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How are PIP rates changing in 2023?

DWP’s Personal Independence Payments to rise by 10.1 per cent from next April to help recipients weather the ever-worsening cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

What are the dates of additional benefit payments in December?

Help is out there for those on low incomes struggling with rising prices and high bills as the weather gets colder

The Independent UK

When are the state pension and benefits Christmas payment dates?

Festive season to bring slight disruption to usual schedule to accommodate bank holidays

The Independent UK

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Universal Credit and DWP benefits to be paid on a different date

Many people will receive benefit payments early over Christmas and New Year

Liverpool Echo

DWP £900 cost of living payment: DWP issues update on next year's payment

Millions will receive the payment next year and it's even more than this year's cost of living package

Wales Online

Discounts and freebies you can get if you’re on Universal Credit or benefits

When you claim Universal Credit or another Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit you could also be able to claim a significant amount of other freebies and discounts.

Daily Mirror

Gordon Brown demands ‘cruel’ DWP stops raid on 2 million benefit claimants

Government acting as ‘ruthless debt collector’ at time of hardship, says former Labour PM

The Independent UK

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Remaining postal strike dates in run-up to Christmas

Union bosses from the Communication Workers Unions and Royal Mail have held talks in recent weeks but remain deadlocked as workers prepare to join picket lines outside sorting and delivery offices across the UK

Nottingham Post

Boris Becker set to be deported after serving eight months in jail

The Wimbledon ace was jailed for hiding £2.5million of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts

Nottingham Post

DWP cold weather payments with every postcode eligible to get the £25 boost

Eligible people in these areas should be receiving an extra £25

Nottingham Post

DWP update on £900 cost of living payment and who qualifies

Additional help for those on certain benefits

Nottingham Post

Families ready to scale back Christmas celebrations by shopping at cheaper supermarkets and even charging guests

Half of UK homes are planning cheaper festivities as budgets are stretched to the limit with the cost of Christmas dinner soaring

Chronicle Live

DWP Universal Credit claimants warned as January benefit could be cut

Working people who claim Universal Credit are urged to check this month's wages

Liverpool Echo

Millions to get £815 a month as DWP confirms state pension rates for 2023

The triple lock will be retained meaning millions of pensioners will see their payments go up

Wales Online

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Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester postcodes due second DWP Cold Weather Payment as cold snap continues

People eligible for cold weather payments get £25 for each seven-day period of very cold weather over the winter months

Chronicle Live

Sunderland factory workers feel 'insulted' after being offered pot noodle as 'free hot meal'

Faltec Europe is offering employees pot noodles, porridge pots and pasta pots as an 'act of kindness' during the cost of living crisis

Daily Mirror

Gordon Brown's heartbreaking plea for DWP to stop benefits raid on 2million Brits

Writing in the Mirror, ex-PM Gordon Brown warns that toothpaste, nappies and toilet rolls are becoming 'luxury goods' for many families because they are being pushed into destitution by the Tory Government

Chronicle Live

Warning as Christmas posting deadlines brought forward over Royal Mail strikes

Send your cards as soon as possible to avoid delays as last posting dates have been changed

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Glasgow Live

The dates that three DWP payments will land in bank accounts this month

Child Benefit Payments, Tax Credits and Universal Credit are three payments delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HMRC that have different payment dates this month.

Nottingham Post

DWP warns eligible pensioners they have until Sunday to claim £324 cost of living cash

Retirees have until Sunday (Dec 18) to backdate a claim for Pension Credit covering the qualifying period for the Cost of Living Payment - which would make them eligible for £324

The Guardian - UK

The DWP has become Britain’s biggest debt collector. Surely during an energy crisis it should press pause

Deductions to universal credit loans and bills will cause destitution as families struggle to keep up with fuel payments, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

Nottingham Post

DWP PIP claimants could get rise of more than £690 from April 2023

An increase was announced by the Chancellor

Edinburgh Live

Scottish oil worker dies and another injured in Middle East rig platform tragedy

Colleagues on the platform reportedly said the dead man was discovered in a cabin with fatal injuries on Monday night. Another man, also believed to be Scottish, was injured during the incident.

Chronicle Live

North East postcodes now due two DWP Cold Weather Payments

Homes in Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Northumberland and County Durham are among those due two £25 payments

Liverpool Echo

DWP Christmas payment dates for Universal Credit, PIP, ESA

The payment dates can change during the festive season

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