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Disability

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

'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'

‘The DWP took away my disability benefits. I've had so many tribunal dates I've lost count'
dwp
Disability benefits

‘The DWP took away my disability benefits. I've had so many tribunal dates I've lost count'

'We need the freedom to travel': Disabled people fear train ticket office closures will leave them stranded
Disability rights

'We need the freedom to travel': Disabled people fear train ticket office closures will leave them stranded

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

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong
Aisha/ Learning disability
Learning disability week

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong

This Strictly Come Dancing super-fan has big dreams and wants to bust myths about Down's syndrome
Dance/ Strictly
Learning Disability Week

This Strictly Come Dancing super-fan has big dreams and wants to bust myths about Down's syndrome

From benefits cruelty to child hunger, The Full Monty shows a welfare system stripped bare
Robert Carlyle as Gaz in The Full Monty carrying a mattress
TV

From benefits cruelty to child hunger, The Full Monty shows a welfare system stripped bare

'I had to sell all my possessions just to feed myself': More of your stories on DWP PIP rejections
A person in a wheelchair
Letters

'I had to sell all my possessions just to feed myself': More of your stories on DWP PIP rejections

The DWP's record on disability benefits is a disgrace. We're here to shine a light on it
A person with a walking stick
Paul McNamee

The DWP's record on disability benefits is a disgrace. We're here to shine a light on it

'Truly sickening': Your stories of the DWP rejecting PIP disability benefit appeals
A miniature figurine businessman looking down on an information booklet for department for work and pensions
Letters

'Truly sickening': Your stories of the DWP rejecting PIP disability benefit appeals

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
DWP accused of 'denying people their rights' after rejecting 90% of disability benefit appeals
Disability

DWP accused of 'denying people their rights' after rejecting 90% of disability benefit appeals

The government is failing to support disabled people and we are paying the price
Close Up Of Senior Woman In Wheelchair With Energy Bill By Radiator In Cost Of Living Energy Crisis
Rachel Curtis

The government is failing to support disabled people and we are paying the price

Disabled people are being left out of the climate conversation
two wheelchair users on a subway platform in Taiwan
Environment

Disabled people are being left out of the climate conversation

More people are off work sick than ever before
Employment

More people are off work sick than ever before

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