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DWP confirms 'no plans' to introduce pro rata Winter Fuel Payment for older people who miss qualifying deadline

People who reach State Pension age after qualifying week do not get the heating bill help.

Daily Record

DWP: Most people won't get £324 cost of living payment on first day

The majority of payments will be made from November 9 onwards, with only a 'small number' getting the money on November 8

Nottingham Post

DWP shares new plans for online ‘self-service’ PIP applications as part of end-to-end digital offering

Small-scale testing of the online PIP application service began in January 2022.

Daily Record

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Pension death benefits could go to the wrong person if crucial detail is not checked and updated

Not updating your pension details could lead to someone you no longer have contact with getting money.

Daily Record

Iceland selling ready meals for just 1p this week amid cost of living crisis

As the cost of living crisis continues to worsen for households across Scotland and the UK, Iceland is allowing shoppers to purchase ready meals for just 1p this week

Edinburgh Live

New laws hitting Scotland this November from new fireworks law to rent freeze

A number of important changes will be taking place this month for Scots.

Daily Record

DWP Cost of Living £324 payment won't be paid on first day to most people

The second Cost of Living Payment will be issued to households next week, but the DWP warned that not everyone will receive it on November 8 after some experienced delays in getting the first instalment earlier this year.

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More than 230,000 people may be due £1,000s in underpaid state pension - how to check

Financial experts say that hundreds of thousands of people may not be getting the state pension they deserve, with many underpaid the benefit by £9,000 on average

Daily Mirror

DWP shares new plan to help Universal Credit and ESA claimants with disability or health condition into work

The £1.3billion investment includes increasing Work Coach support in Jobcentres across the UK.

Daily Record

Low income Edinburgh families to get £260 boost this Christmas

Families across Scotland on a low income will get an additional £260 boost this December before schools break up for Christmas to help amid the cost of living crisis

Edinburgh Live

DWP stopped horrified woman's PIP benefits because it thought she had died

Ann Smith, 65, who developed a number of deliberating conditions has said that "this government needs to go, they don't care about any of us", after the DWP "just stopped" her benefits without proof

Daily Mirror

£150 Warm Home Discount opens for British Gas, EDF, Octopus and Shell energy customers in Scotland

Households on certain means-tested benefits may need to apply for the energy bill help this winter.

Daily Record

Woman whose benefits were stopped called DWP and was told she was dead

Ann's payments were stopped, and the DWP told her she had died in August

Wales Online

DWP announces exact dates PIP Christmas payments will be paid into your bank account

The timing of this year's Christmas bank holidays may result in some disruption to payments, which means some claimants will receive their cash on different dates

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Daily Mirror

Woman surprised to be told her vital benefits were being stopped 'because she was dead'

A disabled woman was forced to prove she was alive at a local jobcentre after the DWP told her that they had stopped her benefits because their records showed she was apparently dead

Liverpool Echo

Mum asked why her benefits were stopped was told she died in August

Ann Smith, 65, said: "It was news to me"

Nottingham Post

DWP urges one million households to claim extra £65 a week

“It is difficult to enrol people automatically on Pension Credit given the data the Government holds"

Chronicle Live

Cost of living £324 DWP payment won't be paid on first day to most people

Most payments will be made from November 9 onwards, with only a 'small number' receiving their money on November 8

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Daily Mirror

Kids owed child maintenance could be PENSIONERS by the time it is paid off

It came as unpaid debts across the entire Child Maintenance Service hit a staggering £493million - 6% of all the money ever demanded by single parents in the organisation's 10-year history

Evening Standard

Sunak must balance the books, but not at the expense of the poor

City comment: The choices facing Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are stark given the perilous state of the public finances

Liverpool Echo

Channel 4 announces plans for major rebrand on 40th birthday

The overhaul is expected to come into place in spring

Edinburgh Live

Martin Lewis issues urgent Christmas travel advice and how to save money

Returning for another episode of The Martin Lewis Money Show, the MoneySavingExpert founder shared urgent travel advice to those heading home this festive season

Liverpool Echo

DWP could means-test PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits

PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits could all be affected

Daily Record

Thousands of people in last year of life to have disability benefits fast-tracked by DWP

The rule change will reduce processing times for PIP, DLA and Attendance Allowance.

Daily Record

People on legacy benefits could be due £1,500 back payments following appeal hearing next month

Two million people on older-style benefits missed out on the £20 weekly Universal Credit uplift during the pandemic.

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