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Council area launch dates for new disability benefit set for full rollout by end of summer

New applicants and existing PIP claimants will see more than a dozen changes to Adult Disability Payment.

Daily Record

DWP changes to PIP assessment guidance which could affect millions of claimants

Guidance has been issued relating to changes for health professionals carrying out assessments

Liverpool Echo

Easter Bank Holiday benefit payment dates including child benefit and Universal Credit

The Department of Work and Pensions - which manages the payments - has shared the holiday payment dates for those on Universal Credit, Employment support allowance, Jobseeker’s allowance, Carer’s allowance, Pension credit, PIP and Attendance allowance

Daily Mirror

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DWP benefits older people can no longer claim when they reach State Pension age

There are two benefits you may be eligible to claim now that could carry over when you reach 66.

Daily Record

DWP Easter 2022 Universal Credit payment dates set to change

The dates will be changed due to bank holidays

Bristol Post

'I'm not going to get better' - Woman with Parkinson's hits out at DWP for nine-year hell to claim benefits

Assessments are a waste of time and money for those with degenerative diseases, says Parkinson's sufferer, who has had her benefits reinstated after ChronicleLive intervened

Chronicle Live

PIP payment rates and points explained to help you make a successful claim first time

The DWP can award PIP claimants between £94.80 and £608.60 every four weeks from the DWP.

Daily Record

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PIP assessment guidance updated for people claiming with mental health conditions

The update could see more people with a ‘hidden condition’ receive support from the DWP.

Daily Record

Attendance Allowance to be replaced by new disability payment with no face-to-face assessments

The new benefit will be for people who are of State Pension age or over.

Daily Record

DWP benefits rule will change for certain Universal Credit claimants

The Department for Work and Pensions will change the rule on April 4

Liverpool Echo

DWP announces major rule change for benefits claimants in April - but it won’t apply to everyone

It's taken years of campaigning but the rules are finally changing

Wales Online

DWP PIP assessment tips shared by benefits expert after helping Scottish claimant

A benefits specialist who was called a "hero" by financial guru Martin Lewis has shared tips for claimants to help get money they are due from the Department for Work and Pensions

Edinburgh Live

DWP to check 22,500 ESA claimants who may have been underpaid Housing Benefit

Thousands of claimants may be due Housing Benefit arrears from 2011-2019.

Daily Record

Benefits specialist who helped Scot with outstanding PIP claim shares essential DWP assessment tips

Christopher from Ayrshire received £5,700 in back payments and full PIP award following help from Martin Lewis and Lee Healey from IncomeMAX.

Daily Record

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Daily Record

Plans lodged for new green apartments in Paisley as developers seek to "reinvigorate" town centre

Kelvin Properties is planning to bulldoze a former DWP office in Lonend and build three blocks of new flats, almost a third of which will have standalone home-working space

Liverpool Echo

DWP urges people to apply for benefit worth up to £609 per month

People deemed eligible for the enhanced rate of both components will receive £608.60 per month

Daily Mirror

DWP 'six months to live' benefits rule will change on April 4 - but not for all

Ministers have finally announced the date for changing the Special Rules for Terminal Illness - but the April 4 change won't cover Personal Independence Payment despite 10 people a day dying while they wait for a decision

Glasgow Live

DWP Universal Credit: Lanarkshire households hit by harsh deductions

Universal Credit claimants across Scotland have been hit by severe deductions on their benefits, with households in Rutherglen and Hamilton West hit particularly badly

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Bristol Post

New DWP universal credit rates come into effect in WEEKS - here's how much extra you'll get

The DWP's new benefits rates will come into effect in April, but inflation will wipe out the gains

Edinburgh Live

DWP PIP replacement coming to Scotland this month will involve no 'tests' in assessment

Starting later this month Scots with a disability or health condition will no longer receive Personal Independence Payment from the Department for Work and Pensions

Chronicle Live

DWP legacy claimants to appeal decision to exclude them from Universal Credit £20 uplift

Lawyers applying for permission to appeal last month's decision that millions of sick and disabled should not get Covid backpay

Daily Record

New disability benefit set to replace PIP later this month involves no 'tests' during assessment

Applications for Adult Disability Payment opens to new claimants from March 21.

Daily Record

DWP responds to legacy benefits petition calling for £1,500 back pay for more than 2m claimants

More than 22,100 people have signed the online petition.

Chronicle Live

Pension claimants urged to get five top-up funds before £500 April income drop

The DWP said anyone on State Pension should claim the five top-ups which will increase payments by 3.1 per cent from April

Daily Record

Scot helped by Martin Lewis receives £5,700 in DWP benefit back payments and full PIP award

Christopher from Ayrshire was living off £86 per month in Universal Credit while waiting on an outcome.

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