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Benefit cheat Catherine Wieland on a zipline in Mexico

Benefit cheat who claimed anxiety left her housebound caught ziplining

Benefits and pension payments may differ for some recipients over Christmas

Changes to benefit and pension payments over Christmas announced

Angela Madden, second left, with WASPI protesters outside Parliament before the petitions debate.

Who are the Waspi women? Calls for pension compensation explained

Glasgow WASPI group mark International Women's Day (Pic: John Devlin)

Government will re-look at decision to refuse Waspi women compensation

An elderly person looks at cash at home. Winter Fuel Payments for 2025/26 will start arriving in November, with most paid by December (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

DWP confirms when millions of pensioners will get Winter Fuel Payment

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Winter Fuel Payment 2025: which pensioners must apply - as claims open

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The 4 pensioner groups ineligible for this year's Winter Fuel Payment

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Major State Pension error could owe 300,000 over-60s £5k or more

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Labour restores Winter Fuel Payment to millions of pensioners

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What to do if your loved one dies - practical first steps

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech during a visit to Mellor Bus in Rochdale on June 4, 2025, to announce investments in regional transport (Photo: PETER BYRNE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Major Winter Fuel Payment update as Government says 'more will get it'

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Household Support Fund - when councils will announce funding details

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Urgent deadline to boost State Pension with NI top-ups looms

The government will unveiled proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment

All about the Personal Independence Payment - is PIP being stopped?

Time is running out to backfill old gaps in your National Insurance payments - which could give you a bigger state pension

The clock is ticking on a quick way to boost your state pension

How to access DWP and local financial support during half-term break

13 million pensioners to receive letter from DWP about pension changes

13 million pensioners to receive letter from DWP about pension changes
13 million pensioners are set to receive an important letter from the Department for Work and Pensions to highlight changes to the system.
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Shaun Harkin has urged people to apply for Pension Credit before December 21 to qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment.

Apply pension credit before deadline, pensioners urged

Pensioners must apply for Pension Credit soon to get Winter Fuel aid

1000s to receive £300 as new Household Support Fund schemes launched

The true depth of child poverty is worse than free school meals data suggests

Child poverty in England: Concerns raised over dire state

A member of the public walks through the snow in Victoria Park in Glasgow in February 2021 (Photo: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Cold Weather Payment: eligibility - and how to claim extra winter cash

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Families eligible for £500 support payment - with hours left to apply

Thousands are eligible for a £500 support payment - but deadlines near

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Household Support Fund decision looms as September deadline nears

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Thousands of UK households to receive up to £600 in government support

1000s of households to get direct cost-of-living payments up to £500

A holiday warning has been issued to anyone on benefits ahead of the summer holidays as there are strict rules to follow. (Photo: Getty Images)

DWP holiday warning for anyone claiming benefits
A holiday warning has been issued to anyone on benefits ahead of the summer holidays as there are strict rules to follow
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Will benefits be affected by election?

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How will May's benefit payments be affected by bank holidays?

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Who qualifies for PIP support - and what evidence you can submit

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New digital service could increase your state pension payments

Members of Women against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) protest outside the Houses of Parliament in 2019 (Photo: ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)

Who are the WASPI women - and what does this week's PHSO report mean?

A sign painted on the side of a house directs people to a local food bank in Leeds (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Has the cost-of-living payment scheme ended - what's next?

HMRC will start paying the £299 Cost of Living Payment to families on tax credits from today

Breaking Cost of Living Payment starts today

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Final cost-of-living payment: UK households to receive £299 boost

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February 2024 benefits payment dates, including Cost of Living payment

Vicky Foxcroft has been monitoring the delay in Rishi Sunak appointing a new Minister for Disabled People. Credit: Parliament/Adobe/Getty/Mark Hall

Exclusive Demotion for new minister shows 'disabled people are afterthought'

Open banking allows financial information to be shared with third parties, such as when your Apple Wallet displays the latest transactions from multiple bank accounts. Credit: Adobe/Ascannio

Landlords using open banking to 'monitor tenants’ accounts for months'

Tax credits recipients to receive £300 autumn cost-of-living payment from Friday

Dates for £300 autumn cost-of-living payments confirmed

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Pensioners face surprise tax bills due to big state pension increases

Thousands of Universal Credit claimants are to be affected by new rules that have been introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) this week.

Universal Credit rule change launches this week - are you affected?

Childcare costs for under twos have increased by 13.1% in England since 2018. (Image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

More support with childcare costs for families on Universal Credit

More than six million people will receive a £150 cost of living payment from next month (Photo: Adobe)

DWP confirms exact date £150 cost of living payment will be paid

Explainer How Pension Credit works as cost of living payment deadline looms

Around eight million people across the UK will be getting the £900 cost of living payment over the next year, but only certain benefits qualify for the cash boost.

Benefits that don’t qualify for the £301 cost of living payment

New £900, £300 and £150 cost of living payments will start to be issued from spring (Composite: Mark Hall / Adobe)

Cost of living payments from April as millions to get up to £1,350

The Jobcentres were put up temporarily during the coronavirus pandemic (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Explainer DWP to shut 20 job centres - is yours affected?

Jeremy Hunt is reportedly in favour of raising the retirement age to 68 in the mid-2030s (Photo: Getty Images)

Millions set to work longer under plans to raise retirement age to 68

Here’s when benefits are set to be paid out this Christmas (image: Adobe)

When you can expect state benefits to be paid out over Christmas 2022

The DWP said 11.6m Winter Fuel Payments and Pensioner Cost of Living Payments have already been made (Photo: Adobe)

DWP confirms final £600 Winter Fuel Payment date for pensioners

An increase to benefits was announced in the autumn statement (Photo: Adobe)

Millions on disability benefits in line for pay rise from next year

Travellers face disruption at Heathrow Airport in December due to strikes (Photo: Getty Images)

Border Force and ground staff strikes to cause disruption at airports

More than 11.6 million pensioners are in line to get the Winter Fuel Payments over the next two months (Photo: Adobe)

Millions to receive up to £600 cost of living payment from today

Will elderly people receive the one-off cost of living payment? (image: Adobe)

Pensioners set to miss out on cost of living payment - here’s why

Millions of people on low incomes will start receiving payments into their bank accounts from Tuesday (Composite: Mark Hall)

Millions to get £324 payments from today to help with cost of living

Benefit payments have been affected by the bank holiday for the Queen’s funeral (Photo: Diana Parkhouse/Adobe Stock)

Why has my ESA payment not been paid? Reason ESA payments are late

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