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'I had to sell all my possessions just to feed myself': More of your stories on DWP PIP rejections
A person in a wheelchair
Letters

'I had to sell all my possessions just to feed myself': More of your stories on DWP PIP rejections

The DWP's record on disability benefits is a disgrace. We're here to shine a light on it
A person with a walking stick
Paul McNamee

The DWP's record on disability benefits is a disgrace. We're here to shine a light on it

'Truly sickening': Your stories of the DWP rejecting PIP disability benefit appeals
A miniature figurine businessman looking down on an information booklet for department for work and pensions
Letters

'Truly sickening': Your stories of the DWP rejecting PIP disability benefit appeals

DWP accused of 'denying people their rights' after rejecting 90% of disability benefit appeals
Disability

DWP accused of 'denying people their rights' after rejecting 90% of disability benefit appeals

The government is failing to support disabled people and we are paying the price
Close Up Of Senior Woman In Wheelchair With Energy Bill By Radiator In Cost Of Living Energy Crisis
Rachel Curtis

The government is failing to support disabled people and we are paying the price

The DWP is pushing the benefit fraud narrative but disabled people know where the real problem lies
Disability minister Tom Pursglove wears a stab vest with a DWP badge in front of police car
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

The DWP is pushing the benefit fraud narrative but disabled people know where the real problem lies

'We have to keep fighting': Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat
legacy benefits protesters
Legacy benefits

'We have to keep fighting': Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat

Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments
legacy benefits
Legacy benefits

Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments

Benefits system is forcing people on to the streets, Gordon Brown warns
Gordon Brown
Social Justice

Benefits system is forcing people on to the streets, Gordon Brown warns

New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits
Chloe Smith/ Benefits
Cost of living crisis

New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits

£150 cost of living disability payment is not enough, charities warn
Cost of living crisis

£150 cost of living disability payment is not enough, charities warn

Number of universal credit claimants facing sanctions soars past 100,000
Employment

Number of universal credit claimants facing sanctions soars past 100,000

DWP staff are having to claim benefits themselves
The green job centre plus sign hangs above a wet and dirty concrete architrave
In-work poverty

DWP staff are having to claim benefits themselves

The government ‘has no idea’ whether its £2bn Kickstart scheme for jobs actually worked
Unemployment

The government ‘has no idea’ whether its £2bn Kickstart scheme for jobs actually worked

High Court rules millions of legacy benefits claimants won’t get backdated payments
legacy benefits protesters
Welfare system

High Court rules millions of legacy benefits claimants won’t get backdated payments

The DWP must start putting people before process
The government and DWP needs to treat people with disabilities with dignity and respect, according to campaigners.
Ella Abraham

The DWP must start putting people before process

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'What kidnappers do' - DWP forcing universal credit claimants to pose for photo with daily paper
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Social Justice

'What kidnappers do' - DWP forcing universal credit claimants to pose for photo with daily paper

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