Welfare

Half a million seriously ill and disabled people could have universal credit cut under DWP plans
Universal credit

Half a million seriously ill and disabled people could have universal credit cut under DWP plans

Panic attacks, pressure to ‘ramp up numbers’ and a ‘bullying atmosphere’: Life as a DWP disability benefits assessor
Disability benefits

Panic attacks, pressure to ‘ramp up numbers’ and a ‘bullying atmosphere’: Life as a DWP disability benefits assessor

‘I’m an amputee and the DWP reduced my disability benefits. I worried I would be homeless’
Disability benefits

‘I’m an amputee and the DWP reduced my disability benefits. I worried I would be homeless’

Exclusive: Disabled people are ‘set up to fail’ by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal
Disability benefits

Exclusive: Disabled people are ‘set up to fail’ by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal

In the face of this emergency, revolutionary thinking is required
Opinion

In the face of this emergency, revolutionary thinking is required

Is universal credit enough to live on? Here’s why experts say the April increase is ‘too little, too late’
Benefits

Is universal credit enough to live on? Here’s why experts say the April increase is ‘too little, too late’

A poverty manifesto about the glues, syrups and treacles that get people stuck
Opinion

A poverty manifesto about the glues, syrups and treacles that get people stuck

‘We have to keep fighting’: Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat
Legacy benefits

‘We have to keep fighting’: Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat

I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven’t solved it
Opinion

I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven’t solved it

Legacy benefits court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift
Legacy benefits

Legacy benefits court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift

How we lost sight of the Beveridge Principles
Dr Lee Gregory

How we lost sight of the Beveridge Principles

Will benefits rise in line with inflation?
Cost of living crisis

Will benefits rise in line with inflation?

New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits
Cost of living crisis

New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits

BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis
Financial insecurity

BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis

Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support

More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July
Cost of living

More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July

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Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into ‘destitution’, charities warn
Welfare system

Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into ‘destitution’, charities warn

‘A national scandal’: High court rejects appeal to keep disability benefits in line with universal credit
welfare system

‘A national scandal’: High court rejects appeal to keep disability benefits in line with universal credit

Low-income families in Scotland to receive £20 per week from April
welfare system

Low-income families in Scotland to receive £20 per week from April

DWP faces High Court battle over ‘morally bankrupt’ legacy benefits rule
welfare system

DWP faces High Court battle over ‘morally bankrupt’ legacy benefits rule