The Welfare Cap

The welfare cap is a limit on the amount that government can spend on certain [...]

People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency

This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) [...]

Universal Credit: Alternative Payment Arrangements

Alternative Payment Arrangements for Universal Credit claimants who cannot manage their single monthly payment. [...]

Domestic violence and abuse: help from DWP

A guide for domestic violence and abuse victims about services from the Department for Work [...]

The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) toolkit

A guide to help organisations and people in support roles explain Personal Independence Payment (PIP) [...]

The impact of our social security system and how it needs to change, as told by the women who use it

A decade of social security cuts, stagnating wages, and the erosion of public services has [...]

Towards real social security: Embedding a long-term approach to universal credit

Universal credit is simply inadequate to meet day to day living costs. This means despite [...]

The effects of reforms to the Work Capability Assessment for incapacity benefits

More than 3 million working-age adults in the UK receive health-related benefits. The government has [...]

Rates of Change: The impact of a below-inflation uprating on working-age benefits

The CPI inflation figure for September (6.7 per cent) is the basis on which key [...]

A rising State Pension age will leave people who are out of work due to ill health at greater risk of poverty and worsening health

The existing policy approach to increasing State Pension age in the UK, alongside a lack [...]