The country’s biggest civil service union has written to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to express its “disgust” that it has entered into a media partnership with The Sun newspaper, which it accuses of “demonising benefit claimants”
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/28/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/28/c...
Civil Service 'Disgust' After DWP Launches Welfare Campaign With The Sun, Which It Accuses of ‘Demonising’ Benefit Claimants
Keir Starmer has sought a closer relationship with the Murdoch-owned newspaper, under his leadership
bylinetimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The country’s biggest civil service union has written to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to express its “disgust” that it has entered into a media partnership with The Sun newspaper, which it accuses of “demonising benefit claimants”
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/28/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/28/c...
DWP boss just said Universal Credit gives disabled people 'perverse incentives' not to work
Liz Kendall's shocking comments came just as a new report slams the DWP for failing vulnerable claimants.
So which is it???
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Liz Kendall's shocking comments came just as a new report slams the DWP for failing vulnerable claimants.
So which is it???
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
DWP boss just said Universal Credit gives disabled people 'perverse incentives' not to work
Liz Kendall believes people on benefits are incentivised not to work - yet a new report slams the DWP for failing vulnerable claimants
www.thecanary.co
July 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
DWP boss just said Universal Credit gives disabled people 'perverse incentives' not to work
Liz Kendall's shocking comments came just as a new report slams the DWP for failing vulnerable claimants.
So which is it???
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Liz Kendall's shocking comments came just as a new report slams the DWP for failing vulnerable claimants.
So which is it???
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
A new DWP analysis has shown which conditions could be the most likely to have claimants who will not qualify under the new PIP eligibility criteria
www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-up...
www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-up...
DWP update shows PIP conditions most at risk of benefit cuts
A new DWP analysis has shown which conditions could be the most likely to have claimants who will not qualify under the new PIP eligibility criteria
www.mirror.co.uk
May 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A new DWP analysis has shown which conditions could be the most likely to have claimants who will not qualify under the new PIP eligibility criteria
www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-up...
www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-up...
Today I had coffee morning, then a DWP call which was far kinder than I was expecting, I even moaned at her about how the dwp was expecting too much from me 🤷🤭
Then I had my therapy call. So I was very "peopled out". Tomorrow I will have a quiet day.
Then I had my therapy call. So I was very "peopled out". Tomorrow I will have a quiet day.
October 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Today I had coffee morning, then a DWP call which was far kinder than I was expecting, I even moaned at her about how the dwp was expecting too much from me 🤷🤭
Then I had my therapy call. So I was very "peopled out". Tomorrow I will have a quiet day.
Then I had my therapy call. So I was very "peopled out". Tomorrow I will have a quiet day.
In a massive climbdown, DWP minister Stephen Timms has confirmed changes to PIP eligibility will wait until a review into the disability benefit, which will be completed next year
Thank you to all the Labour MPs who stood firm and helped to achieve this
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Thank you to all the Labour MPs who stood firm and helped to achieve this
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Govt makes huge U-turn minutes before welfare cuts vote
In the latest climbdown, DWP minister Sir Stephen Timms confirmed that changes to PIP eligibility will wait until a review into the disability benefit, which will be completed next year
www.mirror.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
In a massive climbdown, DWP minister Stephen Timms has confirmed changes to PIP eligibility will wait until a review into the disability benefit, which will be completed next year
Thank you to all the Labour MPs who stood firm and helped to achieve this
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Thank you to all the Labour MPs who stood firm and helped to achieve this
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
🔴Civil Service ‘Disgust’ After DWP Launches Welfare Campaign With The Sun, Which It Accuses of ‘Demonising’ Benefit Claimants
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/28/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/28/c...
Civil Service 'Disgust' After DWP Launches Welfare Campaign With The Sun, Which It Accuses of ‘Demonising’ Benefit Claimants
Keir Starmer has sought a closer relationship with the Murdoch-owned newspaper, under his leadership
bylinetimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🔴Civil Service ‘Disgust’ After DWP Launches Welfare Campaign With The Sun, Which It Accuses of ‘Demonising’ Benefit Claimants
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/28/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/28/c...
The DWP is facing court action next week, which Labour shamelessly CHOSE to defend
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024...
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024...
The DWP is facing court action next week which Labour shamelessly CHOSE to defend
Proposed DWP WCA changes will lead to deeper poverty among disabled people and unquestionably to more benefit deaths
www.thecanary.co
December 6, 2024 at 6:58 AM
The DWP is facing court action next week, which Labour shamelessly CHOSE to defend
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024...
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024...
they are supporting me in my hatred of filling in form
May 27, 2024 at 1:31 PM
they are supporting me in my hatred of filling in form
The DWP is secretly testing sweeping new rules – described as a “recipe for disaster” – on disability benefit assessments, which will reduce the influence of healthcare professionals and hand greater responsibility to civil servants.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-secretly...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-secretly...
