Chancellor Rachel Reeves visits Wales today amid backlash over benefits changes - live updates
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is visiting Wales today amid backlash over benefits changes announced in her Spring Statement on ...
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Seven photographs from Disabled People Against Cuts ‘Welfare Not Warfare’ protest outside Derry’s Guildhall
Rights campaigners took part in a Day of Action organised by Disabled People Against Cuts outside the Guildhall this week.
DWP PIP conditions most likely to miss out on up to £4,500 from benefits shake-up
Labour's Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall announced major shake-up plans for the welfare system, with huge changes ...
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Thousands face loss of support in major welfare shake up
ON Tuesday of last week, the Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, delivered a significant green paper outlining seismic changes to the ...
Thousands face loss of support in biggest shake up to welfare in a generation
ON Tuesday of last week, the Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, delivered a significant green paper outlining seismic ...
UK Welfare Reforms to Drive 250,000 More People Into Poverty
(Bloomberg) -- A quarter of a million people, including 50,000 children, will be pushed into relative poverty in the UK by ...
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Revealed: 800,000 to miss out on up to £4,500 in PIP after benefits cut
But the number of PIP claims is still projected to rise by 25 per cent during the next five years. Officials estimate that ...
Extra 50,000 children could be pushed into poverty over welfare changes, says government assessment
Labour MPs have begun voicing their disquiet after the government's own impact assessment was published - with one accusing the chancellor of making "cruel" choices.
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What the Spring Statement means for welfare, inflation and housing
In the Spring Statement, it was revealed the OBR forecast concludes housebuilding will be at its highest level in over 40 ...
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Spring Statement 2025: Eastwood says social security cuts are ‘fundamentally wrong’ and will plunge hundreds of thousands into poverty
The social security cuts outlined by British Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Spring Statement are ‘fundamentally wrong ...
'Labour could save money in so many different ways without putting people into poverty'
Sweeping cuts to the benefits bill have sparked major controversy, with Liz Kendall’s plans to tighten disability payments at the forefront of the debate. We asked you if the cuts have gone too far - ...
PIP and universal credit changes explained in full as scale of impact revealed
The DWP's impact assessment says 96% of families that will lose financially have someone with a disability in the household ...