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Can Keir Starmer really stop the boats? Labour warned immigration plan doesn't go far enough
Keir Starmer greets new Labour MP Natalie Elphicke
Immigration

Can Keir Starmer really stop the boats? Labour warned immigration plan doesn't go far enough

'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?

Stigma of poverty is a 'wicked social problem', report warns – but it doesn't have to be this way
Poverty

Stigma of poverty is a 'wicked social problem', report warns – but it doesn't have to be this way

Will DWP's WorkWell scheme actually help people into work – or is it an attack on disability rights?
working disabled woman
Disability rights

Will DWP's WorkWell scheme actually help people into work – or is it an attack on disability rights?

Applying for DWP benefits is 'soul-destroying' and 'unnecessarily difficult', study finds
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Benefits

Applying for DWP benefits is 'soul-destroying' and 'unnecessarily difficult', study finds

India Amarteifio on growing up on benefits and entering the glitzy Bridgerton world
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Social Justice

India Amarteifio on growing up on benefits and entering the glitzy Bridgerton world

This chef walks the streets of London serving piping hot lasagne to rough sleepers: 'We won't stop coming'
dean collins/ feeding communities homeless
Homelessness

This chef walks the streets of London serving piping hot lasagne to rough sleepers: 'We won't stop coming'

Historian Darrin M McMahon on why we need to rethink equality for the modern age
Books

Historian Darrin M McMahon on why we need to rethink equality for the modern age

Sunak acts like his benefits crackdown impacts the whole UK – but it's far messier than that
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Ruth Patrick

Sunak acts like his benefits crackdown impacts the whole UK – but it's far messier than that

DWP crackdown on disability benefits is already causing 'unimaginable terror', MPs warn
dwp mel stride
Disability benefits

DWP crackdown on disability benefits is already causing 'unimaginable terror', MPs warn

'It makes me want to scream': PIP changes could be 'tragic' for disabled people, DWP warned
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Disability benefits

'It makes me want to scream': PIP changes could be 'tragic' for disabled people, DWP warned

PIP changes: What is the government planning with the disability benefits system?
Disability benefits

PIP changes: What is the government planning with the disability benefits system?

DWP sparks outcry as disabled people face end to cash benefits: 'This won't solve the UK's problems'
dwp/ mel stride
Disability benefits

DWP sparks outcry as disabled people face end to cash benefits: 'This won't solve the UK's problems'

DWP disability benefit cuts will impact 450,000 people – but very few will actually find paid work
rishi sunak/ dwp benefit cuts
Benefits

DWP disability benefit cuts will impact 450,000 people – but very few will actually find paid work

DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions in May 2024 – and how to know if you're eligible
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Benefits

DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions in May 2024 – and how to know if you're eligible

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Lesbian Visibility Week: There's 'enormous power' in being a lesbian – but stigma and shame persist
Lesbian Visibility Week

Lesbian Visibility Week: There's 'enormous power' in being a lesbian – but stigma and shame persist

Hate speech, snooping and benefits: How government policy has 'violated disabled people's rights'
un/ uk government
Disability rights

Hate speech, snooping and benefits: How government policy has 'violated disabled people's rights'

Activist to take DWP to court over disability benefit reforms: 'Disabled voices should be heard'
dwp protest
Exclusive

Activist to take DWP to court over disability benefit reforms: 'Disabled voices should be heard'

'It's evil what they're doing': DWP denying benefits to people with schizophrenia and mental illness
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Benefits

'It's evil what they're doing': DWP denying benefits to people with schizophrenia and mental illness

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