Benefits
‘We have to keep fighting’: Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat
‘We have to keep fighting’: Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat
Legacy benefits claimants took the government to court over a DWP decision not to give them the £20-a-week universal credit uplift
Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments
Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments
Claimants who did not have their benefits uplifted in line with universal credit during the pandemic have had their case for backdated payments dismissed
Here’s where to get help to pay your energy bills
Here’s where to get help to pay your energy bills
Bills are going up again in April 2023. Here’s where to get help from your energy supplier, the government and charities
Gordon Brown: Universal Credit doesn’t add up
Gordon Brown: Universal Credit doesn’t add up
Benefits system is forcing people on to the streets, Gordon Brown warns
Benefits system is forcing people on to the streets, Gordon Brown warns
Legacy benefits court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift
Legacy benefits court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift
Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement will push more into poverty, says Big Issue founder John Bird
Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement will push more into poverty, says Big Issue founder John Bird
Hunt must raise benefits in line with inflation, urge campaigners
Hunt must raise benefits in line with inflation, urge campaigners
Benefits calculator: from universal credit to council tax rebate, here’s what you’re entitled to
Benefits calculator: from universal credit to council tax rebate, here’s what you’re entitled to
Kwasi Kwarteng remains tight-lipped over how huge tax cuts will be funded
Kwasi Kwarteng remains tight-lipped over how huge tax cuts will be funded
Ways to make extra money in the cost of living crisis
Ways to make extra money in the cost of living crisis
Forcing working universal credit claimants to do more hours ‘does nothing to help childcare crisis’
Forcing working universal credit claimants to do more hours ‘does nothing to help childcare crisis’
Disability cost of living payment: How much is it, who gets it and when will it hit bank accounts?
Disability cost of living payment: How much is it, who gets it and when will it hit bank accounts?
New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits
New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits
90% of rented homes in England unaffordable for people on housing benefit
90% of rented homes in England unaffordable for people on housing benefit
Energy bills set to be higher than universal credit payments in January
Energy bills set to be higher than universal credit payments in January
‘Using less energy isn’t an option’: Disabled people set to be hit hardest when bills soar again
‘Using less energy isn’t an option’: Disabled people set to be hit hardest when bills soar again
Estate agents caught saying they don’t rent homes to people on benefits
Estate agents caught saying they don’t rent homes to people on benefits
Low-income households set to receive cash payments to help ease cost of living crisis
Low-income households set to receive cash payments to help ease cost of living crisis
What new chancellor Nadhim Zahawi can do to tackle the cost of living crisis
What new chancellor Nadhim Zahawi can do to tackle the cost of living crisis
More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July
More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July
Boris Johnson’s plans to expand Right to Buy housing scheme labelled ‘baffling and unworkable’
