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Revealed: Pensioners waiting more than 100 days for winter fuel payments

The Department for Work and Pensions backlog has grown to 91,000 and continues to rise

The Independent UK

Frustration over ‘deeply disappointing’ Waspi decision justified, says Sarwar

The UK Government’s decision has drawn criticism from across the political spectrum.

The Independent UK

Labour will be held accountable if they vote against Budget, says John Swinney

VOTING against the Scottish Government’s Budget will be an “albatross” around Labour’s neck, the First Minister has said, as he pledged to…

The National (Scotland)

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Voting against the Budget will be ‘albatross’ around Labour’s neck, says Swinney

The SNP remain short of a majority and will have to seek support from other parties to pass the Budget.

The Independent UK

Public services complaints in England soar by more than a third since 2016 – study

Written complaints about DWP double, while prisons, the NHS and higher education experience big increase

The Guardian - UK

UK government failing to list use of AI on mandatory register

Technology secretary admits government departments are not being transparent over way they use AI and algorithms

The Guardian - UK

What is in the Government’s plan to ‘get Britain working’?

Numbers of people with a long-term illness has been a major driver of joblessness in recent years, having risen this year to 2.8 million.

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Keir Starmer gives Waspi women latest pension compensation update

The Prime Minister was speaking at the G20 summit

The Independent UK

Sir Keir Starmer tells Waspi women there will be pension update ‘in near future’

The Prime Minister was speaking at the G20 summit.

Evening Standard

More than 250 UK unpaid carers risk prosecution over benefit overpayments

Exclusive: Campaigners urge ministers to intervene to prevent cruel punishments over carer’s allowance

The Guardian - UK

Mothers in High Court challenge over two-child limit ‘rape clause’

Child Poverty Action Group, which is supporting the women’s case, has described the current benefit rules as ‘inhumane’.

The Independent UK

Warning some pensioners may have to pay back winter fuel payments - here’s what you can do about it

Here’s when you may be asked to pay back your winter fuel benefits to the Department for Work and Pensions

The Independent UK

DWP to review 'thousands' of Universal Credit claimants under new rules

The DWP wants to identify any undeclared income or substantial savings.

The National (Scotland)

Monitoring UK bank accounts for benefits fraud would be ‘huge blow to privacy’

Exclusive: privacy and rights groups fear government may resurrect Tory plan for mass algorithmic surveillance

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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

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

The Guardian view on supporting carers: flawed rules around allowances must be fixed

Editorial: Ministers have signalled good intentions towards unpaid carers, and must now follow through

The Independent UK

Two-child benefit cap impact revealed as large families more likely to go hungry, data shows

Survey shows extent of food insecurity as Keir Starmer suspends seven MPs for voting to scrap the two-child benefit cap

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DWP told to focus on work, not welfare, by Labour Work and Pensions Secretary

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be told it must become a “department for work”, rather than a “department for welfare”, by…

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP calls two-child benefit cap ‘heinous’ in latest call to scrap policy

Keir Starmer under pressure to scrap limit as more than dozen MPs thought to support king’s speech amendment

Evening Standard

Axe two child benefit cap, say 35 MPs as first revolt against Keir Starmer grows

London MPs Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Dawn Butler and Bell Ribeiro-Addy among those calling for restriction to be ditched

The Guardian - UK

We are public sector workers – this is how more cuts would wreck our NHS, courts, councils and universities

After years of austerity, the government’s plans imply another reduction in funding that public services simply cannot take

The Guardian - UK

I’ve been denied carer’s allowance for eight months after I owned up to a job

I have been left in limbo after I told the Department for Work and Pensions that holiday pay from a former job had pushed me over the earnings limit

The Conversation

Benefits assessments can re-traumatise veterans. We spoke to more than 100 to find out how the process could be improved

Anyone who has been through a benefits assessment and then waited to hear the decision will know the stress it can cause. The process has been found to create a lack of trust and impact negatively on some claimants.

The National (Scotland)

Equality regulator investigating DWP over treatment of disabled benefits claimants

THE Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is being investigated by the equality regulator over suspicions that its treatment of disabled benefits…

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