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'Disturbing' disability benefit reforms in Labour's budget could see hundreds of thousands denied help
rachel reeves
Autumn budget

'Disturbing' disability benefit reforms in Labour's budget could see hundreds of thousands denied help

Benefit changes, universal credit and crackdown on fraud: How Labour's budget impacts benefits
rachel reeves outside downing street with the budget
Autumn budget

Benefit changes, universal credit and crackdown on fraud: How Labour's budget impacts benefits

'This will be costly': Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog
pensioners sat together
Winter fuel payment

'This will be costly': Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog

Stop stigmatising benefits claimants or thousands will stay trapped in poverty, Rachel Reeves told
Rachel Reeves stands at a podium in front of a red background
Benefits

Stop stigmatising benefits claimants or thousands will stay trapped in poverty, Rachel Reeves told

'We're extremely nervous': Here's what Labour's autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants
Rachel Reeves
Autumn budget

'We're extremely nervous': Here's what Labour's autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants

This cruel quirk in the benefits system is making young people homeless – but Labour can fix it
Balbir Kaur Chatrik

This cruel quirk in the benefits system is making young people homeless – but Labour can fix it

Poverty has become everyday. It's time to give our children some hope
Paul McNamee

Poverty has become everyday. It's time to give our children some hope

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would 'benefit whole of society', study finds
dwp universal credit/ parent balancing baby and work
Universal credit

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would 'benefit whole of society', study finds

'We're the forgotten ones': Labour budget must not ignore 'broken' social care system, families say
carers together
Social care

'We're the forgotten ones': Labour budget must not ignore 'broken' social care system, families say

No mention of two-child limit on benefits in Labour's 'ambitious' child poverty strategy
A meeting of the child poverty taskforce. From left to right: Mayor of the North East Kim McGuinness, work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall and education secretary Bridget Phillippson.
Child poverty

No mention of two-child limit on benefits in Labour's 'ambitious' child poverty strategy

Over 3,000 homeless children stuck in hotels longer than legal limit – a 600% rise in three years
Housing crisis

Over 3,000 homeless children stuck in hotels longer than legal limit – a 600% rise in three years

'We're stepping in to help kids eat': Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils
children grabbing food off table
Child poverty

'We're stepping in to help kids eat': Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils

Pay rise for thousands of workers as Real Living Wage rises to £12.60 an hour – but is it enough?
real living wage

Pay rise for thousands of workers as Real Living Wage rises to £12.60 an hour – but is it enough?

Universal credit is not enough for single parents like me – I'm relying on food banks to survive
Sonia Gowland
Universal credit

Universal credit is not enough for single parents like me – I'm relying on food banks to survive

Government is 'excluding' disadvantaged kids from free childcare. It could trap them in poverty
child's drawing of smiling person
Free childcare

Government is 'excluding' disadvantaged kids from free childcare. It could trap them in poverty

Axing 'cruel' two-child benefit cap would reduce cost of poverty by over £3bn
child with hand over eyes
Two-child benefit cap

Axing 'cruel' two-child benefit cap would reduce cost of poverty by over £3bn

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Dear Keir Starmer – no one should be sleeping on cardboard under bridges in a country this rich
keir starmer labour leader
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Dear Keir Starmer – no one should be sleeping on cardboard under bridges in a country this rich

DWP still 'considering' PIP changes amid speculation on future of disability benefit reform
Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

DWP still 'considering' PIP changes amid speculation on future of disability benefit reform

Over half of London working parents use food banks, study finds: 'Is this the country we live in?'
Food banks

Over half of London working parents use food banks, study finds: 'Is this the country we live in?'

'It's disastrous': Furious pensioners call on government to reverse winter fuel payment cuts
pensioner holding up sign 'cold kills old people'
Winter fuel payment

'It's disastrous': Furious pensioners call on government to reverse winter fuel payment cuts

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