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DWP emergency £700 cash boost proposed from end of June for those on Universal Credit

Other options put forward include bringing back the £20-a-week uplift paid during the pandemic

Chronicle Live

Martin Lewis warns simple DWP State Pension delay could cost recipients £30,000

Many people are not as keen to begin retirement

Nottingham Post

DWP PIP claimants urged to check if they qualify for £5,000 in back payments

People who claim Personal Independence Payment from the Department for Work and Pensions — and even those whose claim was rejected — may be eligible for thousands of pounds in backpay

Glasgow Live

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Saturday headlines: Dad runs off with Ukrainian refugee 10 days after arriving to family home

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Daily Record

DWP PIP claimants could get £5,000 in back payments after error

The DWP is reviewing claims made on or after August 21, 2020

Nottingham Post

DWP Universal Credit fraud crackdown allows officers power to make arrests and execute warrants

The plan will save the taxpayer £2 billion

Nottingham Post

People on PIP may be due up to £5,000 in back payments as part of DWP review

The DWP is reviewing claims made on or after August 21, 2020 including those where PIP was not awarded.

Daily Record

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PIP, Universal Credit and other benefits to be paid early due to Spring and Platinum Jubilee bank holidays

DWP benefits and Tax Credits payment dates may change if it falls on June 2 and 3.

Daily Record

Seven types of DWP fraud and the punishment they carry as new ‘civil penalty’ proposed

The current penalty system has not been updated for 10 years.

Daily Record

Legacy benefits timetable for managed migration to Universal Credit not known until DWP completes 'discovery phase'

MPs asked DWP about the planned timeframe for managed migration in areas across the UK.

Daily Record

DWP Universal Credit warning as staff given power to arrest claimants

Department for Work and Pensions staff may be given sweeping new powers to arrest claimants and issue fines — as well as have easier access to their bank details

Glasgow Live

New DWP plan to tackle benefit fraud to focus on these five areas of Universal Credit claims

A new 2,000-strong team will review more than 2m existing Universal Credit claims over the next five years.

Daily Record

Claim PIP for 87 muscle or joint conditions and you could get up to £156 every week from DWP

If you are living with any of these musculoskeletal conditions you may be eligible for PIP.

Daily Record

DWP given powers to arrest benefits claimants in draconian new measures

SPECIALIST benefits office staff will be given the power to make arrests as part of a new push to crack down on welfare fraud.

The National (Scotland)

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Wales Online

DWP staff to get powers of arrest in clampdown on Universal Credit fraud

New agents are already being recruited as part of a £200 million-a-year plan

Daily Record

New PIP-style benefit projected to support 475,000 more people in next five years

A phased rollout of Adult Disability Payment began in March.

Daily Mirror

DWP stops soaring numbers of Brits' Universal Credit as Jobcentres reopen after Covid

DWP data shows 38,244 benefit sanctions were imposed on Universal Credit(UC) claimants in January this year - the highest for at least three years and numbers are climbing fast

Liverpool Echo

DWP staff can now arrest claimants in Universal Credit fraud crackdown

Two million claimants are set to have their cases dredged up and face fines

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Daily Record

Calls to increase DWP benefits and State Pension before next April to help people with soaring living costs

The annual uprating is determined by the previous September’s inflation rate.

Daily Mirror

7 plans Rishi Sunak may have for your wallet after fury at cost of living 'dithering'

A business chief blasted 'what are we waiting for?' after Chancellor Rishi Sunak said 'the next few months will be tough' at a CBI dinner - and sources briefed out a flurry of unconfirmed tax changes

Daily Record

DWP officers to be given power to make arrests and execute warrants in Universal Credit benefit fraud crackdown

The 'Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System' plan outlines how 2,000 trained specialists will review more than two million Universal Credit claims.

The Independent UK

‘Like going back in time’: Windrush victim told to send selfies to DWP or lose universal credit

‘I went through all of this for 10 years and to be put back there again is devastating,’ says Glenda Caesar

Daily Record

New and existing PIP claimants with long-term health conditions will see major changes to awards this year

Adult Disability Payment will open in three more council areas next month.

Wales Online

New £600m plan to tackle benefit fraud to be introduced

Two thousand trained specialists will review two million Universal Credit claims in the next five years

The Independent UK

New £600m plan to fight benefit fraud to be unveiled

The plan will involve 2,000 trained specialists reviewing two million universal credit claims over the next five years.

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