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Benefits

DWP snooping on benefit claimants' bank accounts will 'decimate civil liberties', campaigners warn
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP snooping on benefit claimants' bank accounts will 'decimate civil liberties', campaigners warn

DWP sparks outcry with plan to hire 2,500 'agents' to investigate universal credit claimants
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Benefit fraud

DWP sparks outcry with plan to hire 2,500 'agents' to investigate universal credit claimants

Sunak and the DWP are trying to push people back to work. We think there's a better way
Katy Wright

Sunak and the DWP are trying to push people back to work. We think there's a better way

Universal credit changes risk pushing vulnerable benefit claimants 'into crisis', DWP warned
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Universal credit

Universal credit changes risk pushing vulnerable benefit claimants 'into crisis', DWP warned

Even Suella Braverman wants to end the two-child benefit cap. Why is Labour refusing to budge?
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Child poverty

Even Suella Braverman wants to end the two-child benefit cap. Why is Labour refusing to budge?

'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

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

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

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

Letters: Benefits system does need reforming – but not in the way Rishi Sunak thinks
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Letters

Letters: Benefits system does need reforming – but not in the way Rishi Sunak thinks

Sunak acts like his benefits crackdown impacts the whole UK – but it's far messier than that
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Ruth Patrick

Sunak acts like his benefits crackdown impacts the whole UK – but it's far messier than that

DWP crackdown on disability benefits is already causing 'unimaginable terror', MPs warn
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Disability benefits

DWP crackdown on disability benefits is already causing 'unimaginable terror', MPs warn

Letters: I'm autistic and the DWP's benefit reforms make me very scared for the future
Letters

Letters: I'm autistic and the DWP's benefit reforms make me very scared for the future

'It makes me want to scream': PIP changes could be 'tragic' for disabled people, DWP warned
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Disability benefits

'It makes me want to scream': PIP changes could be 'tragic' for disabled people, DWP warned

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?

DWP sparks outcry as disabled people face end to cash benefits: 'This won't solve the UK's problems'
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Disability benefits

DWP sparks outcry as disabled people face end to cash benefits: 'This won't solve the UK's problems'

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DWP disability benefit cuts will impact 450,000 people – but very few will actually find paid work
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Benefits

DWP disability benefit cuts will impact 450,000 people – but very few will actually find paid work

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

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?

Hate speech, snooping and benefits: How government policy has 'violated disabled people's rights'
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Disability rights

Hate speech, snooping and benefits: How government policy has 'violated disabled people's rights'

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