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DWP urged to consider providing dedicated financial help for people on a low income living alone

Using an online benefits calculator is the quickest way to check for unclaimed financial support.

Daily Record

Specific groups of people on benefits who will not receive £301 cost of living payment due this Spring

The first part of the £900 means-tested cost of living payment is due in the new financial year.

Daily Record

Pensions deadline put back to July 31 after DWP flooded with demand

Phone lines jammed as cut-off date approached for people to plug any gaps to ensure they got a full state pension

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DWP should introduce £25 weekly uplift to Universal Credit and legacy benefits, MPs say

Lib Dem and SNP MPs said the Government should reintroduce the uplift given to Universal Credit claimants during the pandemic

Nottingham Post

DWP urged to introduce new £25 weekly uplift for Universal Credit and legacy benefit claimants

“Poverty breeds worse health outcomes", the MP said

Nottingham Post

DWP Cold Weather Payment - another cash boost could be due as temperatures across Notts drop

The forecast for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire over the next few days could see temperatures as low as -3

Nottingham Post

Reality of how cost of living crisis impacts children laid bare in shocking new report

23 per cent of parents reported difficulties providing food for their family due to rising costs in the last four months, up from 3 per cent in October 2022

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DWP: New payment rates for Universal Credit, Child Benefit, PIP and more from next month

But most people won't see a difference until May

Bristol Post

DWP urged to introduce new £25 weekly uplift for people on Universal Credit and legacy benefits

Scottish Lib Dem MP Wendy Chamberlain also called for reforms to the Carer’s Allowance benefit.

Daily Record

New DWP payment rates for Universal Credit, PIP, State Pension and other benefits from April

Here's the full list of payments from the Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs - and how much they will increase next month

Chronicle Live

Boost your income before financial year ends by checking for unclaimed benefits, discounts or tax breaks

The new financial year begins on April 6 but there is still time to claim discounts and rebates for 2022-23.

Daily Record

Cold weather payments to run out in a few weeks - this is how to claim

Temperatures are forecasted to plummet across the UK this week which could result in extra cash for some people

Manchester Evening News

DWP payment rates for PIP, State Pension, Universal Credit and other benefits from April

HMRC has also confirmed the new payment rates and thresholds for Tax Credits

Nottingham Post

New DWP payment rates from next month for PIP, State Pension, Universal Credit and other benefits

HMRC has also confirmed the new payment rates and thresholds for Tax Credits.

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New rules mean cheaper broadband for more low-income families

Virgin Media opens its social tariffs to some legacy benefits and Pension Credit as well as Universal Credit

Daily Mirror

'Foodbank trolleys in shops are getting emptier and emptier - things need to change'

Anna Morell, who works for Disability Rights UK, explains how changes to benefits and benefit systems since 2008 have meant that Disabled people have lost payments of around £1,200 on average each year

Daily Record

New Universal Credit rule change could see people forced to attend jobcentre 10 times over two-week period

The DWP staff union warns the change will increase the risk of poverty for working claimants.

Nottingham Post

DWP Universal Credit payments could rise to £120 a week under new plan

Almost 1.3m food parcels were given out between April 2022 and September 2022, and 90% of low-income households on Universal Credit are regularly going without essentials.

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DWP benefit cap 'fallacy' impacting 350 Bristol families, new figures reveal

"It doesn’t incentivise work, it leaves children hungry"

Chronicle Live

Aldi worker gives three tips to help keep food shop costs low

We're all looking for ways to keep out costs down, as inflation continues to spiral.

Nottingham Post

Lee Anderson claims family were in McDonald's 'two or three times a week' while using food bank

Lee Anderson secured a Westminster Hall debate on the subject of food poverty, where he also said it was a 'myth' that everyone on Universal Credit was in poverty.

Chronicle Live

Your DWP Universal Credit payments could be cut for seven reasons - full list

We have rounded up the reasons why sanctions can be placed on Universal Credit payments, including claimants failing to take up an offer of work without good reason

Liverpool Echo

Universal Credit could rise to at least £120 a week under new plan

It comes as the cost of living hits low-income families hard

Wales Online

Tom Kerridge wants all Universal Credit families in England to get free school meals

The TV chef says all under-privileged children should qualify

Daily Mirror

Lee Anderson stokes fury with claim families 'using food banks then going to McDonald's'

The divisive Tory deputy chairman claimed that receiving Universal Credit isn't an indication that families are in poverty - and said he'd contacted a local school to find out why they'd been offering free breakfasts

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