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DWP Universal Credit benefit claimants can get 30 free things - including energy bills discount

Here is a list of things you can get for free in October if you claim benefits such as Universal Credit, Jobseekers Allowance and Pension Credit

Chronicle Live

13 ways to boost your income by up to £3,000 before the year ends

Quickly check if you qualify for benefits, a Council Tax Reduction or a TV licence discount.

Daily Record

Cutting benefits uprating could save UK Government £3bn but hit low income families with children hardest

The Resolution Foundation warns that three million households could lose more than £500 next year.

Daily Record

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Universal Credit claimants can get 30 freebies in October - including help with travel and school uniforms

There is a range of extra help available for people receiving Universal Credit, Jobseekers Allowance and Pension Credit

Wales Online

DWP Universal Credit and JSA claimants can get 30 things for free in October

All the free stuff you can get on Universal Credit, Jobseekers Allowance and Pension Credit

Liverpool Echo

DWP could monitor your bank account and social media activity at any time in fraud crackdown

More than 600 people across the UK were convicted of benefit fraud in the last year.

Daily Record

Families with children ‘to be hit hardest if benefits are uprated by earnings’

Nine million households containing 30 million people will be affected if benefits rise in line with earnings, according to the Resolution Foundation.

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The Mancunian Way: Chronicling the cost-of-living crisis

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Manchester Evening News

DWP urges people to check if they qualify for £3,600 cost of living boost

The Department for Work and Pensions has urged people to check if they are eligible for a benefit worth up to £3,624 a year — as well as an additional Christmas bonus

Glasgow Live

Now is the time to end high broadband prices for hard-up households

Did you know there are reduced broadband tariffs for households on Universal Credit? Most people don’t - which means take-up is scandalously low. Broadband companies must urgently do more to promote these offers, says cost of living expert Greg Marsh

Evening Standard

People on certain benefits or low income can now get fibre broadband for less than £13 each month

BT, Sky, Now Broadband and Virgin Media social tariffs could help bring down household outgoings.

Daily Record

Mum forced to cut back on her own food so her kids can eat amid cost-of-living crisis

With a household income of around £18,000, every penny is being stretched, meaning both Kalli Speariett and her husband are sacrificing their own meals to feed their two children

Daily Mirror

Four in ten families in parts of Scotland facing ‘largest ever benefits cut'

NEARLY four in ten working-age families in some areas of Scotland will be hit by the “largest permanent benefits cut ever made in a single year”…

The National (Scotland)

Parents cutting back on food so they can afford to feed their kids

Paying for household bills is a struggle, says Kalli Spearitt

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Daily Mirror

Tory ex-Health Minister backs more free school meals - piling pressure on Liz Truss

Lord Bethell, who served under Boris Johnson, said ensuring all children in Universal Credit households get free school dinners would boost the economy by helping kids learn and improving their health

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool mum cutting back on her own food so her kids can eat

Kallie Spearitt and her family are struggling amid the cost of living crisis

Glasgow Live

DWP denies 'staggering' half a million Universal Credit claimants of £326 cost of living payment

More than half a million people were denied a £326 summer cost-of-living payment to help with rising energy bills, it has been revealed by the Department for Work and Pensions.

Liverpool Echo

Martin Lewis MSE issues broadband advice to anyone on Universal Credit

It is estimated four million households are eligible for cheaper broadband

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Daily Mirror

One in five of all families face having their benefits cut in 200 Tory seats

New research shows the scale of the disaster hitting not just Brits on benefits, but the MPs they could turf out of office if Liz Truss goes ahead with plans to cut benefits

Manchester Evening News

Government brings forward major Halloween Universal Credit statement

Kwasi Kwarteng has buckled under pressure to bring forward plans that may affect millions of Brits

Edinburgh Live

DWP Universal Credit claimants in Scotland could be '£290 worse off' next year

Households in Scotland claiming Universal Credit could be almost £300 worse off in real terms next year if the UK Government does not commit to increasing the benefit in line with inflation

Daily Mirror

How Universal Credit cut would affect your payments as 8,000 hit in Liz Truss's seat

Liz Truss is still weighing up whether to raise benefits by earnings instead of inflation - which would be a real-terms cut. We've crunched the latest numbers on how it could affect you in April 2022

The Independent UK

Half a million Universal Credit claimants refused £326 cost of living payment

New figures reveal how many claimants missed out on £326 payment intended to help with cost of living crisis

Daily Record

Scots families on Universal Credit could be '£290 worse off' if Liz Truss doesn't uplift benefit

The UK Government is under pressure from its own MPs to ensure Universal Credit is increased in-line with inflation.

Daily Record

Social Security Advisory Committee to face questions on DWP managed migration process to Universal Credit

DWP will transfer 2.6 million people on legacy benefits to Universal Credit by the end of 2024.

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