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Can Keir Starmer really stop the boats? Labour warned immigration plan doesn’t go far enough
Keir Starmer greets new Labour MP Natalie Elphicke
Immigration

Can Keir Starmer really stop the boats? Labour warned immigration plan doesn’t go far enough

Labour leader Keir Starmer says he’ll scrap the Rwanda scheme and introduce a new Border Security Command. Migration experts are dubious
Stigma of poverty is a ‘wicked social problem’, report warns – but it doesn’t have to be this way
Poverty

Stigma of poverty is a ‘wicked social problem’, report warns – but it doesn’t have to be this way

‘I’m terrified’: Disabled and mentally ill people share harrowing experiences of benefits system
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Benefits

‘I’m terrified’: Disabled and mentally ill people share harrowing experiences of benefits system

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Would devolution of the DWP be a better way of delivering benefits and welfare?
Department for Work and Pensions

Would devolution of the DWP be a better way of delivering benefits and welfare?

Will DWP’s WorkWell scheme actually help people into work – or is it an attack on disability rights?
Disability rights

Will DWP’s WorkWell scheme actually help people into work – or is it an attack on disability rights?

Cost of living crisis

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Stigma of poverty is a ‘wicked social problem’, report warns – but it doesn’t have to be this way
Poverty

Stigma of poverty is a ‘wicked social problem’, report warns – but it doesn’t have to be this way

Will DWP’s WorkWell scheme actually help people into work – or is it an attack on disability rights?
working disabled woman
Disability rights

Will DWP’s WorkWell scheme actually help people into work – or is it an attack on disability rights?

Applying for DWP benefits is ‘soul-destroying’ and ‘unnecessarily difficult’, study finds
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Benefits

Applying for DWP benefits is ‘soul-destroying’ and ‘unnecessarily difficult’, study finds

India Amarteifio on growing up on benefits and entering the glitzy Bridgerton world
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Social Justice

India Amarteifio on growing up on benefits and entering the glitzy Bridgerton world

Advice & support

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DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions in May 2024 – and how to know if you’re eligible
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Benefits

DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions in May 2024 – and how to know if you’re eligible

Thousands could be owed up to £12k from DWP in backdated PIP payments. Here’s what you need to know
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Social Justice

Thousands could be owed up to £12k from DWP in backdated PIP payments. Here’s what you need to know

Cost of living payment 2024: Where to get help now the scheme is over
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Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payment 2024: Where to get help now the scheme is over

DWP benefits and state pension rising from April. Here’s when you will get the higher amount
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Benefits

DWP benefits and state pension rising from April. Here’s when you will get the higher amount

Facts and figures

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PIP changes: What is the government planning with the disability benefits system?
Disability benefits

PIP changes: What is the government planning with the disability benefits system?

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

Thousands could be owed up to £12k from DWP in backdated PIP payments. Here’s what you need to know
money/ pip backdated payments
Social Justice

Thousands could be owed up to £12k from DWP in backdated PIP payments. Here’s what you need to know

Cost of living payment 2024: Where to get help now the scheme is over
next dwp cost of living payment 2023
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payment 2024: Where to get help now the scheme is over

Food banks

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DWP has the power to help people. Why is it choosing to threaten disabled people instead?
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Sumi Rabindrakumar

DWP has the power to help people. Why is it choosing to threaten disabled people instead?

Bonkers Tory ad claims UK is ‘second most powerful country in the world’. That’s ‘hilarious propaganda’
Politics

Bonkers Tory ad claims UK is ‘second most powerful country in the world’. That’s ‘hilarious propaganda’

Jeremy Hunt’s last-minute household support fund reprieve is too little, too late
the household support fund
Sabine Goodwin

Jeremy Hunt’s last-minute household support fund reprieve is too little, too late

‘It’s not just wonky veg’: Meet the women using an ancient practice to help tackle food poverty
Food poverty

‘It’s not just wonky veg’: Meet the women using an ancient practice to help tackle food poverty

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‘It’s evil what they’re doing’: DWP denying benefits to people with schizophrenia and mental illness
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Benefits

‘It’s evil what they’re doing’: DWP denying benefits to people with schizophrenia and mental illness

My daughter has been trapped in hospital for years with a learning disability – and she wants out
learning disability hospital/ sarah
Disabilities

My daughter has been trapped in hospital for years with a learning disability – and she wants out

My cousin was killed in front of his six-year-old son. I need to get my family out of Gaza
Gaza/ Ahmed
Israel-Gaza war

My cousin was killed in front of his six-year-old son. I need to get my family out of Gaza

I used to dream of being a doctor in the UK. Now I’m searching for ways to survive in Palestine
gaza/ mohammed
Israel-Gaza war

I used to dream of being a doctor in the UK. Now I’m searching for ways to survive in Palestine