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Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here's why
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Social housing

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here's why

A two-year study into tenancy sustainment in social housing found residents put paying rent first but inadequate benefits and a lack of cash left many facing arrears
Disability benefits cuts would be 'devastating' and 'increase absolute poverty', Labour warned
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Disability benefits

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

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

Letters: I'm a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen
Letters

Letters: I'm a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait
Benefits

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait

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AI was meant to make the DWP benefits system more efficient. Instead it's brought bias and hunger
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Iris Lim

AI was meant to make the DWP benefits system more efficient. Instead it's brought bias and hunger

What benefits can I claim?
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Benefits

What benefits can I claim?

'This cannot go on': Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time
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Food banks

'This cannot go on': Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time

Energy bills set to rise in January as millions 'dangerously' rationing heating
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Energy bills

Energy bills set to rise in January as millions 'dangerously' rationing heating

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know
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benefits

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know

'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

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves' budget means for you and your bank account
Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of the autumn budget 2024
Autumn budget

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves' budget means for you and your bank account

Benefit changes, universal credit and crackdown on fraud: How Labour's budget impacts benefits
rachel reeves outside downing street with the budget
Autumn budget

Benefit changes, universal credit and crackdown on fraud: How Labour's budget impacts benefits

Stop stigmatising benefits claimants or thousands will stay trapped in poverty, Rachel Reeves told
Rachel Reeves stands at a podium in front of a red background
Benefits

Stop stigmatising benefits claimants or thousands will stay trapped in poverty, Rachel Reeves told

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would 'benefit whole of society', study finds
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Universal credit

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would 'benefit whole of society', study finds

Universal credit is not enough for single parents like me – I'm relying on food banks to survive
Sonia Gowland
Universal credit

Universal credit is not enough for single parents like me – I'm relying on food banks to survive

Half of universal credit claimants don't know why DWP might stop their benefits
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Universal credit

Half of universal credit claimants don't know why DWP might stop their benefits

Most universal credit claimants are behind on bills or facing debt, DWP's own research finds
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Universal credit

Most universal credit claimants are behind on bills or facing debt, DWP's own research finds

Labour's plan to 'get Brits back to work' must not be an excuse for slashing benefits, charities say
Disability benefits

Labour's plan to 'get Brits back to work' must not be an excuse for slashing benefits, charities say

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'

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

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Universal credit is failing with millions relying on food banks – we need urgent reform now
Helen Barnard

Universal credit is failing with millions relying on food banks – we need urgent reform now

DWP extending hardship fund is welcome – but we need concrete, rapid actions to end poverty crisis
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Sabine Goodwin

DWP extending hardship fund is welcome – but we need concrete, rapid actions to end poverty crisis

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

Single mum with disabled children told to pay DWP back £17,000 in benefit overpayments
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Benefit overpayments

Single mum with disabled children told to pay DWP back £17,000 in benefit overpayments