Major DWP Universal Credit switch as families warned they risk losing benefits Households claiming Tax Credits are the latest to receive Migration Notices as DWP rolls out benefits move Chronicle Live · Jul 13, 2023
Scots paying the price for Tory blunders during cost of living crisis Record View says the sooner the Tories are removed from power, the better. Daily Record · Jul 13, 2023
DWP error means up to 10 million Universal Credit claimants risk being underpaid Some may have bought National Insurance contributions to top-up their state pension when they didn't need to, report finds Chronicle Live · Jul 12, 2023
Nearly 100 more North Lanarkshire residents in work compared with this time last year The number of alternative claimant counts made in the area on May 23 was 7680 - a reduction of 95 on 12 months earlier. Daily Record · Jul 12, 2023
HMRC warns Tax Credits payments for 300,000 people due to stop at end of this month Time is running out for people to renew their claim or they could miss out on money. Daily Record · Jul 12, 2023
Universal Credit £25 boost for millions every week under new plans submitted to DWP More help could be on the way Nottingham Post · Jul 12, 2023
New DWP fraud and error crackdown set to target millions of people on Universal Credit this year Nearly 3,000 agents in more than 17 sites across Great Britain will be checking for fraud and error. Daily Record · Jul 12, 2023
DWP Universal Credit £25 boost for millions every week under fresh plans 'Devastating cuts' to Universal Credit have been ordered to be reversed, with the DWP also urged to put a new payment uplift in place which would apply to legacy benefits Chronicle Live · Jul 12, 2023
Proposal put to DWP for Universal Credit benefits £25 a week rise Calls made to bring back the uplift after report reveals more than 100,000 people pushed into poverty by additional help axe Wales Online · Jul 12, 2023
DWP urged to adopt £25 a week boost for Universal Credit families Government urged to 'reverse damaging decision' to stop top up payments - as MP says weekly uplift would raise thousands out of poverty Manchester Evening News · Jul 11, 2023
Warning as up to 10 million people risk being underpaid in huge DWP blunder The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) used to automatically add National Insurance credits to claimants' records - but switched to doing this manually from 2017/18 Daily Mirror · Jul 11, 2023
New Universal Credit transfer update for people on Tax Credits in certain parts of Scotland More claimants will start receiving Managed Migration notices from DWP next month. Daily Record · Jul 11, 2023
DWP £899 cost of living payments and who is eligible to claim cash boosts High inflation rates have led to the Government introducing cost of living payments for people on benefits such as Universal Credit Chronicle Live · Jul 11, 2023
Tories' benefit cuts 'to push 100,000 into absolute poverty', report suggests MORE than 100,000 people will be forced into absolute poverty by the UK Government’s £20 cut to Universal Credit in 2022-2023, according to… The National (Scotland) · Jul 10, 2023
Daily Mirror · Jul 9, 2023 Lib Dems back free school meals campaign, piling fresh pressure on Labour The party's education spokeswoman Munira Wilson told the Mirror that supporting the policy was a "no-brainer" which boost children's health and concentration in class
Nottingham Post · Jul 9, 2023 DWP key dates for £450 cost of living payments and who qualifies Government cost of living payments are going some way to easing the pain for those on the lowest incomes
The National (Scotland) · Jul 9, 2023 SNP MP accuses Labour of 'shameful' U-turn on rape clause LABOUR have been accused by the SNP of a “shameful” U-turn on abolishing the two-child benefit cap with numerous senior figures from the party…
Liverpool Echo · Jul 8, 2023 DWP warning for Universal Credit claimants in fraud crackdown The DWP warned it could ask claimants to submit to a passport check
Bristol Post · Jul 8, 2023 DWP issues passport warning amid benefit fraud clampdown Thousands of people are making fake benefit claims
Nottingham Post · Jul 8, 2023 DWP warning for Universal Credit claimants in benefits fraud crackdown The message the Department for Work and Pensions always adds to accounts
Chronicle Live · Jul 7, 2023 DWP passport warning for Universal Credit claimants in benefits fraud crackdown The Department for Work and Pensions says that it always adds a message to Universal Credit accounts, so people know requests for passports and proof of identity are genuine
Nottingham Post · Jul 6, 2023 All DWP cost of living payments to come including cash for Universal Credit claimants and pensioners Some claimants are eligible for a cash sum of £900 this year split into three payments to help cope with the still increasing bills and prices, and other additional payments for pensioners are planned
Daily Record · Jul 6, 2023 Call for increase in Universal Credit to help those 'slipping through the net' West Lothian’s Food Bank has called for support for a national campaign to increase UC payments to meet soaring cost
Nottingham Post · Jul 5, 2023 DWP warning to Universal Credit claimants who go on holiday this summer Benefit claimants could face huge fines