Benefits

Young man who died by suicide feared DWP would take disability benefits away
Josh, who struggled with DWP disability benefits
Disability benefits

Young man who died by suicide feared DWP would take disability benefits away

Disabled people are disproportionately affected by homelessness – and getting support feels ‘nearly impossible’
homelessness and disability
Homelessness

Disabled people are disproportionately affected by homelessness – and getting support feels ‘nearly impossible’

The DWP disability benefits system has 'failed people living with Parkinson's for a decade'
Phil Bungay/ DWP disability benefits
Disability benefits

The DWP disability benefits system has 'failed people living with Parkinson's for a decade'

DWP warned over disability benefits failures that leave disabled people in 'psychological distress'
DWP
Disability benefits

DWP warned over disability benefits failures that leave disabled people in 'psychological distress'

'The juggle is real': Single parents, childcare and how Big Issue Recruit can help
Big Issue Recruit

'The juggle is real': Single parents, childcare and how Big Issue Recruit can help

DWP faces disability benefits backlog as record 430,000 people wait for PIP review
Disability sign/ DWP PIP can help people with disabilities or illness pay for extra costs
Disability benefits

DWP faces disability benefits backlog as record 430,000 people wait for PIP review

'The DWP disability benefits system has crushed me': a domestic abuse survivor speaks out
Anonymous domestic abuse survivor struggles with disability benefits system
Disability benefits

'The DWP disability benefits system has crushed me': a domestic abuse survivor speaks out

'The DWP refused me PIP and took universal credit deductions because my landlord told them to. How am I supposed to live?'
George Mitchell, who has faced difficulties with the DWP PIP and universal credit
Disability benefits

'The DWP refused me PIP and took universal credit deductions because my landlord told them to. How am I supposed to live?'

This teenager with MS is fighting for change after DWP universal credit waiting times forced her to use food banks
Keisha, who has faced DWP universal credit waiting times
Universal credit

This teenager with MS is fighting for change after DWP universal credit waiting times forced her to use food banks

'Stressful and depressing': More of your stories from DWP benefits assessments
Your views

'Stressful and depressing': More of your stories from DWP benefits assessments

Half a million seriously ill and disabled people could have universal credit cut under DWP plans
jobcentre
Universal credit

Half a million seriously ill and disabled people could have universal credit cut under DWP plans

Panic attacks, pressure to 'ramp up numbers' and a 'bullying atmosphere': Life as a DWP disability benefits assessor
dwp disability benefits
Disability benefits

Panic attacks, pressure to 'ramp up numbers' and a 'bullying atmosphere': Life as a DWP disability benefits assessor

‘They make me feel like a criminal’: Your stories of DWP benefits assessments
your views

‘They make me feel like a criminal’: Your stories of DWP benefits assessments

Michael Gove couldn't spend £1.9bn to tackle the housing crisis. So here’s 10 things the money could be spent on instead
Michael Gove leads DLUHC
Government spending

Michael Gove couldn't spend £1.9bn to tackle the housing crisis. So here’s 10 things the money could be spent on instead

'I'm an amputee and the DWP reduced my disability benefits. I worried I would be homeless'
disability benefits/ aidan
Disability benefits

'I'm an amputee and the DWP reduced my disability benefits. I worried I would be homeless'

What would a fair disability benefits assessment look like? 
people protest against cuts to disability benefits
PIP assessments

What would a fair disability benefits assessment look like? 

Exclusive: Disabled people are 'set up to fail' by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal
Pound coins on a piece of paper with disability living allowancve
Disability benefits

Exclusive: Disabled people are 'set up to fail' by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal

How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments
DWP disability benefits
DWP disability benefits

How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments

How universal basic income’s impact on people’s finances could transform the nation’s health
Close-up of woman's hands with empty wallet and utility bills.Many utility bills, coins and hands in a warm sweater holding an open wallet;
universal basic income

How universal basic income’s impact on people’s finances could transform the nation’s health

'Damaging' housing benefits are leaving low-income renters with nowhere to rent in England
DWP local housing allowance housing benefits are not enough for renters in England
RENTING

'Damaging' housing benefits are leaving low-income renters with nowhere to rent in England