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Benefits

I'm a Labour MP. This is why I can't support Starmer's benefits cuts
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Paula Barker MP

I'm a Labour MP. This is why I can't support Starmer's benefits cuts

One of 42 Labour MPs to break ranks and say they cannot support the government's benefits cuts, Paula Barker says Treasury orthodoxy cannot dictate policy at the expense of constituents
Where to get free financial advice now – from benefits to budgeting
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Money

Where to get free financial advice now – from benefits to budgeting

Disability benefit cuts 'impossible to support', Starmer told by his own MPs: 'Cuts create poverty'
Keir Starmer
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts 'impossible to support', Starmer told by his own MPs: 'Cuts create poverty'

Save tens of billions in public money by ending hunger – not slashing benefits, government told
Hunger

Save tens of billions in public money by ending hunger – not slashing benefits, government told

DWP payment dates in May 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP payment dates in May 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

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Mum-of-two shares experience of 'dehumanising' DWP benefits system: 'It could kill somebody'
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Benefits

Mum-of-two shares experience of 'dehumanising' DWP benefits system: 'It could kill somebody'

UK's 'cruel' benefits system is 'ruining lives' and 'violating human rights', Amnesty report finds
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Benefits

UK's 'cruel' benefits system is 'ruining lives' and 'violating human rights', Amnesty report finds

Widower of disabled woman in bitter, years-long legal battle after DWP denied him benefits
Department for Work and Pensions

Widower of disabled woman in bitter, years-long legal battle after DWP denied him benefits

Revealed: 1.3 million people with cancer, arthritis and more could lose PIP under Labour's benefit cuts
Disability benefits

Revealed: 1.3 million people with cancer, arthritis and more could lose PIP under Labour's benefit cuts

Letters: Stop assuming everyone with a house is somehow rich and without problems
Letters

Letters: Stop assuming everyone with a house is somehow rich and without problems

DWP urged to withdraw 'dangerous' and 'inaccessible' consultation into benefit cuts
disability benefits cuts protest
Disability benefits

DWP urged to withdraw 'dangerous' and 'inaccessible' consultation into benefit cuts

Blind people feel 'anxious and outraged' over Labour's benefit cuts: 'I'm struggling as it is'
Disability benefits

Blind people feel 'anxious and outraged' over Labour's benefit cuts: 'I'm struggling as it is'

Torture survivors face 'gruelling' process to get disability benefits – and it could get even worse
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Disability benefits

Torture survivors face 'gruelling' process to get disability benefits – and it could get even worse

Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection, Labour told
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Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection, Labour told

I'm buying fruit and veg for my kids on 'buy now, pay later'. The two-child benefit cap needs to go
A group of people stands with banners outside the Treasury
Two-child benefit cap

I'm buying fruit and veg for my kids on 'buy now, pay later'. The two-child benefit cap needs to go

'Time for radical thinking': What's the bigger picture behind Reeves' dramatic benefit cuts?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Spring statement

'Time for radical thinking': What's the bigger picture behind Reeves' dramatic benefit cuts?

Energy bills are rising this April. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living crisis

Energy bills are rising this April. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 
John Bird

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 

DWP ordered to correct 'entirely misleading' claim about universal credit claimants looking for work
dwp
Benefits

DWP ordered to correct 'entirely misleading' claim about universal credit claimants looking for work

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?
Letters

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about
DWP, benefits
Social Justice

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about

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Inside the Big Issue: Jeff Goldblum and his keys to life
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Jeff Goldblum and his keys to life

DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
money
Benefits

DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

DWP 'work coach shortage' could undermine Labour's bid to help disabled people into work
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Department for Work and Pensions

DWP 'work coach shortage' could undermine Labour's bid to help disabled people into work

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: 'It's a terrible situation'
mother holding a baby
Ruth Talbot

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: 'It's a terrible situation'

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