Woman with stage 4 cancer has welfare benefit stopped after falling ill abroad

<p>Ana Paula Cabral’s universal credit payments were abruptly ended by DWP when she failed to return from Portugal trip</p><p>A woman with stage 4 colon cancer has had her universal credit payments stopped and is at risk of losing her home after she fell ill while visiting family abroad to tell them about her diagnosis.</p><p>Ana Paula Cabral, 65, who moved to the UK from Portugal eight years ago, started receiving universal credit (UC) in July as she was unable to work after her cancer diagnosis, which required extensive chemotherapy.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/06/woman-with-stage-4-cancer-has-welfare-benefit-stopped-after-falling-ill-abroad">Continue reading...</a>