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Labour has declared 'war on benefits'. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing
A meeting of the child poverty taskforce. From left to right: Mayor of the North East Kim McGuinness, work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall and education secretary Bridget Phillippson.
Catherine Parsons

Labour has declared 'war on benefits'. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing

Government scare tactics have the power to exacerbate Britain’s work crisis, not solve it, writes Big Issue’s Catherine Parsons
Get Britain Working: What are Labour's plans for the DWP, benefits and employment support?
Stock image of a Job Centre Plus sign
Department for Work and Pensions

Get Britain Working: What are Labour's plans for the DWP, benefits and employment support?

'Living is expensive': DWP winter fuel cuts forcing pensioners to choose between heating and eating
Chancellor Rachel Reeve standing at a podium and smiling
Winter fuel payment

'Living is expensive': DWP winter fuel cuts forcing pensioners to choose between heating and eating

Winter fuel benefit cuts will send pensioners to hospital, DWP warned: 'It's a political choice'
Winter fuel payment

Winter fuel benefit cuts will send pensioners to hospital, DWP warned: 'It's a political choice'

DWP admits winter fuel payment cuts will plunge tens of thousands of pensioners into poverty
Winter fuel payment

DWP admits winter fuel payment cuts will plunge tens of thousands of pensioners into poverty

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Letters: Disabled people live in constant fear we will lose our benefits – which we need to survive
Letters

Letters: Disabled people live in constant fear we will lose our benefits – which we need to survive

Letters: Is DWP about to go after disabled people daring to save money for their future funerals?
Letters

Letters: Is DWP about to go after disabled people daring to save money for their future funerals?

'It's an invasion of privacy': Single mum left 'mortified' after DWP scrutinises her bank account
leonie berman
Universal credit

'It's an invasion of privacy': Single mum left 'mortified' after DWP scrutinises her bank account

DWP benefit reforms to get people into work are 'smokescreen for cuts', disability activist says
dwp secretary liz kendall
Disability benefits

DWP benefit reforms to get people into work are 'smokescreen for cuts', disability activist says

Letters: Sending job coaches to mental health wards isn't just ludicrous – it's desperate
Mental health
Letters

Letters: Sending job coaches to mental health wards isn't just ludicrous – it's desperate

DWP plans to spy on claimants' bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people
Pound coins on a piece of paper with disability living allowancve
Mikey Erhardt

DWP plans to spy on claimants' bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people

'My son lives without any joy': How DWP's two-child benefit limit is punishing children in crisis
Keir Starmer during a Sky Sports interview at Emirates Stadium
Joseph Howes

'My son lives without any joy': How DWP's two-child benefit limit is punishing children in crisis

Hundreds of thousands of universal credit claimants forced into destitution by DWP 'deductions'
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Universal credit

Hundreds of thousands of universal credit claimants forced into destitution by DWP 'deductions'

Poor, sick and disabled pensioners to lose winter fuel payment: 'We are incredibly worried'
keir starmer labour leader
Winter fuel payment

Poor, sick and disabled pensioners to lose winter fuel payment: 'We are incredibly worried'

Pensioners in need risk missing out on winter fuel payment and benefits worth £3,900
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Pension Credit

Pensioners in need risk missing out on winter fuel payment and benefits worth £3,900

Thousands call on Labour and DWP to scrap 'dangerous' disability benefit reforms
Disability benefits

Thousands call on Labour and DWP to scrap 'dangerous' disability benefit reforms

Cuts to disability benefits in autumn budget would plunge disabled people into deep poverty
DWP benefits protest
Anela Anwar

Cuts to disability benefits in autumn budget would plunge disabled people into deep poverty

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month
Trussell Trust food banks
Universal Credit

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month

DWP extends household support fund to help families struggling with cost of living
MPs told the Government to keep the £20 Universal Credit increase
Household support fund

DWP extends household support fund to help families struggling with cost of living

Letters: I panic every time I hear from the DWP. It tells you all you need to know about the system
Letters

Letters: I panic every time I hear from the DWP. It tells you all you need to know about the system

DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: 'This is extremely worrying'
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Benefits

DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: 'This is extremely worrying'

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DWP warned benefit claimants face 'poor customer service' and 'long waiting times'
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BENEFITS

DWP warned benefit claimants face 'poor customer service' and 'long waiting times'

DWP Jobcentre security guards 'suffer' and turn to food banks as wages fail to cover basics
dwp jobcentre security guards on the picket line
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP Jobcentre security guards 'suffer' and turn to food banks as wages fail to cover basics

Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: 'Good intentions are not enough'
Starmer and Phillipson at a school
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: 'Good intentions are not enough'

Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people's lives difficult
Liz Kendall DWP
Letters

Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people's lives difficult