Universal credit

‘I do not know how I’m going to survive’: Campaigners head to Number 10 to demand help in mini-budget
energy bills, liz truss, mini budget
Cost of living crisis

‘I do not know how I’m going to survive’: Campaigners head to Number 10 to demand help in mini-budget

Forcing working universal credit claimants to do more hours 'does nothing to help childcare crisis'
Working parents

Forcing working universal credit claimants to do more hours 'does nothing to help childcare crisis'

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

Gordon Brown calls for 'urgent action' to boost universal credit as petition reaches 140,000
Gordon Brown wears a red tie and suit and talks to a woman with one hand outstretched
Cost of Living Crisis

Gordon Brown calls for 'urgent action' to boost universal credit as petition reaches 140,000

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

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

Energy bills set to be higher than universal credit payments in January
Cost of living crisis

Energy bills set to be higher than universal credit payments in January

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

Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support

The North East has overtaken London as the region with the highest rate of child poverty
Cost of living crisis

The North East has overtaken London as the region with the highest rate of child poverty

Dad on universal credit has gone days without eating so he can feed his children through cost of living crisis
Dad on universal credit/ Image of Anthony Lyman
Cost of Living Crisis

Dad on universal credit has gone days without eating so he can feed his children through cost of living crisis

More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July
A woman holds a glass jar marked
Cost of living

More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July

National food strategy won't expand free school meals to another 1.1 million children, despite recommendations
Social Justice

National food strategy won't expand free school meals to another 1.1 million children, despite recommendations

'I feel stuck': How the cost of living crisis is impacting universal credit claimants
cost of living crisis

'I feel stuck': How the cost of living crisis is impacting universal credit claimants

‘It’s expensive to be poor’: How the cost of living crisis has impacted food prices
Food poverty

‘It’s expensive to be poor’: How the cost of living crisis has impacted food prices

Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into 'destitution', charities warn
universal credit debt advice
Welfare system

Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into 'destitution', charities warn

Universal credit switch will leave up to 900,000 benefit claimants worse off
A young person, seen from above, sits on the floor looking through a stack of bills in front of a laptop
Social Justice

Universal credit switch will leave up to 900,000 benefit claimants worse off

DWP tries to scrap promise to report impact of universal credit
universal credit
welfare system

DWP tries to scrap promise to report impact of universal credit

Benefit claimants suspected of ‘wrong-doing and deceit’ when trying to access government support, says study
universal credit
welfare system

Benefit claimants suspected of ‘wrong-doing and deceit’ when trying to access government support, says study

You could be £1,100 a year worse off from Friday in cost of living surge
cost of living
cost of living crisis

You could be £1,100 a year worse off from Friday in cost of living surge

'Gutted and furious': How universal credit claimants feel about Rishi Sunak's Spring Budget
Tyron Wilson reacts to Budget 2022
Spring Budget

'Gutted and furious': How universal credit claimants feel about Rishi Sunak's Spring Budget