SHOCKING: 16 - What They Never Told You

Winter fuel payments begin to arrive in bank accounts – what pensioners need to know

It’s not to late for eligible pensioners to secure their payment

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024

From Jobcentres to disability benefits: Labour’s DWP changes explained

Several major changes have been announced

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2024

Winter fuel payments cut will drive 100,000 more pensioners into poverty, minister admits

Ministers have faced criticism for slashing access to the payment

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2024

Inertia, denial and failure: timeline of the UK carer’s allowance scandal

Promises were made to fix the problem over a decade yet nothing changed – meanwhile carers continue to suffer

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2024

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

Liz Kendall says there is ‘no tension’ in government over winter fuel payments

Work and pensions secretary says ‘scandal’ of pensioners not claiming credit entitlement is bigger problem

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024

Blind woman denied benefits because she attended DWP interview with help of mother

Charlotte Easton says she was told that as she had been able to travel to her assessment, she must be able to work

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2024

Mothers to take DWP to court over ‘inhumane’ benefit rules on non-consensual conception

High court approves judicial review of rules denying some women exception to two-child limit on universal credit

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 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

Carers’ earnings limit to rise by £45 a week after allowance scandal

Guardian investigation revealed scale of penalties for unwitting breaches of carer’s allowance earnings limits

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2024