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SNP warn benefit cap has cost poorest Scots more than £70 million

THE SNP have issued a fresh challenge to Labour over their stance on Tory welfare policies, with figures showing that a cap on benefits has cost the…

The National (Scotland)

August dates for DWP payments, benefits, and pensions

Key details about when you can expect your payments to clear this month as another bank holiday looms

Evening Standard

Labour backlash over Starmer’s commitment to two-child benefit cap

Sir Keir Starmer’s comments have sparked an outcry among Labour MPs

Evening Standard

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Rishi Sunak's £19bn scheme blasted as expensive 'sticking plaster'

AN influential think tank has found that the £19 billion scheme launched by Rishi Sunak which was supposed to help people survive the cost of…

The National (Scotland)

Major DWP Universal Credit switch as families warned they risk losing benefits

Households claiming Tax Credits are the latest to receive Migration Notices as DWP rolls out benefits move

Chronicle Live

Scots paying the price for Tory blunders during cost of living crisis

Record View says the sooner the Tories are removed from power, the better.

Daily Record

DWP error means up to 10 million Universal Credit claimants risk being underpaid

Some may have bought National Insurance contributions to top-up their state pension when they didn't need to, report finds

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Nearly 100 more North Lanarkshire residents in work compared with this time last year

The number of alternative claimant counts made in the area on May 23 was 7680 - a reduction of 95 on 12 months earlier.

Daily Record

HMRC warns Tax Credits payments for 300,000 people due to stop at end of this month

Time is running out for people to renew their claim or they could miss out on money.

Daily Record

Universal Credit £25 boost for millions every week under new plans submitted to DWP

More help could be on the way

Nottingham Post

New DWP fraud and error crackdown set to target millions of people on Universal Credit this year

Nearly 3,000 agents in more than 17 sites across Great Britain will be checking for fraud and error.

Daily Record

DWP Universal Credit £25 boost for millions every week under fresh plans

'Devastating cuts' to Universal Credit have been ordered to be reversed, with the DWP also urged to put a new payment uplift in place which would apply to legacy benefits

Chronicle Live

Proposal put to DWP for Universal Credit benefits £25 a week rise

Calls made to bring back the uplift after report reveals more than 100,000 people pushed into poverty by additional help axe

Wales Online

DWP urged to adopt £25 a week boost for Universal Credit families

Government urged to 'reverse damaging decision' to stop top up payments - as MP says weekly uplift would raise thousands out of poverty

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Daily Mirror

Warning as up to 10 million people risk being underpaid in huge DWP blunder

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) used to automatically add National Insurance credits to claimants' records - but switched to doing this manually from 2017/18

Daily Record

New Universal Credit transfer update for people on Tax Credits in certain parts of Scotland

More claimants will start receiving Managed Migration notices from DWP next month.

Chronicle Live

DWP £899 cost of living payments and who is eligible to claim cash boosts

High inflation rates have led to the Government introducing cost of living payments for people on benefits such as Universal Credit

The National (Scotland)

Tories' benefit cuts 'to push 100,000 into absolute poverty', report suggests

MORE than 100,000 people will be forced into absolute poverty by the UK Government’s £20 cut to Universal Credit in 2022-2023, according to…

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Daily Mirror

Lib Dems back free school meals campaign, piling fresh pressure on Labour

The party's education spokeswoman Munira Wilson told the Mirror that supporting the policy was a "no-brainer" which boost children's health and concentration in class

Nottingham Post

DWP key dates for £450 cost of living payments and who qualifies

Government cost of living payments are going some way to easing the pain for those on the lowest incomes

The National (Scotland)

SNP MP accuses Labour of 'shameful' U-turn on rape clause

LABOUR have been accused by the SNP of a “shameful” U-turn on abolishing the two-child benefit cap with numerous senior figures from the party…

Liverpool Echo

DWP warning for Universal Credit claimants in fraud crackdown

The DWP warned it could ask claimants to submit to a passport check

Bristol Post

DWP issues passport warning amid benefit fraud clampdown

Thousands of people are making fake benefit claims

Manchester Evening News

Scraping by after 50 years of work

'It's a nightmare'

Nottingham Post

DWP warning for Universal Credit claimants in benefits fraud crackdown

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