DWP secretly exposes 150,000 PIP claimants to new assessment system that is ‘recipe for disaster’
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is secretly testing sweeping new rules – described as a “recipe for disaster” – on disability benefit assessments, which will reduce the influence of heal…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
June 5, 2026 at 6:15 AM
The DWP is secretly testing sweeping new rules – described as a “recipe for disaster” – on disability benefit assessments, which will reduce the influence of healthcare professionals and hand greater responsibility to civil servants.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-secretly...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-secretly...
First the Tories, and now Labour, tried to bury an explosive report which shows that disabled people quite literally need PIP to survive - and that they're not getting it 'coz of TikTok'
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
A damning report into PIP that the DWP tried to hide shows its cuts are pure evil
Labour has tried to bury a damning report into DWP PIP which shows that disabled people need it to quite literally survive
www.thecanary.co
May 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
First the Tories, and now Labour, tried to bury an explosive report which shows that disabled people quite literally need PIP to survive - and that they're not getting it 'coz of TikTok'
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Damning report from Work and Pensions Committee today
“Over several years there are known to have been hundreds of serious harms and deaths of claimants, many of which could have been prevented had DWP discharged its responsibilities more effectively”
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
“Over several years there are known to have been hundreds of serious harms and deaths of claimants, many of which could have been prevented had DWP discharged its responsibilities more effectively”
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DWP 'could have prevented' tragic deaths of benefit claimants, MPs' report says
The Work and Pensions Committee said the DWP provides a 'lifeline to millions of people' but when mistakes are 'it is possible that the severest consequences can arise'
www.mirror.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Damning report from Work and Pensions Committee today
“Over several years there are known to have been hundreds of serious harms and deaths of claimants, many of which could have been prevented had DWP discharged its responsibilities more effectively”
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
“Over several years there are known to have been hundreds of serious harms and deaths of claimants, many of which could have been prevented had DWP discharged its responsibilities more effectively”
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Amnesty International's new research, which involves interviews with hundreds of people on benefits, claims the current welfare system is 'consciously cruel' and ruining lives
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
DWP claimants give verdict on welfare system - 'You're not treated as human'
Amnesty International's new research, which involves interviews with hundreds of people on benefits, claims the current welfare system is 'consciously cruel' and ruining lives
www.mirror.co.uk
April 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Amnesty International's new research, which involves interviews with hundreds of people on benefits, claims the current welfare system is 'consciously cruel' and ruining lives
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Speaking of the DWP, mum is now reeling from the state's largesse
Happy birthday, I guess.
Happy birthday, I guess.
April 29, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Speaking of the DWP, mum is now reeling from the state's largesse
Happy birthday, I guess.
Happy birthday, I guess.
The government must create a “compassionate” benefits system which does not “demonise people for needing social security support” to prevent further deaths of claimants, the Work and Pensions Select Committee chair has warned
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation
The Work and Pensions Select Committee is calling for the DWP to be made legally-responsible for safeguarding benefit claimants.
www.bigissue.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The government must create a “compassionate” benefits system which does not “demonise people for needing social security support” to prevent further deaths of claimants, the Work and Pensions Select Committee chair has warned
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
🔴Civil Service ‘Disgust’ After DWP Launches Welfare Campaign With The Sun, Which It Accuses of ‘Demonising’ Benefit Claimants
Keir Starmer has sought a closer relationship with the Murdoch-owned newspaper, under his leadership
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/28/c...
Keir Starmer has sought a closer relationship with the Murdoch-owned newspaper, under his leadership
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/28/c...
Civil Service 'Disgust' After DWP Launches Welfare Campaign With The Sun, Which It Accuses of ‘Demonising’ Benefit Claimants
Keir Starmer has sought a closer relationship with the Murdoch-owned newspaper, under his leadership
bylinetimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🔴Civil Service ‘Disgust’ After DWP Launches Welfare Campaign With The Sun, Which It Accuses of ‘Demonising’ Benefit Claimants
Keir Starmer has sought a closer relationship with the Murdoch-owned newspaper, under his leadership
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/28/c...
Keir Starmer has sought a closer relationship with the Murdoch-owned newspaper, under his leadership
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/28/c...
If you want a good indication for how absolutely out of touch with reality this government is proposed cuts to disability support would be a pretty good starting point. It is a vastly counterproductive policy which will force more people into poverty.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ministers-ar...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ministers-ar...
Ministers are clueless on impact of PIP cuts on disability poverty, DWP admits
Ministers have no idea how much impact their cuts to disabled people’s benefits will have on levels of disability poverty, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted. DWP published fig…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
May 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
If you want a good indication for how absolutely out of touch with reality this government is proposed cuts to disability support would be a pretty good starting point. It is a vastly counterproductive policy which will force more people into poverty.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ministers-ar...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ministers-ar...
This is the DWP the public need to understand. A Kafkaesque system of impossible to understand, contradictory rules which folk often innocently trip up on to which they receive a brutal, excessive response that plunges people into despair and poverty. The DWP needs to fix itself.
