Department for Work and Pensions

MPs vote to take forward 'brutal' cuts to disability benefits: 'It will come to haunt this government'
Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

MPs vote to take forward 'brutal' cuts to disability benefits: 'It will come to haunt this government'

Thousands of disabled people face ten-month wait for benefits due to DWP backlog
Disability benefits

Thousands of disabled people face ten-month wait for benefits due to DWP backlog

How did Keir Starmer end up in such a mess over benefit cuts?
Disability benefits

How did Keir Starmer end up in such a mess over benefit cuts?

Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote
Keir Starmer
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote

I'm a working mum-of-four – ending the two-child benefit cap would be life-changing for us
child in waterproof jacket
Two-child benefit cap

I'm a working mum-of-four – ending the two-child benefit cap would be life-changing for us

If Labour takes my PIP away, I'll have to give up the job I love
Photo of Hannah Moreton, who works for Sense
Disability benefits

If Labour takes my PIP away, I'll have to give up the job I love

'I am not a scrounger': Paralympic champions blast Labour over disability benefit cuts
Paralympians Sophie Christansen, David Smith and Ben Pritchard
Disability benefit cuts

'I am not a scrounger': Paralympic champions blast Labour over disability benefit cuts

Revealed: Majority of PIP claimants with heart disease, arthritis and Crohn's at risk of cuts
Labour prime minister Keir Starmer
Disability benefits

Revealed: Majority of PIP claimants with heart disease, arthritis and Crohn's at risk of cuts

Could the government's disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?
Keir Starmer
Disability benefits

Could the government's disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?

From the NHS to the DWP: UK's new data law will make your life 'radically different', minister says
Data

From the NHS to the DWP: UK's new data law will make your life 'radically different', minister says

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: 'A disaster on every front'
DWP benefits protest
Disability benefit cuts

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: 'A disaster on every front'

Benefit cuts will have 'catastrophic impact' on mentally ill people: 'Some will struggle to survive'
Rachel Reeves
Disability benefits

Benefit cuts will have 'catastrophic impact' on mentally ill people: 'Some will struggle to survive'

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'

Labour must do the hard work of making employment accessible – instead of cutting benefits
a man in a wheelchair working at a laptop
Mikey Erhardt

Labour must do the hard work of making employment accessible – instead of cutting benefits

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

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

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Reforming the two-child benefit cap could lift 230,000 under-fives out of poverty, Labour told
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Two-child benefit cap

Reforming the two-child benefit cap could lift 230,000 under-fives out of poverty, Labour told

'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

'Dangerous' DWP needs 'deep-rooted change' to stop benefit claimants from dying, damning report finds
dwp
Benefits

'Dangerous' DWP needs 'deep-rooted change' to stop benefit claimants from dying, damning report finds

Disability benefit cuts 'impossible to support', Starmer told by his own MPs: 'Cuts create poverty'
Keir Starmer
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts 'impossible to support', Starmer told by his own MPs: 'Cuts create poverty'