From stricter rules for jobseekers to more help for disabled workers, here are all the changes to benefits you need to know.
The number of PIP claimants is rising across age groups.
The TV presenter said on 'Loose Women' that benefits were vital to her when she gave birth to her first child.
A senior Conservative MP has said that benefits are not an "insurance scheme"
Labour has called on the government to reverse plans to cut Universal Credit payments
Millions of jobless Americans lost their unemployment benefits on Monday, leaving only a handful of economic support programs for those who are still being hit financially by the year-and-a-half-old coronavirus pandemic.
Gary Poole, 60, from Bolton, Lancashire secretly worked on fixing ovens while his wife - who was claiming benefits - had no idea he was working.
Christina Pomfrey, 65, from Runcorn, Cheshire, lied that she was blind and wheelchair-bound.
Pop star Miley Cyrus has cancelled a trip to Australia for a bushfire relief concert three days ahead of the show, citing recommendations that travel be curtailed to counter the spread of the global coronavirus epidemic. Cyrus, 27, who rose to fame with global hits like 'Party in the USA' and 'Wrecking Ball', was set to be the headline act for a concert on March 13 in Australia's second-largest city, Melbourne, which the organisers have now called off. All proceeds from the show were to go to Australian charities aiding relief efforts following a devastating bushfire season which destroyed nearly 12 million hectares (30 million acres) of bushland, killing 33 people and an estimated one billion native animals.
Sir Desmond Swayne said 'the poorest are amongst the fattest'.
Thousands turned out to a benefit hosted by comedian Dave Chappelle that honored victims of a mass shooting in Ohio. The star-studded "Gem City Shine" took place Sunday in Dayton's Oregon District, the historic neighborhood that was marred by a 32-second rampage that killed nine people and left dozens injured Aug. 4. Stevie Wonder headlined the event, which also featured Chance the Rapper and Talib Kweli, among other musicians, news outlets reported.
Jason Clarke, known as Fungi, was found dead at his Birmingham home five years after appearing on controversial Channel 4 documentary series 'Benefits Street'.
It seems someone at the DWP has just whispered the remark in Esther McVey’s ear. If the work and pensions secretary is indeed planning to pause the full roll-out of Universal Credit (UC), as media reports last week suggested, then it cannot come a minute too soon. In the last week alone, we have seen two former prime ministers warn about the social costs of pressing ahead with this botched policy.
Curt Gorog, of Emley, Huddersfield, tried to claim a £150,000 payout for an injury sustained in 2012.
The Trussell Trust's network of food banks distributed more than 1.3 million three-day food supplies in the year leading up to March - a 13% rise on the previous year.
Louise Broxton had suffered from neurological problems for which she received various benefits.
As MPs and Lords debate the roll out of Universal Credit, one peer highlighted the devastating pressures some face as they wait for their money.
One in five people are unhappy with the service they are receiving from the Universal Credit system, Theresa has admitted during Prime Minister's Questions.
A six-year-old boy’s parents say he is not allowed to join after-school maths and reading clubs – because they are NOT on benefits. Cara McCormick says she tried to sign son Thomas up for reading, maths, computer and homework clubs at the Oliver Tomkins School in Swindon, Wiltshire, but was told he wasn’t eligible because she and his stepfather don’t claim benefits. Cara, 25, said: “I was quite taken aback.
Britons want higher taxes and more spending from government.
Transgender reality TV star Chelsey Harwood is facing prison after failing to carry out her community service – because she refuses to “mix with scallies” and travel to it by bus.
Meanwhile Labour has shifted its stance on the benefit freeze at least five times in half a month. To recap, the benefit freeze means welfare payments won’t rise in line with inflation until 2020 - squeezing the little spending power claimants have as the post-referendum fall in the pound drives inflation up. There was surprise when Labour didn’t even mention the freeze in its manifesto.
The mood around welfare cuts may finally be shifting. The new work and pensions secretary Damian Green has explicitly sought to distance himself from the stance of the past six years by stating that there “will be no new search for cuts in individual welfare benefits”. This year, when you exclude rent and childcare, the minimum cost of a child actually went down for some family types, for the first time since we started doing these studies in 2012.
A disability benefits assessor has been sacked for posting abuse about disabled claimants on social media. The posts were found on Facebook by Sarah Goldstein, 24, whose application for personal independence payments (PIPs) had just been rejected. After going on social media to check the nurse’s profile, Sarah, who lives in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, with husband Jay and daughter AJ, 13-months, was shocked to discover the comments from July 2014.
At best, around a fifth of children still live below the poverty line before housing costs, and more than a quarter once housing costs are taken into account. At worst, we may be seeing the start of the greatest rise in child poverty in a generation. Earlier this year, the IFS projected what would be a devastating 50% increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.