Welfare
Government warned tougher benefit rules will cause ‘destitution’: ‘People are struggling’

Government warned tougher benefit rules will cause ‘destitution’: ‘People are struggling’
What to expect from Liz Kendall as Keir Starmer’s controversial shadow work and pensions secretary

What to expect from Liz Kendall as Keir Starmer’s controversial shadow work and pensions secretary
Half a million seriously ill and disabled people could have universal credit cut under DWP plans

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

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’

‘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

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

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’

Is universal credit enough to live on? Here’s why experts say the April increase is ‘too little, too late’
‘We have to keep fighting’: Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat

‘We have to keep fighting’: Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat
Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments

Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments
I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven’t solved it

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 court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift
New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits

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

BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis
More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July

More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July
‘I feel stuck’: How the cost of living crisis is impacting universal credit claimants

‘I feel stuck’: How the cost of living crisis is impacting universal credit claimants
Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into ‘destitution’, charities warn

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
