Benefits

‘I don’t do a monthly shop any more’: life with unpredictable working hours

“Obviously I never know what I’m going to be paid each week,” says Jessica Burns, a mother of three young children from Salford.Burns, who is 30, enjoys her job...

Winter fuel: 780,000 UK pensioners entitled to payment will lose it

About 780,000 pensioners who need the winter fuel payment will lose out on it when Labour begins means-testing...

We did not do impact assessment of winter fuel payment cut, No 10 admits

Ministers did not carry out a specific impact assessment on the withdrawal of the winter fuel payment from...

Sunak ‘should apologise for £22bn black hole’, says Starmer during PMQs – video

Keir Starmer said Rishi Sunak should apologise for the '£22bn black hole' in government finances, after Sunak asked...

MPs back cuts to winter fuel payments in Commons vote

MPs have voted to remove the winter fuel allowance from all but the poorest pensioners, with a significant...

Rachel Reeves under renewed fire from MPs and charities over cuts to winter fuel allowance

The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is under fresh pressure this weekend over controversial plans to limit winter fuel allowance to the poorest pensioners, amid claims...

I can’t even afford to charge my wheelchair. So how are people like me expected to afford the energy price rise? | Thirugnanam Sureshan

I had hope for this government. That has all gone now. I expected better, but with the rise in energy bills by 10% it...

Can you apply for pension credit? It’s key to help with rising energy costs

Energy prices are set to rise after the regulator announced the new price cap on Friday. From October, the annual gas and electricity bill...

Keir Starmer warns of tough times ahead to fix ‘Tory ruins’

British people will have to endure even worse economic and social ­pressures in the months to come as the Labour government takes “unpopular decisions”...