BIZARRE: 3 - What They Never Told You

DWP trials PIP changes affecting thousands of claimants

A DWP whistleblower brought the plans to light

The Independent UK · Jun 8

Starmer hires ex-M&S chief to tackle youth unemployment crisis

Marc Bolland has been tasked with convening business leaders to help address the number of young people not in education, employment or training after a bombshell report revealed the problem costs £125billion a year

The Independent UK · May 30

Stop forcing terminally ill benefit claimants to prove illness, leading charities urge

Exclusive: The current system is ‘simply wrong’, more than 30 organisations write

The Independent UK · May 27

Benefit cheat who claimed she could not walk caught doing zumba and spin classes at gym

A benefit cheat who claimed she could not walk was caught on CCTV working out at the gym.

The Independent UK · May 20

‘Housebound’ benefit cheat caught running 10k races and doing Zumba classes

Helen Green received more than £25,000 in PIP after claiming she could not walk for longer than five minutes

The Independent UK · May 19

Woman who claimed she could not walk jailed for benefit fraud after 10k race

Helen Green, 49, told the DWP she needed crutches and was housebound but was caught on CCTV taking part in exercise classes and running 10k races.

Evening Standard · May 19

DWP enforce new change that will exclude people aged 24 and under

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The Independent UK · May 15

DWP criticised for PIP changes excluding young people under 25

Disability charities have said the plans penalise young people ‘because of their age’

The Independent UK · May 15

‘Unhelpful and ill-informed’: Charities slam Tony Blair think tank report on disability benefits

The former PM’s firm put forward an ‘emergency handbrake’ plan for welfare spending

The Independent UK · Apr 28

DWP announces Pip changes affecting all 4m claimants

Exclusive: The reforms will remove ‘unnecessary pressure’ from claimants, Labour minister says

The Independent UK · Apr 27