‘Long Covid forced me to quit the job I loved’: Benefit cuts fears of thousands still too ill to work

Long Covid sufferers open up about lives destroyed by illness as they accuse government of ignoring them

‘Long Covid forced me to quit the job I loved’: Benefit cuts fears of thousands still too ill to work

Long Covid sufferers open up about lives destroyed by illness as they accuse government of ignoring them

I’m hungry, cold and have multiple disabilities. Does Starmer’s promise of real change include me?

As a struggling single mother, the past 14 years have been brutal. I need to know he understands how hard life is for some in Britain, says Marie, a single mother of three

‘I’ve been off work for 10 years with depression – I’m treated like a criminal’

Millions of Britons are not working due to illness. Three of them tell i what it's like to have to stop the job you want to keep

Long-term sickness pushing more women out of work than ever before, study finds

Research finds number of women not working due to long-term sickness is rising at far higher rate than it is for male workers

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DWP to increase Universal Credit and ESA sickness payments ahead of huge changes

The amounts will go up next April ahead of new welfare reforms to tackle the huge number who are deemed medically unfit for work

Work capability test changes ‘could cost some claimants £400 a month’

Campaigners say move could lead to many disabled people having to seek work when they are not well enough