disability benefits
Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?
Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?
Mikey Erhardt, of Disability Rights UK, writes about what must change in politics to build disabled people's trust in 2026
Targeting people with mental health conditions will not fix the welfare system
Targeting people with mental health conditions will not fix the welfare system
Reeves' budget does nothing for families with disabled children like mine. I dread the future
Reeves' budget does nothing for families with disabled children like mine. I dread the future
Rachel Reeves cracks down on benefit fraud. How much could she really save – and at what cost?
Rachel Reeves cracks down on benefit fraud. How much could she really save – and at what cost?
Scotland's social security system treated me better as a disabled person. DWP must take notes
Scotland's social security system treated me better as a disabled person. DWP must take notes
This metal song perfectly sums up the anger felt by disabled people towards the benefits system
This metal song perfectly sums up the anger felt by disabled people towards the benefits system
Growing number of disabled people turning to sex work amid benefit cuts and rising living costs
Growing number of disabled people turning to sex work amid benefit cuts and rising living costs
The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here's how to overhaul it
The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here's how to overhaul it
Labour faces another mass rebellion over reforms to the universal credit system, MPs fear
Labour faces another mass rebellion over reforms to the universal credit system, MPs fear
DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support
DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support
What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit
What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit
Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts
Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts
Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: 'We have to keep going'
Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: 'We have to keep going'
I have arthritis, incontinence and other chronic health conditions. The DWP didn't think I needed PIP
I have arthritis, incontinence and other chronic health conditions. The DWP didn't think I needed PIP
Labour's next round of benefit cuts risks hitting 600,000 disabled people
Labour's next round of benefit cuts risks hitting 600,000 disabled people
Is the Timms Review of disability benefit PIP just a tick-box exercise?
Is the Timms Review of disability benefit PIP just a tick-box exercise?
Universal credit cuts will push 50,000 into poverty despite government's U-turn, MPs warn
Universal credit cuts will push 50,000 into poverty despite government's U-turn, MPs warn
Suspended rebel MP Rachael Maskell: 'If Labour doesn't change, I fear where this country is headed'
Suspended rebel MP Rachael Maskell: 'If Labour doesn't change, I fear where this country is headed'
Disabled people warn of brutal 'secret' cuts to DWP Access to Work support: 'It's been horrific'
Disabled people warn of brutal 'secret' cuts to DWP Access to Work support: 'It's been horrific'
The importance of PIP for disabled people has never been clearer
The importance of PIP for disabled people has never been clearer
PIP lifeline helps Bristol Big Issue vendor reach cancer treatment
PIP lifeline helps Bristol Big Issue vendor reach cancer treatment
DWP taking cash back from benefit claimants it overpaid is 'just like carer's allowance scandal'
DWP taking cash back from benefit claimants it overpaid is 'just like carer's allowance scandal'
DWP’s 'unhealthy' AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds
