Lord Hain, who was secretary of state for work and pensions under Gordon Brown, said: "We do not want a punitive welfare ...

A Labour minister has defended plans which have been described as ‘taking money from some of the poorest and most vulnerable ...

Ahead of the hikes in April, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is sending out new state pension details to everyone ...

Mr Streeting told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme that the welfare system had to be "sustainable" ...

DWP Personal Independence Payment claimants who have mental health conditions are being warned by Labour Party MPs.

The government is also expected to make it harder for people to qualify for the benefit in a move to cut billions of pounds ...

Bal Deol, who has mitochondrial DNA disease, says people with disabilities are being ‘treated as scapegoats’ by the ...

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is expected to announce reforms on Tuesday aimed at cutting the welfare bill ...

Millions of people across the UK are receiving the State Pension, but tens of thousands of payments are wrong and currently ...

The Government is expected to announce a series of reforms aimed at cutting the welfare bill in the coming days. | ITV ...

Around a million people are expected to be affected by the new eligibility criteria, with the changes set to impact those ...

How mass buyouts and layoffs at Trump's U.S. Department of Education might impact millions of students, teachers and ...