NewsYahoo News UKBudget 2023: How have benefits changed?
From stricter rules for jobseekers to more help for disabled workers, here are all the changes to benefits you need to know.
NewsYahoo News UKThe 'astonishing' rise in people claiming one key benefit
The number of PIP claimants is rising across age groups.
CelebrityYahoo Celebrity UKStacey Solomon says benefits 'saved my life' in emotional cost of living discussion
The TV presenter said on 'Loose Women' that benefits were vital to her when she gave birth to her first child.
NewsYahoo News UKJacob Rees-Mogg: Benefits are not an insurance scheme
A senior Conservative MP has said that benefits are not an "insurance scheme"
NewsYahoo News UKMinisters 'considering Universal Credit changes' amid fears of perfect storm in coming weeks
Labour has called on the government to reverse plans to cut Universal Credit payments
PoliticsYahoo News VideoUnemployed Americans lose benefits
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.
NewsYahoo News UKRepairman stole £57,000 in benefits while lying to wife about being unemployed
Gary Poole, 60, from Bolton, Lancashire secretly worked on fixing ovens while his wife - who was claiming benefits - had no idea he was working.
NewsYahoo News UK'Staggeringly dishonest' grandmother jailed for falsely claiming more than £1m in disability benefits
Christina Pomfrey, 65, from Runcorn, Cheshire, lied that she was blind and wheelchair-bound.
NewsReutersMiley Cyrus cancels bushfire aid show in Australia due to coronavirus warnings
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.
NewsYahoo News UKTory MP says people on benefits need help with how to spend their money
Sir Desmond Swayne said 'the poorest are amongst the fattest'.
EntertainmentAssociated PressDave Chappelle hosts concert to honor Ohio shooting victims
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.
EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UK'Benefits Street' star Fungi found dead at the age of 50 after suffering heart attack
Jason Clarke, known as Fungi, was found dead at his Birmingham home five years after appearing on controversial Channel 4 documentary series 'Benefits Street'.
PoliticsPolitics.co.ukTalking Politics
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.
NewsYahoo News UKBodybuilder who claimed he was disabled is caught after being filmed doing press-ups with child on his back
Curt Gorog, of Emley, Huddersfield, tried to claim a £150,000 payout for an injury sustained in 2012.
NewsYahoo News UKFood banks are handing out a record number of emergency supplies, Trussell Trust reveals
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.
NewsYahoo News UKGrieving daughter hands over mum’s ashes to DWP benefits inspector to prove she isn’t fit for work
Louise Broxton had suffered from neurological problems for which she received various benefits.
NewsYahoo News UKMother of disabled son on Universal Credit was 'unable to afford toilet paper’ and ‘used napkins from McDonald’s’
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.
NewsYahoo News UK1 in 5 people aren't happy with the Universal Credit system
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.
NewsYahoo News UKParents of six-year-old say he isn't allowed to join after-school clubs - because they aren't on benefits
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.
NewsYahoo News UKBritish Social Attitudes report: Is Britain starting to sympathise with benefits claimants?
Britons want higher taxes and more spending from government.
NewsYahoo Celebrity UKBenefits cheat and reality TV star skips community service because she hates taking the bus
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.
NewsPolitics.co.ukWhy Labour's welfare mess matters
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.
NewsPolitics.co.ukThe cost of a child: Theresa May must reverse cuts to family benefits
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.
NewsJane HowdleBenefits Assesor Nurse Sacked For Slating Disabled “Scrounger” On Social Media
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.
NewsPolitics.co.ukWhat Brexit means for...child poverty
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.
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