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Disability

Liz Kendall blasted for 'fuelling fear' after saying benefits claimants are 'taking the mickey'
DWP minister Liz Kendall
Benefits

Liz Kendall blasted for 'fuelling fear' after saying benefits claimants are 'taking the mickey'

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: 'What a failure'
Disability benefits

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: 'What a failure'

Uncertainty around disability benefit cuts is triggering bipolar symptoms, experts warn
Simon Kitchen

Uncertainty around disability benefit cuts is triggering bipolar symptoms, experts warn

DWP's benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an 'assault' on the 'disabled, sick and elderly'
A group of seven campaigners from Big Brother Watch stand outside Parliament to protest the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
Benefit fraud

DWP's benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an 'assault' on the 'disabled, sick and elderly'

Labour warned 'one size doesn't fit all' over plan to 'help' neurodivergent people on benefits into work
Person shown working at a laptop
Employment

Labour warned 'one size doesn't fit all' over plan to 'help' neurodivergent people on benefits into work

The benefits system is broken – and disabled people pay the price for the DWP's 'poor service'
Keir Starmer prime minister
Evan John

The benefits system is broken – and disabled people pay the price for the DWP's 'poor service'

Disabled Brits suffering 'unacceptably poor' treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds
DWP minister Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

Disabled Brits suffering 'unacceptably poor' treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Health and disability
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Health and disability

I'm made to feel like a burden for claiming benefits from the DWP. It's not a way of life – it's torture
Karen

I'm made to feel like a burden for claiming benefits from the DWP. It's not a way of life – it's torture

Disability benefits cuts would be 'devastating' and 'increase absolute poverty', Labour warned
Keir Starmer at a lectern in front of UK flags
Disability benefits

Disability benefits cuts would be 'devastating' and 'increase absolute poverty', Labour warned

The care system fails millions of disabled people – we can't wait till 2028 for the government to act
a disability rights poster
Mikey Erhardt

The care system fails millions of disabled people – we can't wait till 2028 for the government to act

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

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

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

Labour's rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner
Renters' Rights Bill

Labour's rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn

Letters: Disabled people shouldn't need to be Paralympians to have dignity
Letters

Letters: Disabled people shouldn't need to be Paralympians to have dignity

I couldn't find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own
Books

I couldn't find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I'm a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature
Greta, a white woman and wheelchair user, sits in the middle of a green forest on location during filming for A World Beneath Us. It is Bumpy, cool, warm, trees, plants, insects, staggering, quiet, light, dark (shade), tan, green, brown.
Greta Chambers-McMillan

I'm a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature

Ella Maisy Purvis on crime drama Patience and why she doesn't want to be a 'robotic, asexual drone'
Ella Maisy Purvis in the role of Patience Evans in Channel 4 drama Patience. IN this picture she is sitting on the floor in the Police Records office where she works...
TV

Ella Maisy Purvis on crime drama Patience and why she doesn't want to be a 'robotic, asexual drone'

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

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know
a woman's hands over a calculator and papers on a desk
benefits

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know

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