A ground-breaking history of modern Britain that puts the experiences of disabled people to the fore for the first time. Despite there being more than 16 million disabled people in the UK today, disa...

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The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.

This report sets out the nature of poverty in the UK, and evaluates changes under the last Conservative-led Government. It also sets out the scale of action necessary for the current Government to del...

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Hundreds of thousands of people will be pushed into severe hardship if government goes ahead with ‘cruel’ cuts to disability payments.

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Trussell report finds that higher levels of poverty mean Britain is losing out on £38bn a year of potential output

Chancellor is playing into narrative of “deserving and undeserving poor” warns Social Workers Union

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Making it harder to claim Pip isn’t about ethics, as Keir Starmer says, but economics

Right now, the government is considering changes to disability benefits. But for millions of disabled people, these benefits are a lifeline. They are the difference between surviving and being pushed deeper into poverty. Scope, alongside a coalition of charities, has written to the Chancellor, urging the Government to think again. Our full letter is below.

Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan