Universal Credit claimants face a "penalty" as some people get £140 less because of their age. Benefits experts recently ...
Advocates have urged for the DWP policy to be changed ...
Hundreds of thousands of people who rely on disability benefits will be thrown into deeper poverty from April 6, as the Starmer Labour government’s Universal Credit Act (2025) comes into force. Keir ...
An autistic circus skills teacher took his own life after becoming increasingly distressed by the bureaucratic chaos caused ...
The UK government has announced an extension of free school meals in England to all children whose parents receive universal credit, in order to address child hunger and poverty. The government claims ...
More than one in 10 young adults are claiming Universal Credit in a string of benefit 'hotspots' across Britain, with Hartlepool, Blackpool and Thanet topping a list of UK areas where under-30s are ...
Shocking figures have revealed the full extent of the impact of controversial welfare reforms on Newcastle’s most vulnerable. New data compiled by Newcastle City Council shows how food and fuel ...
Sophie Bavington, 27, is a working parent living trapped in poverty of £140-a-month on Universal Credit Sophie Bavington, 27, is a working parent living trapped in poverty of £140-a-month on Universal ...