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DWP Launches £60m Innovation Fund to Trial Job Support for Disabled People

The fund will pilot tech-led, scalable approaches to help disabled claimants into work to shape upcoming reforms of disability benefits.

Labour Extends PIP Award Periods as Tories Move to Force Commons Vote

Tories Propose Restricted Payment Cards for Offenders on Benefits

UK Extends PIP Review Intervals for Claimants Aged 25 and Over

DWP Begins Automatic Payments After Two‑Child Limit on Universal Credit Is Scrapped

DWP FOI Shows 1.5 Million Migrants Claimed Universal Credit in Year to December 2025

Oxford Study Links Post-2013 Welfare Cuts to Surge in Long-Term Child Poverty

Labour to Lift Two-Child Benefit Cap From April 2026, Extending Support to Larger Families

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

Universal Credit Job-Entry Rate Falls to Seven-Year Low

Universal Credit Hits 8.40 Million as ‘No Work Requirement’ Cases Surge

Russia Eases Child Allowance Rules for Large Families as Putin Orders Fast-Track

U.S. Sets Jan. 21 Start for Indefinite Pause on Immigrant Visas From 75 Countries

DWP Opens Consultation to Bar Universal Credit for Hospital-Detained Offenders

Badenoch Launches Review to Redefine Disability for Benefits and Tighten Welfare Rules

Tory MP Urges Residency Curbs as Government Defends Ending Two-Child Benefit Cap

‘Benefits Street’ Rhetoric Returns After Reeves Lifts Two-Child Cap, James Turner Street Divided

Labour Poised to Scrap Two-Child Benefit Cap in Nov. 26 Budget

Northern Leaders Urge Reeves to Scrap Two-Child Cap and Back Rail Upgrades as Tees Valley Mayor Withholds Support

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