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Government's new welfare reforms could cause 'huge anxiety for disabled people'
Disability benefits

Government's new welfare reforms could cause 'huge anxiety for disabled people'

Disabled people face 'harrowing' and 'inhumane' benefits assessments, MPs warn in Westminster debate
Disability symbol on ground
Disability benefits

Disabled people face 'harrowing' and 'inhumane' benefits assessments, MPs warn in Westminster debate

Parents will 'suffer' balancing work and childcare as schools shut over concrete safety crisis
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Schools

Parents will 'suffer' balancing work and childcare as schools shut over concrete safety crisis

Young man who died by suicide feared DWP would take disability benefits away
Josh, who struggled with DWP disability benefits
Disability benefits

Young man who died by suicide feared DWP would take disability benefits away

'I have cancer and I'm worried about heating this winter': Energy price cap will leave 6.3 million households in fuel poverty
Wise/ Energy Bills
Energy bills

'I have cancer and I'm worried about heating this winter': Energy price cap will leave 6.3 million households in fuel poverty

Asylum backlog hits record high but people arriving on small boats make up just a third of the queue
Asylum seekers

Asylum backlog hits record high but people arriving on small boats make up just a third of the queue

John Chadwick took his own life when he was separated from his pets. His friend is campaigning for change
A man cuddles a small jack russell dog
Homelessness

John Chadwick took his own life when he was separated from his pets. His friend is campaigning for change

The DWP disability benefits system has 'failed people living with Parkinson's for a decade'
Phil Bungay/ DWP disability benefits
Disability benefits

The DWP disability benefits system has 'failed people living with Parkinson's for a decade'

DWP warned over disability benefits failures that leave disabled people in 'psychological distress'
DWP
Disability benefits

DWP warned over disability benefits failures that leave disabled people in 'psychological distress'

DWP faces disability benefits backlog as record 430,000 people wait for PIP review
Disability sign/ DWP PIP can help people with disabilities or illness pay for extra costs
Disability benefits

DWP faces disability benefits backlog as record 430,000 people wait for PIP review

'The DWP disability benefits system has crushed me': a domestic abuse survivor speaks out
Anonymous domestic abuse survivor struggles with disability benefits system
Disability benefits

'The DWP disability benefits system has crushed me': a domestic abuse survivor speaks out

Hotel Sacher is changing lives one slice of cake at a time
Two young women sit on a sofa in chef's whites with Sacher branding
International vendors

Hotel Sacher is changing lives one slice of cake at a time

Bibby Stockholm is a 'monument to government failure', says IRC
Asylum seekers

Bibby Stockholm is a 'monument to government failure', says IRC

'The DWP refused me PIP and took universal credit deductions because my landlord told them to. How am I supposed to live?'
George Mitchell, who has faced difficulties with the DWP PIP and universal credit
Disability benefits

'The DWP refused me PIP and took universal credit deductions because my landlord told them to. How am I supposed to live?'

This teenager with MS is fighting for change after DWP universal credit waiting times forced her to use food banks
Keisha, who has faced DWP universal credit waiting times
Universal credit

This teenager with MS is fighting for change after DWP universal credit waiting times forced her to use food banks

Grenfell survivor Tiago Alves: 'We were all normal people living our normal lives'
Tiago Alves, a survivor of the Grenfell Tower fire near Latimer Road,
Interview

Grenfell survivor Tiago Alves: 'We were all normal people living our normal lives'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Summer Survival Guide: How to get through the summer holidays in the cost of living crisis
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Summer survival guide

Summer Survival Guide: How to get through the summer holidays in the cost of living crisis

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

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

Why is Keir Starmer being called Sir Kid Starver?
Labour

Why is Keir Starmer being called Sir Kid Starver?

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

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