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Universal credit

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

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
Stock image of bank notes with pound coins
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
mum and child
Benefit overpayments

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

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

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

Brazil wants to tax the world's wealthiest 3,000 people. Here's how that money could change the world
Cost of living crisis protest, Enough is enough, UK protest
A Modest Proposal

Brazil wants to tax the world's wealthiest 3,000 people. Here's how that money could change the world

Single mum reveals how two-child benefit cap 'punishes' families like hers: 'We're struggling'
mum and child/ two-child benefit cap
Two-child benefit cap

Single mum reveals how two-child benefit cap 'punishes' families like hers: 'We're struggling'

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

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

DWP benefit and pension payment dates for August 2024 – plus universal credit and PIP changes
money
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP benefit and pension payment dates for August 2024 – plus universal credit and PIP changes

Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds
A woman who is experiencing homelessness holding her daughter
Homelessness

Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds

From two-child benefit cap to rough sleeping: Everything that's missing from the King's Speech
The King arrives for the State Opening of Parliament
King's Speech

From two-child benefit cap to rough sleeping: Everything that's missing from the King's Speech

Food banks can take hope from election result – if Labour takes action before another tough winter
food bank
Charlotte White

Food banks can take hope from election result – if Labour takes action before another tough winter

DWP's 'automation' of universal credit discriminates against single mums, researchers say
benefits/ money
Universal credit

DWP's 'automation' of universal credit discriminates against single mums, researchers say

July 2024 DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions
uk cash laid out
Benefits

July 2024 DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions

June 2024 payment dates for DWP benefits – plus universal credit increase
money in wallet/ dwp benefits
Benefits

June 2024 payment dates for DWP benefits – plus universal credit increase

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DWP universal credit increase 2024 – everything benefit claimants need to know
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Universal credit

DWP universal credit increase 2024 – everything benefit claimants need to know

Why DWP urgently needs to make universal credit enough so people can afford the essentials
universal credit essentials guarantee/ supermarket
Universal credit

Why DWP urgently needs to make universal credit enough so people can afford the essentials

10 ways the Tories categorically failed to end rough sleeping
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have not solved rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

10 ways the Tories categorically failed to end rough sleeping

Next government must increase universal credit so people have enough money to survive
food bank/ universal credit
Cass Francis

Next government must increase universal credit so people have enough money to survive

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