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UK Government department to use AI in benefits claims

The DWP wants to spend £23.4 million on a new AI system to route benefits calls and free up human agents' time.

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DWP Cold Weather Payments: Who Qualifies and How Much Is Paid

Cold Weather Payments are being triggered across the UK. Here is who qualifies, how much is paid, and when eligible households receive the money.

International Business Times UK

More than 700,000 disability benefits claimants transferred to devolved agency

Social Security Scotland now provides the vast majority of the payments north of the border.

Evening Standard

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Pressure grows on DWP over ‘misleading’ response to carer’s allowance scandal

Senior officials face criticism after review found systemic failings plunged hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers into debt

The Guardian - UK

DWP confirms payment date changes for Christmas and New Year

Both the DWP and HMRC have set out revised payment dates for the festive period

Evening Standard

Martin Lewis urges DWP to make major change for 8 million benefit claimants

One claimant said the issue was a ‘nightmare’

The Independent UK

WASPI Campaign Secures DWP Reconsideration Deal: Compensation Decision by February 2026

The DWP has agreed to reconsider compensation for millions of WASPI women following a legal settlement, with a fresh decision expected by February 2026.

International Business Times UK

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Victims of sexual offences face ‘postcode lottery’ with police, says home secretary – as it happened

Shabana Mahmood responds to claims that up to 50% of police officers on sexual violence and rape squads are trainees

The Guardian - UK

DWP needs overhaul to restore trust after carer’s allowance scandal, adviser says

Liz Sayce, who led inquiry into department’s failures, ‘distressed’ at carers being blamed for running up huge overpayments

The Guardian - UK

Benefits to keep frozen cap next year despite end of two-child policy

The frozen cap has been called the ‘evil twin’ of the two-child benefit limit

The Independent UK

DWP to end two benefit schemes in April 2026: Here's how to transfer to Universal Credit

The Department for Work and Pensions will abolish Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance by April 2026, urging claimants to transfer to Universal Credit to maintain their benefits

Evening Standard

Britain's 'Lost Generation': Nearly One Million Young People to Get £820m Rescue Plan

Britain launches an £820m rescue plan to support nearly 1 million young people with jobs, training and work experience to tackle the growing 'lost generation' crisis.

International Business Times UK

Senior DWP civil servant blames victims for carer’s allowance scandal

Neil Couling said failings by individual claimants ‘at the heart’ of crisis, despite a report finding DWP shortcomings ‘unacceptable’

The Guardian - UK

‘Growing debt left me fearful over Christmas - I had to turn to church for help’

Many are turning to churches or Christian organisations for food, heating or debt support during the cost-of-living crisis

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DWP gains new powers to take money directly from bank accounts

Banks risk a fine if they do not share information with government agents when asked

The Independent UK

DWP chief paves the way for more benefit cuts as Starmer warned over spending

The OBR projects that Labour has added £11bn on to public spending – largely to pay for welfare reversals

The Independent UK

New 2026 rates and dates confirmed for universal credit, PIP, state pension and more

Some benefits will increase in April while others have been frozen

The Guardian - UK

Ministers set aside £75m to fix failures that caused carer’s allowance crisis

Most of money earmarked to fix ‘systemic’ problems expected to pay for officials needed to reassess overpayments

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The Guardian - UK

‘Outdated and ever less fit for purpose’: five takeaways from the carer’s allowance report

Dysfunctional DWP failed to notify some carers that they were accruing enormous debt for years, Liz Sayce’s damning report reveals

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the carer’s allowance scandal: Liz Sayce’s review is a step towards fixing a broken system

Editorial: The DWP’s punitive approach to benefit overpayments has caused unnecessary suffering

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s like the Post Office scandal’: victims of carer’s allowance crisis speak out

Claimants forced to pay back thousands of pounds tell of ‘horrendous’ court ordeals and of desire for official apology

The Guardian - UK

DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal

Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure

The Guardian - UK

The carer’s allowance scandal – a timeline

Ten years of bureaucratic failure, whistleblowing, political neglect and groundhog day-style policy inertia

International Business Times UK

DWP Christmas Bonus Payment and Other Winter Support: How Families Could Receive Up to £1,085

Families eligible for winter support could receive up to £1,085 through the DWP Christmas bonus and a range of national and local schemes aimed at easing seasonal costs.

International Business Times UK

'A Lifeline Before Christmas': DWP to Hand Out Over £1,000 as UK Households Battle Coldest Winter in Years

The DWP is preparing to give more than £1,000 in combined support through winter schemes, Christmas bonuses and cold weather payments as the UK faces one of its coldest winters in years.

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