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What is in the Government’s plan to ‘get Britain working’?

Numbers of people with a long-term illness has been a major driver of joblessness in recent years, having risen this year to 2.8 million.

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2024

Sir Keir Starmer tells Waspi women there will be pension update ‘in near future’

The Prime Minister was speaking at the G20 summit.

Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2024

Keir Starmer gives Waspi women latest pension compensation update

The Prime Minister was speaking at the G20 summit

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2024

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More than 250 UK unpaid carers risk prosecution over benefit overpayments

Exclusive: Campaigners urge ministers to intervene to prevent cruel punishments over carer’s allowance

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2024

Mothers in High Court challenge over two-child limit ‘rape clause’

Child Poverty Action Group, which is supporting the women’s case, has described the current benefit rules as ‘inhumane’.

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024

Warning some pensioners may have to pay back winter fuel payments - here’s what you can do about it

Here’s when you may be asked to pay back your winter fuel benefits to the Department for Work and Pensions

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2024

One in three people ‘feel financially worse off than a year ago’

The proportion of people reporting being financially worse off than a year ago has eased, but many are still cutting back, according to the PLSA.

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2024

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DWP to review 'thousands' of Universal Credit claimants under new rules

The DWP wants to identify any undeclared income or substantial savings.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 11, 2024

Monitoring UK bank accounts for benefits fraud would be ‘huge blow to privacy’

Exclusive: privacy and rights groups fear government may resurrect Tory plan for mass algorithmic surveillance

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2024

Labour government told to 'pay up' before more Waspi women die without compensation

THE Labour UK Government has been urged to “pay up” to Waspi women before more die without receiving the compensation they deserve – warning…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 20, 2024

UK state pension: ‘thousands more’ may have been underpaid

New category of widows and widowers on receiving end of DWP errors, says former minister

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024

The Guardian view on supporting carers: flawed rules around allowances must be fixed

Editorial: Ministers have signalled good intentions towards unpaid carers, and must now follow through

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2024

Two-child benefit cap impact revealed as large families more likely to go hungry, data shows

Survey shows extent of food insecurity as Keir Starmer suspends seven MPs for voting to scrap the two-child benefit cap

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2024

DWP told to focus on work, not welfare, by Labour Work and Pensions Secretary

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be told it must become a “department for work”, rather than a “department for welfare”, by…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 23, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2024

Labour MP calls two-child benefit cap ‘heinous’ in latest call to scrap policy

Keir Starmer under pressure to scrap limit as more than dozen MPs thought to support king’s speech amendment

Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2024

Axe two child benefit cap, say 35 MPs as first revolt against Keir Starmer grows

London MPs Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Dawn Butler and Bell Ribeiro-Addy among those calling for restriction to be ditched

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2024

We are public sector workers – this is how more cuts would wreck our NHS, courts, councils and universities

After years of austerity, the government’s plans imply another reduction in funding that public services simply cannot take

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2024

I’ve been denied carer’s allowance for eight months after I owned up to a job

I have been left in limbo after I told the Department for Work and Pensions that holiday pay from a former job had pushed me over the earnings limit

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The Conversation · Jul 2, 2024

Benefits assessments can re-traumatise veterans. We spoke to more than 100 to find out how the process could be improved

Anyone who has been through a benefits assessment and then waited to hear the decision will know the stress it can cause. The process has been found to create a lack of trust and impact negatively on some claimants.

The National (Scotland) · May 22, 2024

Equality regulator investigating DWP over treatment of disabled benefits claimants

THE Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is being investigated by the equality regulator over suspicions that its treatment of disabled benefits…

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2024

MPs call for issues leaving carers with huge debts to be fixed ‘without delay’

Committee chair says UK government has known for years about flaws in benefit system and needs to ‘get a grip’

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2024

Ministers apologise and return £7,000 in benefits to woman, 93, with dementia

Exclusive: Elderly woman was allowed to run up debts in ‘disturbing’ case, the latest to emerge in Guardian investigation

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2024

Fined £6,000 for tiny mistake: carer penalised for extra shift at supermarket

Helen Grater claimed carer’s allowance while looking after seriously ill partner – and unknowingly exceeded earnings threshold

Evening Standard · Apr 10, 2024

Bulgarian fraud gang in north London swindled £54m in benefits before being caught

The CPS has called this the biggest-ever benefits fraud case the UK has ever seen

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2024

Pension age changes have cost me dearly

Letter: Gill Roberts says that had she been able to retire at 60, instead of 66, she would have been able to spend more time caring for father before he died, and focused on her own health

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