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Cost of Living: DWP issues update on when tax credit claimants will get £324

"We’re committed to supporting the most vulnerable households," said Work and Pensions secretary, Chloe Smith

Nottingham Post

How Universal Credit cut would affect your payments as 8,000 hit in Liz Truss's seat

Liz Truss is still weighing up whether to raise benefits by earnings instead of inflation - which would be a real-terms cut. We've crunched the latest numbers on how it could affect you in April 2022

Daily Mirror

All the Tories demanding Liz Truss stops benefit cut as she faces Cabinet showdown TODAY

Liz Truss is still weighing up whether to raise benefits in line with inflation, despite an avalanche of opposition from Tories across the spectrum. We look at what a DWP Universal Credit cut would mean for you - and the MPs against it

Daily Mirror

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Dithering Truss leaves families in benefit limbo as Kwarteng may need to cut £60BILLION

Lib Dem Wendy Chamberlain warned the failure of Prime Minister Liz Truss to make a decision on benefits meant "millions of people are left in a grim limbo" across Britain

Daily Mirror

Major study on how benefit sanctions hit health is SCRAPPED after DWP pulls out

The author of the University of Glasgow study said it was 'really disappointing' after Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ministers decided 'not to proceed'

Daily Mirror

Scheme helping people with mental health issues find work to be extended – DWP

It involves therapists and employment advisers working together to help people with their mental health and improve their employment prospects.

The Independent UK

DWP cost of living payment update as date of £324 second instalment confirmed

The Department for Work and Pensions has issued an update regarding the second instalment of the £650 cost of living payment, which is due to be paid in a matter of weeks

Glasgow Live

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Beer prices likely to rise again as pound slumps to record low versus US dollar

The exchange rate recorded on Monday is not pretty reading for any breweries who import hops from the USA - and it will be passed onto customers

Chronicle Live

DWP begins issuing £150 cost of living payment to millions of claimants

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that around six million claimants will begin receiving a one-off cash boost of £150 amid the worsening cost of living crisis

Edinburgh Live

DWP making six major changes for millions who claim Universal Credit ahead of Christmas

The Department for Work and Pensions is urging claimants to be aware of what the changes are and how they could be impacted

Chronicle Live

Liz Truss’s Cabinet in full

The new Prime Minister held her first meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday morning.

The Independent UK

State pension is set to top £10k for first time ever next year

Pensioners are now in line to get a rise of £962 next year due to rising inflation - but a sea of rising costs mean they may not be much better off in real terms

Chronicle Live

Youngsters could drive trucks without a test in major government shake-up

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has launched a call for evidence in a bid to make it easier for youngsters to kickstart a career in logistics, whilst making the most of 'post-Brexit freedoms'.

Daily Mirror

Image of Sunak stabbing PM in the back not part of Truss campaign, says Coffey

The Work and Pensions Secretary, who is Liz Truss’s campaign manager, distanced the Foreign Secretary from Nadine Dorries’ retweet.

The Independent UK

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Wales Online

Pause deductions from benefits to help tackle cost of living crisis, say MPs

Work and Pensions Committee says the clawbacks should only be restored when inflation reduces or if benefits are increased to reflect the cost of living

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak pledges to scrap VAT on energy bills in massive tax U-turn

Ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the measure would save the average household around £160 in the next year - but critics said it was a massive climbdown after he opposed tax cuts

The Independent UK

Sunak pledges to cut VAT on energy bills under ‘winter plan’

The move is part of the former chancellor’s “winter plan” to tackle inflation and the cost-of-living emergency.

Wales Online

DWP confirms number of cost-of-living payments made so far

Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey promised there was more help to come for households

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Glasgow Live

DWP £326 cost of living payment landing in bank accounts today - see if you're eligible

The £326 cost of living payment from the Department for Work and Pensions is landing in people's bank accounts starting today — find out if you will receive the money.

Glasgow Live

DWP State Pension payments could soon rise to over £200 a week

Work and Pensions Secretary Dr Therese Coffey has revealed that the Triple Lock rule for State Pension payments will be reintroduced, meaning that claimants could see big increases

Daily Mirror

How dramatic phone call sparked chain of events that could finish off Boris Johnson

Moments after landing at Standsted Airport following an eight-day foreign jaunt, Boris Johnson received a phone call that set in motion the chain of events which could end his premiership

The Independent UK

Johnson focuses on cost of living despite Pincher row

Boris Johnson said the Government was ‘firmly on the side of the British people’.

Daily Mirror

'Government has failed miserably to protect some of the most vulnerable people'

We know that these deaths are happening: between July 2019 and March 2022 official data from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says that they have investigated 123 deaths and 34 cases of serious harm through their so-called Internal Process Review

Liverpool Echo

State pension set for big increase next year as DWP confirms triple lock return

Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has confirmed the triple lock will soon be reinstated

The Independent UK

Therese Coffey’s rough ride defending Boris Johnson for ‘groping’ MP appointment

Broadcasters were riled by the lack of detail as the Work and Pensions Secretary defended Boris Johnson over the appointment of Chris Pincher.

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