financial and digital inclusion

Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets
Rishi Sunak
Letters

Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets

Prison leavers are being neglected due to lack of digital skills. It's time for change
prison
Elizabeth Anderson

Prison leavers are being neglected due to lack of digital skills. It's time for change

Abuse survivor tried to take her own life after years-long battle with DWP over disability benefits
Pound coins on a piece of paper with disability living allowancve
Department for Work and Pensions

Abuse survivor tried to take her own life after years-long battle with DWP over disability benefits

Four million Brits struggle with problem debt. Now's the time for the next government to step up
debt
Vikki Brownridge

Four million Brits struggle with problem debt. Now's the time for the next government to step up

Cost of living crisis drives 3 million cash-strapped Brits to 'dangerous' loan sharks, study finds
debt
Loan sharks

Cost of living crisis drives 3 million cash-strapped Brits to 'dangerous' loan sharks, study finds

Yes, inflation is falling – but nearly 90% of Brits say cost of living crisis is far from over
inflation/ cost of living/ supermarket queue
Inflation

Yes, inflation is falling – but nearly 90% of Brits say cost of living crisis is far from over

Low pay as a trainee bus driver left me desperate. I skipped meals and ended up £46k in debt
james rossi, who faced debt
Cost of living

Low pay as a trainee bus driver left me desperate. I skipped meals and ended up £46k in debt

DWP ramps up AI use to 'bring the future to the welfare system' and push people into work
disability benefits
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP ramps up AI use to 'bring the future to the welfare system' and push people into work

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to 'cruel' and 'immoral' two-child benefit cap
archbishop of canterbury
Two-child benefit cap

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to 'cruel' and 'immoral' two-child benefit cap

Letters: I'm terrified Labour will be as unfair as the Tories on disability benefits
Labour leader Keir Starmer
Letters

Letters: I'm terrified Labour will be as unfair as the Tories on disability benefits

Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: 'PIP fraud is a non-issue'
dwp pip/ disabled person
Disability benefits

Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: 'PIP fraud is a non-issue'

Deaf man awarded £50,000 after 'oppressive' and 'discriminatory' treatment by DWP
dwp jobcentre
Department for Work and Pensions

Deaf man awarded £50,000 after 'oppressive' and 'discriminatory' treatment by DWP

Benefits system is 'utterly failing' as food bank demand reaches record high: 'It's heartbreaking'
a man sorts food donations into crates at a food bank
Food banks

Benefits system is 'utterly failing' as food bank demand reaches record high: 'It's heartbreaking'

DWP snooping on benefit claimants' bank accounts will 'decimate civil liberties', campaigners warn
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP snooping on benefit claimants' bank accounts will 'decimate civil liberties', campaigners warn

DWP sparks outcry with plan to hire 2,500 'agents' to investigate universal credit claimants
rishi sunak and mel stride/ dwp
Benefit fraud

DWP sparks outcry with plan to hire 2,500 'agents' to investigate universal credit claimants

Even Suella Braverman wants to end the two-child benefit cap. Why is Labour refusing to budge?
suella braverman
Child poverty

Even Suella Braverman wants to end the two-child benefit cap. Why is Labour refusing to budge?

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'We're needed more than ever': Big Issue's work has helped millions affected by poverty in last year

'I'm terrified': Disabled and mentally ill people share harrowing experiences of benefits system
rishi sunak/ dwp disability benefits changes
Benefits

'I'm terrified': Disabled and mentally ill people share harrowing experiences of benefits system

Would devolution of the DWP be a better way of delivering benefits and welfare?
A miniature figurine businessman looking down on an information booklet for department for work and pensions
Department for Work and Pensions

Would devolution of the DWP be a better way of delivering benefits and welfare?

'Real change is essential': Our blueprint for change shows how Sunak and Starmer can end poverty for good
Conservatives' Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer of Labour went head to head in party conference speeches but which one tackled the housing crisis head on
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'Real change is essential': Our blueprint for change shows how Sunak and Starmer can end poverty for good

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