Disability

Young man who died by suicide feared DWP would take disability benefits away
Josh, who struggled with DWP disability benefits
Disability benefits

Young man who died by suicide feared DWP would take disability benefits away

Disabled people are disproportionately affected by homelessness – and getting support feels ‘nearly impossible’
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Homelessness

Disabled people are disproportionately affected by homelessness – and getting support feels ‘nearly impossible’

The DWP disability benefits system has 'failed people living with Parkinson's for a decade'
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Disability benefits

The DWP disability benefits system has 'failed people living with Parkinson's for a decade'

DWP warned over disability benefits failures that leave disabled people in 'psychological distress'
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Disability benefits

DWP warned over disability benefits failures that leave disabled people in 'psychological distress'

DWP faces disability benefits backlog as record 430,000 people wait for PIP review
Disability sign/ DWP PIP can help people with disabilities or illness pay for extra costs
Disability benefits

DWP faces disability benefits backlog as record 430,000 people wait for PIP review

'The DWP disability benefits system has crushed me': a domestic abuse survivor speaks out
Anonymous domestic abuse survivor struggles with disability benefits system
Disability benefits

'The DWP disability benefits system has crushed me': a domestic abuse survivor speaks out

'The DWP refused me PIP and took universal credit deductions because my landlord told them to. How am I supposed to live?'
George Mitchell, who has faced difficulties with the DWP PIP and universal credit
Disability benefits

'The DWP refused me PIP and took universal credit deductions because my landlord told them to. How am I supposed to live?'

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
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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
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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
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‘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'
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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'
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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
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Disability benefits

Exclusive: Disabled people are 'set up to fail' by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal

How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments
DWP disability benefits
DWP disability benefits

How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments

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

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