Benefits
Universal credit claimants lose more than £1bn a year to 'automatic DWP deductions'
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Universal credit claimants lose more than £1bn a year to 'automatic DWP deductions'
Tories want to paint disabled people as 'benefit cheats'. Is Labour really any better?
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Tories want to paint disabled people as 'benefit cheats'. Is Labour really any better?
Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets
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Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets
My child was awarded disability benefits after five years of fighting. Why don't I feel victorious?
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My child was awarded disability benefits after five years of fighting. Why don't I feel victorious?
Abuse survivor tried to take her own life after years-long battle with DWP over disability benefits
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Abuse survivor tried to take her own life after years-long battle with DWP over disability benefits
DWP under investigation over treatment of ill and disabled people after deaths of benefit claimants
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DWP under investigation over treatment of ill and disabled people after deaths of benefit claimants
DWP ramps up AI use to 'bring the future to the welfare system' and push people into work
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DWP ramps up AI use to 'bring the future to the welfare system' and push people into work
Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to 'cruel' and 'immoral' two-child benefit cap
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Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to 'cruel' and 'immoral' two-child benefit cap
Letters: I'm terrified Labour will be as unfair as the Tories on disability benefits
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Letters: I'm terrified Labour will be as unfair as the Tories on disability benefits
Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: 'PIP fraud is a non-issue'
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Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: 'PIP fraud is a non-issue'
Deaf man awarded £50,000 after 'oppressive' and 'discriminatory' treatment by DWP
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Deaf man awarded £50,000 after 'oppressive' and 'discriminatory' treatment by DWP
Benefits system is 'utterly failing' as food bank demand reaches record high: 'It's heartbreaking'
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Benefits system is 'utterly failing' as food bank demand reaches record high: 'It's heartbreaking'
'We're at breaking point': Food banks see record number of first-time users as demand soars
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'We're at breaking point': Food banks see record number of first-time users as demand soars
Benefit reforms 'entirely in the wrong direction' to help disabled people into work, DWP warned
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Benefit reforms 'entirely in the wrong direction' to help disabled people into work, DWP warned
DWP snooping on benefit claimants' bank accounts will 'decimate civil liberties', campaigners warn
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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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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
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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 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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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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