Benefit Cuts

The Conservatives want to cut housing benefit to fund defence spending. But will it work?
Kemi Badenoch
Housing

The Conservatives want to cut housing benefit to fund defence spending. But will it work?

Kemi Badenoch has announced plans to raise £10bn a year in defence spending paid for welfare cuts. Experts warn it will mean a costly rise in homelessness
'Terrified of a rent increase': How Labour's housing benefit cuts are hitting renters
Terraced houses in Manchester
Renting

'Terrified of a rent increase': How Labour's housing benefit cuts are hitting renters

Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns
Disability benefits

Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns

'Incentivising work' or instilling fear? How making the benefits system meaner has backfired
Ayla Ozmen

'Incentivising work' or instilling fear? How making the benefits system meaner has backfired

Growing number of disabled people turning to sex work amid benefit cuts and rising living costs
Sex work

Growing number of disabled people turning to sex work amid benefit cuts and rising living costs

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Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts
A Trussell food bank worker sorting food parcels. Image: Dan Prince
Food banks

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour's cuts to universal credit
Dr Millie Light
Millie Light

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour's cuts to universal credit

As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we're all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead
Diane Johnson

As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we're all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead

Labour's disability benefits bill is supposed to help people into work – but the jobs aren't there
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall speaking in parliament
Disability Benefits

Labour's disability benefits bill is supposed to help people into work – but the jobs aren't there

I'm a Labour MP and this is why I still can't support the government's disability benefits cuts
Cat Eccles MP

I'm a Labour MP and this is why I still can't support the government's disability benefits cuts