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Benefit Reforms Universal Credit Disability Support Budget Cuts Budget Forecasts Pension Funding GDP Comparison Disability Benefits Cost Savings Budgeting

DWP Data: Mental Health Dominates ‘Too Sick to Work’ Claims as UC Health Caseload Reaches 3.5 Million

Officials attribute most of the rise to transfers from ESA to Universal Credit.

Timms’ PIP Review Advances With First In-Person Steering Group Meeting This Week

DWP Extends PIP Review Cycles and Expands In-Person Assessments From 2026

Motability Drops BMW, Mercedes and Other Premium Brands, Pivots to UK‑Built Cars

Think Tank Urges Cuts to UK Disability Benefits for Milder Conditions as £27bn Bill Looms

Analysis Says Nearly 1.9 Million Foreign Nationals Claim UK Benefits

HMRC to Expand Child Benefit Fraud Team to More Than 200 Investigators Next Month

DWP Publishes First Immigration Breakdown Showing 1.26 Million Migrant Universal Credit Claimants

Badenoch Draws Line in the Sand to Tighten UK Benefit Eligibility

UK Proposes Stricter PIP Eligibility, Threatening 800,000 Claimants

Universal Credit Payments to Households with Foreign Nationals Reach £941 Million

Labour Faces Backlash Over £5 Billion Welfare Cuts as Impact Assessment Looms

Keir Starmer Defends Welfare Reforms Facing Labour Party Backlash

UK Government Plans Major Overhaul of Long-Term Sickness Benefits

UK Government to Enforce Benefits Sanctions for Youths Refusing Work or Education

DWP Callers Faced 753 Years of Hold Time in 2023/24