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One in three people ‘feel financially worse off than a year ago’

The proportion of people reporting being financially worse off than a year ago has eased, but many are still cutting back, according to the PLSA.

The Independent UK

‘Real risk of new generation of pension inequality if action not taken’

It is vital that government, employers and the pensions industry work together, experts said.

The Independent UK

Millions to receive new DWP cost of living payment from tomorrow

The new £150 DWP cost of living payment will be sent to millions of eligible homes from tomorrow

The National (Scotland)

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King's Birthday Honours 2023: Full list of North East people applauded for their work

Here is a list of everyone from our region who has been honoured for their services to the community, from areas including Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland

Chronicle Live

DWP: Older people living by themselves could be owed £3,500 in annual State Pension top-up

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures indicate 12.6 million people are now receiving State Pension payments

Nottingham Post

£670m of state pension underpayments recorded in financial year ending 2023

The proportion of claims that were underpaid remained at six in 100 claims, according to Department for Work and Pensions figures.

The Independent UK

DWP issues urgent benefits payment warning for Bank Holiday weekend

Department for Work and Pensions took to social media ahead of the long weekend for the coronation of King Charles III

Nottingham Post

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DWP confirms state pension age review will determine if current retirement rules ‘remain appropriate’

“We certainly take into account issues such as pensioner poverty"

Nottingham Post

DWP to give Jobcentre staff £250 in vouchers for getting people back into work

The pilot from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will also see Universal Credit claimants asked to visit a Jobcentre every weekday for a fortnight once they have been on the benefit for 13 weeks

Daily Mirror

DWP could bring forward date that UK state pension age rises to 68

A phased increase in state pension age from 66 to 67 by 2028, and eventually 68

Nottingham Post

Thousands who miss out on DWP Cost of Living Payment 'will end up poorer than those who get it'

A think tank has slammed the payment as a 'crude patch' for dealing with long-running problems with the benefits system

Nottingham Post

Brits on PIP payments could lose benefits if they stay on holiday for too long

Benefits claimants must meet certain criteria when it comes to holidays, or else they risk losing out on Personal Independence Payments, the Department for Work and Pensions has warned

Daily Mirror

Epileptic Brucehill man who was deemed fit to work by DWP hasn't been reassessed weeks after exposing them

Ryan Connelly says the Department for Work and Pensions has assessed him as having limited capability to work despite him having daily seizures.

Daily Record

I want to work, but employers can’t cope with my disability

Letters: If Jeremy Hunt wants the ‘economically inactive’ back in the workplace, they must be offered proper support, say readers in response to an article by Frances Ryan

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Evening Standard

Who is on strike on Thursday and why are they striking?

Industrial action continues to plague much of the UK but who is striking and why are there so many walkouts?

Daily Mirror

DWP sparks fury with plans to shut down 20 Jobcentres in UK throwing dozens on dole

The Department for Work and Pensions has sparked fury from GMB members with the news that it plans to close 20 job centres and put more than 50 jobs at risk from the scheme

Daily Record

Winter heating payment facing delay after Scots benefits agency admits it may be next month

Some households could be waiting until March before the Winter Heating Payment is finally delivered.

The National (Scotland)

Clydebank DWP office shuts down with the loss of 205 roles

MORE than 200 civil service staff in Clydebank were officially made redundant on Tuesday after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) closed…

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Daily Mirror

Thousands of benefit claimants may have wrongly been paid money after Government error

EU citizens who claimed benefits before Brexit but were refused a citizens status may have to pay the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) money back due to an data error by the Home Office

Wales Online

Thousands of people in Wales are missing out on extra £300 a week in benefits

An estimated £200m in extra money went unclaimed last year

Daily Mirror

DWP rule change could see thousands of bereaved families get £10,000 payment

Bereaved families including couples who live together and have children together, but aren't married, could soon be eligible for additional financial support of up to £10,000

The Independent UK

DWP photoshop fails as benefit fraudsters try to prove they live in the UK

The photoshop fails as benefit fraudsters trying to prove they live in the UK

The Independent UK

‘I can’t explain how exhausted I was’: Women hit by change in state pension age describe physical toll of work

The UK state pension age may rise again to 68 sooner than expected

Daily Record

SNP MP claims DWP staff 'burnt out' as compensation payments to claimants double

David Linden warned the compensation payments showed that "Brexit Britain can no longer run a competent social security system".

Manchester Evening News

Hundreds of DWP and benefit centre workers in Greater Manchester to go on strike

A series of walkouts will be staged next month

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