May 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This is the DWP the public need to understand. A Kafkaesque system of impossible to understand, contradictory rules which folk often innocently trip up on to which they receive a brutal, excessive response that plunges people into despair and poverty. The DWP needs to fix itself.
Senior Labour minister delivers bare-faced lie over DWP PIP live on the BBC
A minister claimed that 90% of people will "not lose anything" when asked on the BBC - a figure which is yet another lie from the Labour government
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
A minister claimed that 90% of people will "not lose anything" when asked on the BBC - a figure which is yet another lie from the Labour government
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Senior Labour minister delivers bare-faced lie over DWP PIP live on the BBC
A minister claimed that 90% of people will keep DWP PIP when asked on the BBC - a figure which is yet another lie from the Labour government
www.thecanary.co
April 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Senior Labour minister delivers bare-faced lie over DWP PIP live on the BBC
A minister claimed that 90% of people will "not lose anything" when asked on the BBC - a figure which is yet another lie from the Labour government
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
A minister claimed that 90% of people will "not lose anything" when asked on the BBC - a figure which is yet another lie from the Labour government
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Just got a text from DWP: I got PIP!
It doesn't mention which part and which tier but even if it's just the lower mobility tier, it'll make a huge difference.
That's literally the best news to start the week with.
I've been dreading this text because first time applicants are often denied.
It doesn't mention which part and which tier but even if it's just the lower mobility tier, it'll make a huge difference.
That's literally the best news to start the week with.
I've been dreading this text because first time applicants are often denied.
October 5, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Just got a text from DWP: I got PIP!
It doesn't mention which part and which tier but even if it's just the lower mobility tier, it'll make a huge difference.
That's literally the best news to start the week with.
I've been dreading this text because first time applicants are often denied.
It doesn't mention which part and which tier but even if it's just the lower mobility tier, it'll make a huge difference.
That's literally the best news to start the week with.
I've been dreading this text because first time applicants are often denied.
The benefits system is broken – and disabled people pay the price for the DWP's 'poor service' www.bigissue.com/opinion/dwp-...
The benefits system is broken – and disabled people pay the price for the DWP's 'poor service'
Sense provided evidence for a report which said the DWP was providing 'unacceptably poor service' to disability benefits claimants
www.bigissue.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The benefits system is broken – and disabled people pay the price for the DWP's 'poor service' www.bigissue.com/opinion/dwp-...
Update on how many jobs there actually are for disabled people in the UK. According to the DWP, which is pushing them into work.
All Jobs: 111,317
Fully Remote: 666
Of which are disability confident: 71
Of which are part-time: 5
Note: all of these jobs require specialist training/ experience
All Jobs: 111,317
Fully Remote: 666
Of which are disability confident: 71
Of which are part-time: 5
Note: all of these jobs require specialist training/ experience
February 3, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Update on how many jobs there actually are for disabled people in the UK. According to the DWP, which is pushing them into work.
All Jobs: 111,317
Fully Remote: 666
Of which are disability confident: 71
Of which are part-time: 5
Note: all of these jobs require specialist training/ experience
All Jobs: 111,317
Fully Remote: 666
Of which are disability confident: 71
Of which are part-time: 5
Note: all of these jobs require specialist training/ experience
The most callous part of Liz Kendall's DWP plans was actually a Tory idea
The DWP changes Labour is pushing are dire - but it's one for Universal Credit which is most shocking, as disabled people won't even get a say via a consultation.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The DWP changes Labour is pushing are dire - but it's one for Universal Credit which is most shocking, as disabled people won't even get a say via a consultation.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The most callous part of Liz Kendall's DWP plans was actually a Tory idea
The DWP changes Labour is pushing are dire - but its one for Universal Credit which is shocking, as disabled people won't even get a say
www.thecanary.co
March 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The most callous part of Liz Kendall's DWP plans was actually a Tory idea
The DWP changes Labour is pushing are dire - but it's one for Universal Credit which is most shocking, as disabled people won't even get a say via a consultation.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The DWP changes Labour is pushing are dire - but it's one for Universal Credit which is most shocking, as disabled people won't even get a say via a consultation.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The DWP enables greedy water companies to make debt deductions from benefit claimants - since when is water not necessary for survival?
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Hapless DWP don't know which water companies pocketed £22.4m in Universal Credit deductions
The DWP enables greedy water companies to make debt deductions from benefit claimants - since when is water not necessary for survival?
www.thecanary.co
February 11, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The DWP enables greedy water companies to make debt deductions from benefit claimants - since when is water not necessary for survival?
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
I also want to flag this horrendous DWP-related suicide, which I've mentioned on the substack but I'll put the link to the local newspaper report here: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Northumberland man took his own life after DWP cut his Universal Credit to £37
Andrew Halliday had been told he would receive just £37 Universal Credit from the DWP which left him fearing he would become homeless
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
May 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I also want to flag this horrendous DWP-related suicide, which I've mentioned on the substack but I'll put the link to the local newspaper report here: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...