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Stigma faced by benefit claimants is baseless. It's like Donald Trump saying immigrants eat pets
Kate Anderson

Stigma faced by benefit claimants is baseless. It's like Donald Trump saying immigrants eat pets

Kate Anderson, a research fellow at the University of York, writes about stigma faced by universal credit claimants – and why the Labour government must look at Social Security Scotland as an example for making a positive difference
Labour doubles down on slashing billions from DWP's disability benefits bill
dwp's liz kendall
Disability benefits

Labour doubles down on slashing billions from DWP's disability benefits bill

DWP's 'misleading and unfair' consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules
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.
Disability benefits

DWP's 'misleading and unfair' consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules

Can people actually self-diagnose with mental illness and claim disability benefits?
Benefits

Can people actually self-diagnose with mental illness and claim disability benefits?

'Rushed implementation' of AI in DWP benefits system could 'harm' people, experts fear
Department for Work and Pensions

'Rushed implementation' of AI in DWP benefits system could 'harm' people, experts fear

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Starmer wants to 'mainline' AI into the UK's 'veins'. Here are the opportunities – and the risks
Artificial Intelligence

Starmer wants to 'mainline' AI into the UK's 'veins'. Here are the opportunities – and the risks

Disability benefit reforms and universal credit rise: All the DWP benefit changes to expect in 2025
DWP secretary Liz Kendall on the left and Keir Starmer on the right chatting with pensioners
Department for Work and Pensions

Disability benefit reforms and universal credit rise: All the DWP benefit changes to expect in 2025

Help with funeral costs: Know your options
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Funeral poverty

Help with funeral costs: Know your options

DWP benefit payment dates in January 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
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Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in January 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year

DWP's bank account spying plan is an attack on the poor. It must be scrapped in 2025
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Susannah Copson

DWP's bank account spying plan is an attack on the poor. It must be scrapped in 2025

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024
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2024

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024

All we want for Christmas is for unpaid carers to be properly supported by the DWP and councils
carer pushing someone in a wheelchair
Ruth Hannan and Hannah Webster

All we want for Christmas is for unpaid carers to be properly supported by the DWP and councils

'You want it to be magical for your kids': Here's how the two-child benefit cap is ruining Christmas
Two-child benefit cap

'You want it to be magical for your kids': Here's how the two-child benefit cap is ruining Christmas

Millions of pensioners in 'desperate need' lose winter fuel payment: 'We fear what will happen'
pensioner with his head in his hands
Winter fuel payment

Millions of pensioners in 'desperate need' lose winter fuel payment: 'We fear what will happen'

DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears
dwp's liz kendall
Disability benefits

DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears

Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It's now time for Labour to act
keir starmer and john swinney
Ruth Patrick

Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It's now time for Labour to act

People with disabilities and ill health more likely to leave work, study finds – the DWP must fix this
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Work

People with disabilities and ill health more likely to leave work, study finds – the DWP must fix this

What benefits can I claim?
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Benefits

What benefits can I claim?

A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty
Child poverty
Joseph Howes

A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty

Labour must 'immediately' scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say
phillipson and starmer at school
Child poverty

Labour must 'immediately' scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say

'Christmas is out': Meet the pensioners cancelling Christmas over Labour's winter fuel payment cuts
Winter Fuel Payment

'Christmas is out': Meet the pensioners cancelling Christmas over Labour's winter fuel payment cuts

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It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system
Liz Kendall
Meagan Levin

It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system

'Get Britain Working' risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system
work and pensions secretary liz kendall announces her plan to 'get britain working'
Anela Anwar

'Get Britain Working' risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system

Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to 'get Britain working again'
dwp's liz kendall
Benefits

Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to 'get Britain working again'

Labour warned against 'scare tactics' after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to 'get Britain working'
keir starmer
Department for Work and Pensions

Labour warned against 'scare tactics' after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to 'get Britain working'