A Department for Work and Pensions spokesperson said the Universal Credit system was being reviewed, including how claimants ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has spoken out against people being “written off” on benefits and ending up trapped “in a cycle of ...

Economists have suggested the cost-of-living crisis is beginning to ease, yet the number of people on benefits continues to rise. Headline inflation is stabilising and wages are starting to rise in ...

The number of people in Britain awarded universal credit jumped by more than a million in 2025. This was largely due to people moving from older-style benefits, now being axed by the DWP ...

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