33 h. ago Labour rebel ‘couldn’t look my mum in the eyes’ and vote for Starmer’s welfare cuts

Divisions in the Labour Party are emerging over plans to cut benefits for the long term sick and disabled

Politics

3 d. ago Voices: I know how to get sick and disabled people back to work

The government’s proposed ‘ruthless’ cuts to the welfare payments won’t fix our broken benefits system, says disability rights campaigner Kamran Mallick – instead, some targeted investments would actually pay dividends

Politics

4 d. ago Scandal of the sick: Ill and disabled benefit claimants die waiting for vital payments

Exclusive: One man has been waiting for almost three years to receive the benefit and finally won a battle to be reassessed – but he’s still waiting

Events

5 d. ago Government's £6billion benefits crackdown: Sick and disabled face huge cuts as Rachel Reeves scrambles to curb soaring welfare bill

Some £5billion of the savings will come from making it harder for people to qualify for Personal Independence Payments - a benefit designed to help with the extra costs caused by disabilities.

Economics

5 d. ago Handouts offered through sickness and disability benefits bill will swallow up a quarter of income tax intake by 2030, report warns

The cost of disability and incapacity handouts has risen by 40 per cent in real terms since 2013 and is forecast to reach £100billion by 2029/30.

Events

6 d. ago New DWP plans to help thousands of sick and disabled people on benefits into work

DWP will provide additional support for around 65,000 sick and disabled people to help ‘unlock the benefits of work’.

Politics

2 w. ago Firebug torches car parked in disabled bay and films sick act on Scots street

Andrzej and Urszula Plawgo's Peugeot was set alight while it was parked in a disabled bay outside their Hamilton home.

Events