse for slashing benefits, charities say

Labour’s plan to ‘get Brits back to work’ must not be an excuse for slashing benefits, charities say
DWP’s crackdown on welfare fraud risks ‘criminalising’ innocent benefit claimants, Starmer warned

DWP’s crackdown on welfare fraud risks ‘criminalising’ innocent benefit claimants, Starmer warned
‘My son lives without any joy’: How DWP’s two-child benefit limit is punishing children in crisis

‘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

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month
DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants

DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants
Single mum with disabled children told to pay DWP back £17,000 in benefit overpayments

Single mum with disabled children told to pay DWP back £17,000 in benefit overpayments
No update on future of household support fund until autumn budget, DWP minister says

No update on future of household support fund until autumn budget, DWP minister says
Keir Starmer defends scrapping winter fuel payment for pensioners not on benefits

Keir Starmer defends scrapping winter fuel payment for pensioners not on benefits
Nearly 18 million people will be left without crisis support if DWP fund ends

Nearly 18 million people will be left without crisis support if DWP fund ends
‘I’m going to die and I’m still not sick enough for PIP’: The reality of DWP disability benefits system

‘I’m going to die and I’m still not sick enough for PIP’: The reality of DWP disability benefits system
This is what life with the DWP’s two-child benefit cap looks like through a child’s eyes

This is what life with the DWP’s two-child benefit cap looks like through a child’s eyes
Majority of councils unable to help those in crisis after DWP’s support fund ends next month

Majority of councils unable to help those in crisis after DWP’s support fund ends next month
DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: ‘This is extremely worrying’

DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: ‘This is extremely worrying’
Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it’s a lonely thing to go through
