Department for Work and Pensions

13 million pensioners to receive letter from DWP about pension changes

13 million pensioners to receive letter from DWP about pension changes

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

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?
The new report is just the latest twist in the WASPI womens' years-long campaign
Alex Nelson

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

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
The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed payments will be made directly into bank accounts
Claire Schofield

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

People who receive disability benefits will get £150 this autumn (image: Adobe)

The date when the £150 disability cost of living support will be paid

Thousands of CMS application fees were waived in the three months to March because of domestic abuse.

Child support system ‘enabling economic abuse’, charity says

A new type of pension scheme has opened for applications in Britain (Photo: Adobe)

New pension scheme launches in UK to improve returns for savers

How the August bank holiday will affect Universal Credit payment dates

Eight million households will see the first cost of living payment arrive on 14 July.

Exact date households get first part of £650 cost of living payment

A single pound coin atop an orange £10 note and three purple £20 notes. (Credit: Tolga Akmen / AFP)

Cost of Living payment: when is it due and will it be delayed?

Martin Lewis pensioners that are due a payment could receive as much as £3,300 per year (Photo: ITV)

Warning 850,000 households missing out on up £3,300 per year

People with asthma may be eligible to claim a support payment from the government (Photo: Adobe)

Asthma sufferers may be eligible for £92 per week from the government

Hungary is heavily reliant on Russian gas imports (image: AFP/Getty images)

DWP temporarily freezes energy hikes for households on benefits

The funding will be made available to local council's in England in October (Photo: Shutterstock)

What is Household Support Fund? How to apply online for UK scheme

Citizens Advice facing record number of requests for crisis support

The extension to the sick note period will only be in place temporarily (Shutterstock)

Workers don’t need to show sick note to get pay under new Covid rules

PM pictured hosting Christmas quiz during Covid restrictions

Claimants of the benefit payment made by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) can expect to see a rise in the regular amount received. (Pic: Shutterstock)

How much is the UK state pension? Rise from April 2022 explained

COP26: Councils under pressure over billions invested in fossil fuels

Exclusive figures obtained by NationalWorld have revealed a shocking penions pay gap, which women’s groups says reflect a lifetime of the gender pay gap for women.

Exclusive: gender pension pay gap revealed in every part of the UK