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Thousands of people ‘only receiving fraction of full state pension’

Royal London analysis found 149,317 people on the new state pension were receiving less than £100 a week.

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2024

DWP is changing PIP assessments from September – what you need to know

New providers will oversee the transition to a streamlined assessment process from next month

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2024

Can you apply for pension credit? It’s key to help with rising energy costs

It is a benefit that brings winter fuel payments with it, but many people are missing out

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2024

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Warnings AI tools used by government on UK public are ‘racist and biased’

Transparency campaigners welcome government move to publish details of system algorithms

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024

“This has changed my life”: Thousands of PIP claimants still due massive back payment from DWP review

Thousands of PIP claimants may be due a massive payout

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024

Thousands of pensioners could be owed more than £100,000 in DWP error

A Freedom of Information (FOI) has found that pensioners could be owed more than £100,000 from the DWP.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 22, 2024

DWP urges almost 1 million pensioners to make urgent Winter Fuel Payment check

Ministers are today launching a drive to ensure hundreds of thousands of low-income pensioners eligible for a winter fuel payment don't miss out.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 21, 2024

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How much is the Carer's Allowance? DWP threatens unpaid carer for overpayments

Here’s what you need to know about the Carer’s Allowance after an investigation throws the spotlight on the DWP

Evening Standard · Aug 20, 2024

DWP launches Pension Credit campaign after Winter Fuel Payment changes

Campaingers have welcomed the drive – but say Winter Fuel Payment changes should be scrapped

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2024

Labour government told to 'pay up' before more Waspi women die without compensation

THE Labour UK Government has been urged to “pay up” to Waspi women before more die without receiving the compensation they deserve – warning…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 20, 2024

Unpaid carer says DWP’s fraud prosecution threat was ‘like blackmail’

Clemency Jacques told to pay extra £1,300 for accidental carer’s allowance breach or have case sent to CPS

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2024

‘I was petrified’: how DWP threatened woman over carer’s allowance breach

Clement Jacques was questioned under caution and agreed to pay penalty for error that could have been spotted sooner

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2024

Labour is fast discovering that Britain needs more than a Band-Aid to restore it to health

The country faces grave and deep-seated problems that only bold – and expensive – policies can address

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024

UK state pension: ‘thousands more’ may have been underpaid

New category of widows and widowers on receiving end of DWP errors, says former minister

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2024

Why does Rachel Reeves want to copy Canada’s pensions model?

There is a push to consolidate the UK local government pension scheme into a larger fund to drive investment

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2024

Labour MPs to be given book about the ‘enormous suffering’ caused by Tory welfare reform

A crowdfunded campaign will send more than 400 copies of John Pring’s The Department, which looks at the role of the DWP in the deaths of disabled people, to parliament

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2024

Rachel Reeves will be forced to U-turn on winter fuel means tests, warns former minister

The former minister who was in charge of pensioner benefits for five years has explained why Rachel Reeves’s plans to means test winter fuel payments will have to be ditched

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024

‘DWP threatened to send in bailiffs’: the unpaid carers told to repay benefit

Carer’s allowance ‘cliff edge’ means it has to be paid back if a penny is earned over threshold. Carers tell their stories

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024

Millions wasted, lives blighted: time to end the carer’s allowance scandal

Changes will be complex and expensive, but so is the moral and economic cost of not resolving this sorry tale of misery and injustice

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024

Shoplifting, tax evasion... If UK politicians break the rules, why shouldn’t the rest of us?

Corruption at the top has a knock-on effect on ordinary Britons, whose conduct reflects their moral outrage

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2024

Billions in benefits going unpaid as PIP claimants lose out the most – what you need to know

A new report reveals how many benefits are going underclaimed every year

Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2024

Brits with eye conditions to receive DWP benefits in rules change

People from their mid-50s are more likely to suffer from the condition

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2024

Collective wait of 753 years for people phoning DWP in 2023/24, watchdog says

Poor service can have a range of detrimental impacts, including frustration, distress and disruption for customers, the National Audit Office said.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 23, 2024

DWP told to focus on work, not welfare, by Labour Work and Pensions Secretary

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be told it must become a “department for work”, rather than a “department for welfare”, by…

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2024

Rachel Reeves pledges ‘big bang’ for private pension funds

Chancellor says industry taskforce will allow retirement scheme managers to increase pension pots by up to £11,000

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