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State pensioners born before 1959 being handed seven freebies worth £3,300 in June
State pensioners over 66 - so born in 1959 or before - can claim other Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits. Some ...
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Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer
The Department for Work and Pensions ... total of disability discrimination cases lost to the department were Royal Mail and Tesco, both of whom have considerably larger number of employees. Similarly ...
Older people urged to check for historical State Pension payment error worth over £8,300
DWP has paid our more than £100 million in arrears payments for historical errors linked to National Insurance credits.
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Older people urged to get help claiming new Pension Age Disability Payment worth up to £441 a month
Pensioners in Scotland are being urged to contact a charity for help claiming a new disability benefit ... week payment period from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) until their award ...
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Older people urged to check DWP State Pension letters
Credits for parents and carers, and you got these credits until the child was 12." In a revelation made in July 2023, the government's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) issued a warning that ...
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DWP PIP assessment update for all claimants over new rules
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has recently confirmed ... Minister for Social Security and Disability, Sir Stephen Timms, has now stated that while the DWP is "committed to enabling ...
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Disability benefit cuts 'impossible to support', Starmer told by his own MPs: 'Cuts create poverty'
Around 250,000 people will be pushed into poverty as a result of cuts to disability benefits, according to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP ... said she used to work in the employment service and ...
Thousands of households could get up to £500 in cost of living support – check if you qualify
Thousands of people could get up to £500 in cost of living help – if they fulfil certain criteria. Years of stubbornly high ...
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Ministers prepare minor concessions to soften impact of benefits cuts
Government officials are planning to provide some financial support to the roughly 150,000 carers ... by the Department for Work and Pensions last week, showing that the cuts to disability ...
The Sun17d
Over 150,000 will see benefit payments cut under major PIP changes, DWP confirms – are you affected?
But the changes will also have a knock-on effect on carers who qualify for benefits ... For example, they will usually stop receiving a severe disability premium or an extra amount for severe ...
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'Deep concern' over DWP bank checks for PIP and Universal Credit
Travel hotspot branded 'rip off' as fuming tourists vow never to return Lloyds Bank customer refused service at branch ... shared with the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) under the ...
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DWP’s ‘disrepute’ contract clause ‘is proof charities cannot be trusted’
The decision of some disability ... criticising the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is proof that they cannot be trusted to speak up on behalf of disabled people, according to grassroots ...