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Disabled people were celebrated in 2024 – so why are so many fearing 2025?
Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell during their Couple's Choice dance on Strictly Come Dancing
Richard Kramer

Disabled people were celebrated in 2024 – so why are so many fearing 2025?

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait
a person handling £20 notes in front of a cash machine / universal credit advance payment
Benefits

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait

Scotland's move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap must inspire Westminster
keir starmer and john swinney
Sabine Goodwin

Scotland's move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap must inspire Westminster

It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system
Liz Kendall
Meagan Levin

It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system

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

Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to 'get Britain working again'
dwp's liz kendall
Benefits

Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to 'get Britain working again'

Labour warned against 'scare tactics' after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to 'get Britain working'
keir starmer
Department for Work and Pensions

Labour warned against 'scare tactics' after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to 'get Britain working'

Keir Starmer's pledge on benefits 'deepens stigma' and leads to 'fear and shame'
keir starmer
Benefits

Keir Starmer's pledge on benefits 'deepens stigma' and leads to 'fear and shame'

PIP is a lifeline for me as a disabled person. Here's a great way to claim for the DWP benefit
alicia cartwright
Alicia Cartwright

PIP is a lifeline for me as a disabled person. Here's a great way to claim for the DWP benefit

'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

The budget was a start from Labour – but we need much more to transform disabled people's lives
rachel reeves preparing for autumn budget
Chloe Schendel-Wilson

The budget was a start from Labour – but we need much more to transform disabled people's lives

'Where will it stop?': DWP to get 'direct access to bank accounts' in benefit fraud crackdown
rachel reeves' autumn budget
Benefit fraud

'Where will it stop?': DWP to get 'direct access to bank accounts' in benefit fraud crackdown

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

'We're extremely nervous': Here's what Labour's autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants
Rachel Reeves
Autumn budget

'We're extremely nervous': Here's what Labour's autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants

Real change or austerity 2.0? Here's how Labour can deliver a budget that works for everyone
Autumn budget

Real change or austerity 2.0? Here's how Labour can deliver a budget that works for everyone

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The human cost of years of DWP and benefits reforms must not be ignored in Labour's budget
rachel reeves
Amanda Light

The human cost of years of DWP and benefits reforms must not be ignored in Labour's budget

Woman suffers stroke and loses three stone after DWP stops her disability benefits: 'I was a skeleton'
Angela Cater
Disability benefits

Woman suffers stroke and loses three stone after DWP stops her disability benefits: 'I was a skeleton'

John McDonnell fears 'people will lose their lives' if Labour cuts benefits in autumn budget
john mcdonnell
Exclusive

John McDonnell fears 'people will lose their lives' if Labour cuts benefits in autumn budget

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

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