welfare system
Young man who died by suicide feared DWP would take disability benefits away
Young man who died by suicide feared DWP would take disability benefits away
Josh Smith took his own life three years ago. His mother, who wrote to The Big Issue following our reporting on the disability benefits system, blames the Department for Work and Pensions and public services for failing him. This article contains details of self harm and suicide
Panic attacks, pressure to ‘ramp up numbers’ and a ‘bullying atmosphere’: Life as a DWP disability benefits assessor
Panic attacks, pressure to ‘ramp up numbers’ and a ‘bullying atmosphere’: Life as a DWP disability benefits assessor
Former disability benefits assessors describe being driven to illness because of the pressure to increase the number of assessments they were carrying out each day, with one calling it a “bullying atmosphere”
‘I’m an amputee and the DWP reduced my disability benefits. I worried I would be homeless’
‘I’m an amputee and the DWP reduced my disability benefits. I worried I would be homeless’
As The Big Issue continues to shine a light on the disability benefits system, a claimant shares his experience of turmoil after having his financial support cut back by the government
Exclusive: Disabled people are ‘set up to fail’ by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal
Exclusive: Disabled people are ‘set up to fail’ by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal
Everyone is afraid of poverty, so why haven’t we declared war on it?
Everyone is afraid of poverty, so why haven’t we declared war on it?
It’s time universal credit is paid differently so women in a controlling relationship can leave their abuser
It’s time universal credit is paid differently so women in a controlling relationship can leave their abuser
A lot has changed since the war years, but poverty remains
A lot has changed since the war years, but poverty remains
What do disability rights experts make of government plans to boost employment?
What do disability rights experts make of government plans to boost employment?
80 years on from the Beveridge Report, this is Britain’s new safety net
80 years on from the Beveridge Report, this is Britain’s new safety net
Michael Gove takes left turn at the Conservative Party Conference
Michael Gove takes left turn at the Conservative Party Conference
Ministers’ logic ‘difficult to comprehend’ as benefits hit 35-year low
Ministers’ logic ‘difficult to comprehend’ as benefits hit 35-year low
DWP tries to scrap promise to report impact of universal credit
DWP tries to scrap promise to report impact of universal credit
Right-wing think tank tells Sunak to ‘stop being allergic to welfare’
Right-wing think tank tells Sunak to ‘stop being allergic to welfare’
‘The impact could be fatal’: Jack Monroe urges MPs to support families amid cost of living crisis
‘The impact could be fatal’: Jack Monroe urges MPs to support families amid cost of living crisis
How to claim housing benefit and how much support you will get
How to claim housing benefit and how much support you will get
MPs win fight to make disability benefits research public after DWP refusal
MPs win fight to make disability benefits research public after DWP refusal
Food banks face a hard winter – give people cash instead
