Welfare
What to expect from Liz Kendall as Keir Starmer’s controversial shadow work and pensions secretary
What to expect from Liz Kendall as Keir Starmer’s controversial shadow work and pensions secretary
Liz Kendall is the new shadow minister for work and pensions, but what can we expect from the Labour MP in her new role in Keir Starmer’s close circle?
Half a million seriously ill and disabled people could have universal credit cut under DWP plans
Half a million seriously ill and disabled people could have universal credit cut under DWP plans
The government claims people will have “transitional protection”, but over time half a million people will see their universal credit cut by £400 unless they successfully apply for PIP
Panic attacks, pressure to ‘ramp up numbers’ and a ‘bullying atmosphere’: Life as a DWP disability benefits assessor
Panic attacks, pressure to ‘ramp up numbers’ and a ‘bullying atmosphere’: Life as a DWP disability benefits assessor
Former disability benefits assessors describe being driven to illness because of the pressure to increase the number of assessments they were carrying out each day, with one calling it a “bullying atmosphere”
‘I’m an amputee and the DWP reduced my disability benefits. I worried I would be homeless’
‘I’m an amputee and the DWP reduced my disability benefits. I worried I would be homeless’
Exclusive: Disabled people are ‘set up to fail’ by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal
Exclusive: Disabled people are ‘set up to fail’ by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal
How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments
How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments
In the face of this emergency, revolutionary thinking is required
In the face of this emergency, revolutionary thinking is required
Is universal credit enough to live on? Here’s why experts say the April increase is ‘too little, too late’
Is universal credit enough to live on? Here’s why experts say the April increase is ‘too little, too late’
A poverty manifesto about the glues, syrups and treacles that get people stuck
A poverty manifesto about the glues, syrups and treacles that get people stuck
‘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 lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments
Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments
I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven’t solved it
I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven’t solved it
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
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
BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis
BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis
Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support
Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support
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
‘I feel stuck’: How the cost of living crisis is impacting universal credit claimants
‘I feel stuck’: How the cost of living crisis is impacting universal credit claimants
Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into ‘destitution’, charities warn
Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into ‘destitution’, charities warn
‘A national scandal’: High court rejects appeal to keep disability benefits in line with universal credit
‘A national scandal’: High court rejects appeal to keep disability benefits in line with universal credit
DWP faces High Court battle over ‘morally bankrupt’ legacy benefits rule
DWP faces High Court battle over ‘morally bankrupt’ legacy benefits rule
How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today
How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today
Proposed Universal Basic Income model could “cost less than welfare reforms”
Proposed Universal Basic Income model could “cost less than welfare reforms”
Paul McNamee: Universal Credit isn’t working. Time to fix it
