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since 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 21:55 UTC

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3 days ago

New Labour benefits row sees Keir Starmer told to axe two-child cap as number affected soars - after minister tell rebels lifting it would cost too much

found 2025 › Jul › 10 (Thu) @ 11:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

New data from the DWP showed 1,665,540 children living in households in Great Britain affected by the restriction in April, up 37,150 (2 per cent) from April 2024.

8 days ago

Young carer ‘amazed’ as Guardian readers pay off her £2,000 fine for benefit rules mistake

found 2025 › Jul › 05 (Sat) @ 07:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Rose Jones was told to repay £2,145 after she unwittingly breached ‘draconian’ carer’s allowance regulations

A young carer who had looked after her disabled mother since she was eight said she was “am…

13 days ago

DWP says 150,000 more people pushed into poverty by benefit cuts, not 250,000 as forecast said before U-turn – UK politics live

found 2025 › Jun › 30 (Mon) @ 12:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Analysis says, allowing for concessions to welfare bill announced last week, cuts will still push people into relative poverty

The Department for Work and Pensions has just published an analysis sayin…

16 days ago

Plans to help benefits recipients into work 'a mess', say DWP officials

found 2025 › Jun › 27 (Fri) @ 17:50 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

Plans to help those affected by benefits cuts into work are not "properly considered", officials tell the BBC.

19 days ago

One-legged amputee has his benefit payments slashed after officials catch him playing cricket - despite help from a runner and umpire holding his crutch

found 2025 › Jun › 24 (Tue) @ 10:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Shaun Rigby, 37, said he was told by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that officials had covertly tailed him for weeks as part of a probe into his disability claim.

27 days ago

Carer’s allowance: woman who won case against DWP calls for end to ‘sickening harassment’

found 2025 › Jun › 16 (Mon) @ 12:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Nicola Green, 42, speaks out after significant legal victory against department that accused her of fraud

UK politics live – latest updates

The mother of a teenager with cerebral palsy has demanded an …

28 days ago

Young carer who unwittingly breached allowance rules forced to repay £2,000

found 2025 › Jun › 15 (Sun) @ 06:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Rose Jones, who cared for mother from age of eight, twice wrongly advised by work coach on joining DWP job scheme

A young carer who had looked after her disabled mother from the age of eight was force…

36 days ago

Pensions report cuts Reeves’ planned growth funds from £160bn to £11bn

found 2025 › Jun › 07 (Sat) @ 14:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Chancellor had anticipated surpluses from final salary schemes would boost investment in UK economy

Plans to invest £160bn of surplus funds from final salary pension schemes to boost the UK economy o…

45 days ago

US firm that tests eligibility for UK disability benefits pays £10m in dividends

found 2025 › May › 29 (Thu) @ 08:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

British arm of Maximus, which provides DWP assessments, reports a 23% rise in pre-tax profit in annual figures

The British arm of a US contractor that profits from testing whether some people in the U…

50 days ago

‘Something has gone very wrong’: how the carers scandal was exposed

found 2025 › May › 24 (Sat) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

A Guardian investigation revealed how hundreds of thousands of people were plunged into debt – and some criminalised – for looking after their loved ones

One February afternoon in 2016, Sir Robert Dev…

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