Bank of England puts up interest rates to 3% - see how your mortgage will be affected Homeowners are set to face higher mortgage bills as the Bank of England imposes biggest interest rate hike since 1989 Chronicle Live · Nov 3, 2022
DWP unveils plan to help disabled Universal Credit and ESA claimants into work The Department for Work and Pensions has shared a new plan to help people with disabilities or health conditions claiming Universal Credit and Employment Support Allowance into work. Glasgow Live · Nov 3, 2022
How many got Winter Fuel Allowance payment in different parts of the North East The DWP's figures set out how many got up to £300 last winter in every part of County Durham, Northumberland and Tyne & Wear Chronicle Live · Nov 3, 2022
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 · Nov 3, 2022
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 · Nov 3, 2022
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 · Nov 3, 2022
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 · Nov 3, 2022
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 · Nov 3, 2022
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 · Nov 3, 2022
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. Glasgow Live · Nov 3, 2022
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 · Nov 3, 2022
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 · Nov 3, 2022
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 · Nov 3, 2022
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 · Nov 3, 2022
Daily Record · Nov 3, 2022 £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.
Wales Online · Nov 3, 2022 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
Chronicle Live · Nov 3, 2022 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
Daily Mirror · Nov 3, 2022 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 · Nov 3, 2022 Mum asked why her benefits were stopped was told she died in August Ann Smith, 65, said: "It was news to me"
Nottingham Post · Nov 3, 2022 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 · Nov 2, 2022 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
Daily Mirror · Nov 2, 2022 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 · Nov 2, 2022 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 · Nov 2, 2022 Channel 4 announces plans for major rebrand on 40th birthday The overhaul is expected to come into place in spring
Edinburgh Live · Nov 2, 2022 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