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State pension: Will retirees feel better or worse off in the months ahead?

Wage growth figures released on Tuesday suggest some pensioners will see an annual state pension increase of around £460 next year.

The Independent UK

Woman, 86, told she no longer has to repay £13,000 in benefits in DWP U-turn

Exclusive: Case of Sia Kasparis, who has dementia, had been highlighted in Guardian investigation into unpaid care

The Guardian - UK

Martin Lewis makes Winter Fuel Payment “plea” to all pensioners ahead of Reeves meeting

The Money Saving Expert has been a vocal opponent of Labour’s changes to the cold weather benefit

The Independent UK

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Scrapping two-child benefit limit ‘would still leave 100,000 young Britons in poverty’

Impact of abolishing policy would be dented unless overall cap is reformed, figures show

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Labour minister dampens hopes for universal Waspi compensation scheme

A SCOTTISH Labour minister has poured cold water on hopes for a universal compensation scheme for Waspi women, the Sunday National can reveal.

The National (Scotland)

DWP is sending energy bill discounts to millions this winter – what you need to know

How to find out if you will recieve the help

The Independent UK

Thousands of people ‘only receiving fraction of full state pension’

Royal London analysis found 149,317 people on the new state pension were receiving less than £100 a week.

The Independent UK

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DWP is changing PIP assessments from September – what you need to know

New providers will oversee the transition to a streamlined assessment process from next month

The Independent UK

Can you apply for pension credit? It’s key to help with rising energy costs

It is a benefit that brings winter fuel payments with it, but many people are missing out

The Guardian - UK

Warnings AI tools used by government on UK public are ‘racist and biased’

Transparency campaigners welcome government move to publish details of system algorithms

The Guardian - UK

“This has changed my life”: Thousands of PIP claimants still due massive back payment from DWP review

Thousands of PIP claimants may be due a massive payout

The Independent UK

Thousands of pensioners could be owed more than £100,000 in DWP error

A Freedom of Information (FOI) has found that pensioners could be owed more than £100,000 from the DWP.

The National (Scotland)

DWP urges almost 1 million pensioners to make urgent Winter Fuel Payment check

Ministers are today launching a drive to ensure hundreds of thousands of low-income pensioners eligible for a winter fuel payment don't miss out.

The National (Scotland)

How much is the Carer's Allowance? DWP threatens unpaid carer for overpayments

Here’s what you need to know about the Carer’s Allowance after an investigation throws the spotlight on the DWP

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

DWP launches Pension Credit campaign after Winter Fuel Payment changes

Campaingers have welcomed the drive – but say Winter Fuel Payment changes should be scrapped

The National (Scotland)

Labour government told to 'pay up' before more Waspi women die without compensation

THE Labour UK Government has been urged to “pay up” to Waspi women before more die without receiving the compensation they deserve – warning…

The Guardian - UK

Unpaid carer says DWP’s fraud prosecution threat was ‘like blackmail’

Clemency Jacques told to pay extra £1,300 for accidental carer’s allowance breach or have case sent to CPS

The Guardian - UK

‘I was petrified’: how DWP threatened woman over carer’s allowance breach

Clement Jacques was questioned under caution and agreed to pay penalty for error that could have been spotted sooner

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The Guardian - UK

Labour is fast discovering that Britain needs more than a Band-Aid to restore it to health

The country faces grave and deep-seated problems that only bold – and expensive – policies can address

The Guardian - UK

UK state pension: ‘thousands more’ may have been underpaid

New category of widows and widowers on receiving end of DWP errors, says former minister

The Guardian - UK

Why does Rachel Reeves want to copy Canada’s pensions model?

There is a push to consolidate the UK local government pension scheme into a larger fund to drive investment

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs to be given book about the ‘enormous suffering’ caused by Tory welfare reform

A crowdfunded campaign will send more than 400 copies of John Pring’s The Department, which looks at the role of the DWP in the deaths of disabled people, to parliament

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves will be forced to U-turn on winter fuel means tests, warns former minister

The former minister who was in charge of pensioner benefits for five years has explained why Rachel Reeves’s plans to means test winter fuel payments will have to be ditched

The Guardian - UK

‘DWP threatened to send in bailiffs’: the unpaid carers told to repay benefit

Carer’s allowance ‘cliff edge’ means it has to be paid back if a penny is earned over threshold. Carers tell their stories

The Guardian - UK

Millions wasted, lives blighted: time to end the carer’s allowance scandal

Changes will be complex and expensive, but so is the moral and economic cost of not resolving this sorry tale of misery and injustice

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