New work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden has said the welfare system still needs reform (PA) Reforms to personal independence payments (PIP) will carry on in a “different way” to before, the new ...

MILLIONS on Universal Credit and benefits will see their payments increase in April, despite Britain’s ballooning welfare ...

Annual spending on health and disability benefits is now predicted to rise from £83.1 billion in 2025/26 to £103.6 billion in ...

Chancellor unveiled a £15 billion benefits spending spree in Wednesday's Budget, with payments boosted and the two child beenfit cap abolished ...

A new benefit that would replace the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for millions of people in the UK has been proposed by a panel of independent experts. Claimed by 3.7 million people, PIP is one ...

The chancellor unveiled a series of measures affecting benefits, including scrapping the two-child benefit limit.

Rachel Reeves has indicated further cuts to welfare are likely under this Labour government as she looks ahead to her second autumn Budget. The chancellor has indicated that more tax rises and ...

As of February 2025, 800 people in Britain were still receiving ESA for obesity, marking a 43% drop from 2020. The Department ...

DWP chief paves the way for more benefit cuts as Starmer warned over spending - The OBR projects that Labour has added £11bn on to public spending – largely to pay for welfare reversals ...

Chancellor has said she is not prepared to leave the growing welfare bill untouched - so where could the savings come from?

People making applications for a benefit devolved to Scotland were less likely to be successful than those applying for the equivalent UK ...