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Benefits

Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start
food banks
Sabine Goodwin

Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start

'I was barely existing before PIP': Benefit claimants say they're 'terrified' of Labour's cuts
Disability benefits

'I was barely existing before PIP': Benefit claimants say they're 'terrified' of Labour's cuts

Labour pushes on with 'catastrophic' disability benefit cuts: 'The government is just not listening'
Keir Starmer
Disability benefits

Labour pushes on with 'catastrophic' disability benefit cuts: 'The government is just not listening'

Pressure mounts on Labour over two-child benefit cap as Scotland sets end date: 'Families can't wait'
Shirley-Anne Somerville, social justice secretary for the Scottish government, announced the plan for a two-child limit payment on a visit to Busy Bees Bellfield parent and toddler group in Portobello
Two-child benefit cap

Pressure mounts on Labour over two-child benefit cap as Scotland sets end date: 'Families can't wait'

Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: 'I don't want to be part of it'
Labour MPs join photo-call to protest against disability benefit cuts.
Disability benefits

Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: 'I don't want to be part of it'

70,000 more people to lose disability benefits under Labour's cuts than originally expected
Rachel Reeves
Disability benefits

70,000 more people to lose disability benefits under Labour's cuts than originally expected

Letters: Labour is redefining what it means to be disabled to satisfy Rachel Reeves
Letters

Letters: Labour is redefining what it means to be disabled to satisfy Rachel Reeves

Scrap two-child benefit cap if you're serious about child poverty, Rachel Reeves told
Rachel Reeves
Two-child benefit cap

Scrap two-child benefit cap if you're serious about child poverty, Rachel Reeves told

Living with long Covid can be devastating – it's time our benefits system recognised that
Photo of MP Jo Platt against a natural outdoor background
Jo Platt MP

Living with long Covid can be devastating – it's time our benefits system recognised that

PIP literally saved my life. Now I fear Labour's benefit cuts will take it all away
Disability benefits

PIP literally saved my life. Now I fear Labour's benefit cuts will take it all away

'I was dying in silence': How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families
Immigration

'I was dying in silence': How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families

Labour's disability benefit cuts will force nearly half a million people to turn to food banks
Disability benefits

Labour's disability benefit cuts will force nearly half a million people to turn to food banks

What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit
a pile of pound coins on a white surface // unemployment benefits
Disability benefits

What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit

Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: 'I can't make it make sense'
Access to Work

Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: 'I can't make it make sense'

Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work
keir starmer
Homelessness

Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work

DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall speaking in parliament
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation

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

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

Disabled protesters say they'll stop Labour's benefit cuts – or die trying: 'I will fight my heart out'
Protesters in Cardiff outside their local MP's office with a sign saying 'welfare not warfare'
Disability benefits

Disabled protesters say they'll stop Labour's benefit cuts – or die trying: 'I will fight my heart out'

'It's a vicious cycle': Labour's benefit cuts could push people with MS out of work, report finds
Liz Kendall
Multiple sclerosis

'It's a vicious cycle': Labour's benefit cuts could push people with MS out of work, report finds

We need to change the way we talk about benefits if we're ever going to rebuild trust in the system
Lucy Bannister

We need to change the way we talk about benefits if we're ever going to rebuild trust in the system

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