The Latest Breaking News from DWP

DWP: New rules on £150 energy discount issued to PIP claimants as 290,000 miss out

The government has said that people on disability benefits aren't in enough 'fuel poverty' with their energy bills

Bristol Post · Apr 20, 2023

Sanctioned Universal Credit claimants take longer to find work and earn less, DWP reveals

Report comes as Jeremy Hunt announces that the regime would be applied “more rigorously” as part of the Government's plan to get more people back into work

Chronicle Live · Apr 20, 2023

April dates for DWP payments, benefits, pensions and cost of living top ups

Three-month extension of energy price guarantee welcomed but key state support schemes expiring

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

Martin Lewis reveals how you can get a 'hidden pay rise' from your employer

If you pay into a workplace pension, your employer also must do so - which means that you're receiving extra money which otherwise would have been missed

Chronicle Live · Apr 19, 2023

New mum's heartbreak at trying to prove late partner is baby's dad

Her devoted partner passed away just days before their baby girl was born

Nottingham Post · Apr 19, 2023

Martin Lewis urges single and married people on State Pension to check for £3,500 income boost

The consumer champion warns nearly one million pensioners are missing out on a ‘gateway’ benefit.

Daily Record · Apr 19, 2023

Former Eastwood home of writer D H Lawrence placed at auction for £65,000

The writer lived in three-bedroom house in Nottinghamshire between 1903 and 1908

Nottingham Post · Apr 19, 2023

ITV Britain's Got Talent fans angry as 400 Ofcom complaints made

A number of acts were criticised by viewers

Nottingham Post · Apr 19, 2023

'People chuck stuff out the window' - residents' frustration over piles of litter on A1 in Nottinghamshire

Stretches of the A1 will be have lane closures overnight this week so that council teams can tackle the litter on the road

Nottingham Post · Apr 19, 2023

The DWP benefits to be paid early next week - including PIP and Universal Credit

The number of bank holidays in May will impact benefit payments

Bristol Post · Apr 19, 2023