Tag: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

4 April 2025

In a recent interview with iNews, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) boss Liz Kendall doubled down on the Labour ...

The DWP PIP has been caught lying about a key figure in Universal Credit LCWRA

The DWP has been caught lying about how many people claim sickness on Universal Credit

3 April 2025

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has once again been caught red-handed, disseminating grossly misleading information to the public. ...

The DWP is caught up in another state pension scandal where is could owe thousands of people money

The DWP forced a deaf claimant to have a PHONE interview for his PIP

In a distressing turn of events, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has come under fire for its handling ...

Labour's DWP PIP cuts could have a knock on affect to women hit by the ongoing WASPI pensions scandal

DWP cuts will compound the ongoing pension crisis for many WASPI women

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is under mounting fire as it faces widespread condemnation for its treatment of ...

The Bedroom Tax is still punishing universal Credit claimants 12 years on

12 years on, the Bedroom Tax is still inflicting misery on families – particularly in the North East

The policy known widely as the bedroom tax, officially termed the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy, marks twelve years ...

Labour's approval rating is now the lowest since it took office likely due to the DWP cuts

Thanks to DWP cuts, Labour just fell to its WORST approval rating yet

by The Canary

The Labour Party government is in turmoil, marked by a significant slide in approval ratings following a controversial Spring Statement ...

Steve Race Luke Charters ME/CFS DWP cuts Get Britain Working

Two MPs openly back DWP benefit cuts – yet sit on the parliamentary group for ME/CFS

by Hannah Sharland

1 April 2025

The Labour Party’s brutal Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits cuts will be a disaster for people living with ...

Jason believes that cuts to DWP PIP will increase hate crimes against disabled people

DWP PIP cuts will lead to a rise in hate crime – as one man’s story shows

by Megan Miley

1 April 2025

The Labour Party's cuts to DWP Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and health-related benefits will lead to a rise in hate ...

DWP cuts to benefits may make chronically ill and disabled people's gambling issues even worse

Shocking new research shows DWP cuts could make people’s addictions even worse

1 April 2025

A new study conducted in Norway has brought to light alarming findings regarding individuals receiving disability benefits and their significantly ...

The DWP has been using research from 20 years ago and applying it now to punish claimants

DWP caught using evidence from TWENTY years ago to punish claimants

31 March 2025

The National Audit Office (NAO) has released a scathing report condemning the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over its ...

150,000 carers are set to lose their carer's allowance thanks to Labour's DWP cuts to PIP

150,000 MORE people set to lose DWP benefits thanks to Labour’s cuts

30 March 2025

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has ignited a wave of fury among chronically ill and disabled people and ...

A not for profit has branded Labour's DWP cuts as economic violence against disabled people

DWP cuts are ‘economic violence’ against disabled people, as backlash against Labour grows

by The Canary

30 March 2025

Not-for-profit Welfare Scotland today issued a scathing denunciation of the UK Government’s proposed Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit ...

#SwindonsSundaySermon: a deep, burning hatred of Starmer is stirring across the UK

by Rachael Swindon

30 March 2025

If Nye Bevan was turning in his grave during the Blair years, it won’t be very long before he goes ...

The Canary team at Westminster at the Welfare Not Warfare protest

The ‘Welfare Not Warfare’ demo was amazing – but it had its problems, too

by Hannah Sharland

If you somehow missed it, on Wednesday 26 March, the Canary stood in solidarity with chronically ill and disabled activists ...

The DWP pensions scandal known as WASPI continues to grow as SNP MP Stephen Flynn introduces a bill aimed at making a law to compensate women affected

BREAKING: DWP pensions row grows as Stephen Flynn’s proposed WASPI bill is pushed out of parliament

In a critical moment for the future of millions of women across the UK, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn introduced ...

A Labour minister fell apart live on the BBC over DWP cuts

Labour minister falls apart live on the BBC over vicious DWP cuts

In a tense exchange on BBC Breakfast, Labour minister James Murray faced pointed questions about his party's approach to the ...

The two child limit is under increasing scrutiny as the DWP throws more people into poverty

Yet another DWP policy is under fire as the stark reality of it becomes clearer