Adam Forrest

Edinburgh, Glasgow

Scotland Correspondent at The i Paper

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Articles

The conditions most likely to lose PIP benefit after Labour cuts

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Adam Forrest

Claimants with mental health problems and ‘invisible’ physical conditions may struggle to get enough points
The one benefit to all drivers from ‘out-of-control’ taxpayer-funded car scheme

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Adam Forrest

The scheme that leases out new cars in exchange for disability benefits money has grown “out of control”, according to critics, with dealers admitting it is propping up the struggling motor industry. Amid weak sales, the car market is becoming increasingly dependent on benefits claimants, industry insiders told The i Paper.
The charts showing the big flaw in Starmer’s immigration plan

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Adam Forrest

Labour’s plan to cut immigration numbers includes halting the arrival of overseas care workers and reducing the number of study visas. But analysis by The i Paper of official figures shows existing reforms – implemented by the Conservative government – were already reducing visa numbers for care workers, students and dependants.
Thousands of women on £1-a-week pensions urged to claim ‘small fortune’

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Adam Forrest

Thousands of married women receiving only £1-a-week in their state pension could be owed a “small fortune” by the Government, a leading pension expert has said. According to former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb, up to 18,000 women may be entitled to tens of thousands of pounds each. He said a “shocking” oversight by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had left some older women to languish on tiny sums in retirement.
Why 'Red Wall' areas suffer most from winter fuel payment and PIP cuts

4 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Adam Forrest

Keir Starmer has been warned that Labour’s own “Red Wall” heartlands will be hardest hit by cuts to the winter fuel payment and disability benefits. The PM is under pressure from Labour MPs to U-turn on the big spending decisions after local election losses showed the party’s vulnerability to the rise of Reform UK. Northern Labour MPs warned No 10 that voters would “continue to leave us in droves” for Reform unless the welfare reforms were ditched.
I worked for the DWP - now I’m on benefits and need their help to find a job

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Adam Forrest

The Government must fix “useless” Jobcentre support or benefit reforms are doomed to fail, a former Department of Work Pensions (DWP) case worker has warned. Labour plans to cut almost £5bn from health-related benefits – Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and the incapacity element of universal credit – in a bid to push more people into work.
'Gimmicky and populist': Reform's 'Doge' cuts won't fix bankrupt councils, say experts

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Adam Forrest

Council bosses have been warned to prepare for a wave of “war on waste” cuts if Reform UK makes major gains at this week’s local elections in England. Nigel Farage has vowed to be Britain’s Elon Musk, promising a Doge-style initiative to eradicate frivolous spending by “fat and lazy” local authorities that are “taking taxpayers for mugs”. Posing with a chainsaw, Musk has been leading US President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency in an effort to reduce state spending.
Inside Glasgow: birthplace of universal credit where one in three are out of work

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Adam Forrest

Glasgow’s east end once boasted Scotland’s biggest steelworks. The Parkhead Forge was surrounded by bustling factories and tenements, back when Glasgow was known as the second city of the British Empire. The Parkhead Forge no longer exists, though the name lives on today as a shopping centre. The days of full employment are long gone too. Almost one in three people in this area are living on benefits.
Who could be the next Pope and how will they be chosen?

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Adam Forrest

Cardinals from across the globe have descended on the Vatican City to fill a power vacuum left by the death of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old Pontiff died on Monday 21 April after suffering a stroke and then heart failure, just a day after his last public appearance on Easter Sunday. His body has been lying-in-state at St Peter’s Basilica since Wednesday and queues have snaked across St Peter’s Square as more than 150,000 people have waited patiently to pay their respects.
Dangerous spike in fraudsters offering fake compensation to Waspi women

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Adam Forrest

Waspi women face a “dangerous” rise in fraudsters offering fake compensation, money expert Martin Lewis and other campaigners have warned. The Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) group has urged women born in the 1950s to be wary of websites falsely offering compensation over the rise in the state pension age is available.