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Minister proposes increasing Income Support payments

Jersey's Social Security Minister has proposed an 8.6% hike in Income Support payments from January 2024.

21 Sept

Sickness benefits overhaul could make disabled people more ill, charity warns

Ministers have unveiled plans to change the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) in a bid to reduce the number of people on long-term sick.

5 Sept

Families in London have as little as £44 a week to live on under benefit cap

Child Poverty Action Group says 'nowhere fares as badly as London'.

14 Jul

Woman sentenced after fraudulently claiming £40,000 of benefits

I, Daniel Blake 'more relevant than ever' as film adapted for the stage

Benefits claimants are chased for millions in DWP mistakes: This mum fought back

Budget 2023: The key takeaways - from free childcare to energy bills cap

Benefit reforms have pushed many into part-time, low-paid jobs, think tank says

Taxi driver repaid £11,000 after receiving wrong advice from Government

‘We are not living’: Hunt’s autumn statement ‘too late’ for those on benefits

Pensions Secretary declines to confirm whether benefits will rise with inflation

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Welfare cuts could go further than expected - and even double, sources warn

Claimants will be asked 'seek more and better paid work or risk benefit cut'

Single mother of four describes reality of living on £239 a month

Marcus Rashford says degree for poverty work is 'bittersweet' after benefits cut