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Martin Lewis MSE issues broadband advice to anyone on Universal Credit

It is estimated four million households are eligible for cheaper broadband

Liverpool Echo

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

Daily Mirror

Government brings forward major Halloween Universal Credit statement

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

Manchester Evening News

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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

Edinburgh Live

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

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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.

Daily Record

Mum unable to pay energy bills forced to consider putting disabled daughter in care

Yvette Clements is full-timer carer to her daughter Rosey, a young woman living with athetoid cerebral palsy; a movement disorder caused by damage to the developing brain

Daily Mirror

Virgin Media O2 cuts price of its broadband to £12.50 a month - see who can get it

Virgin Media O2's price cut will benefit those hit hardest by rising costs, offering them the cheapest broadband social tariff in the market - see if you qualify

Daily Mirror

Jamie Oliver says more children should be given free school meals

He also said Boris Johnson had to 'nearly die' before he agreed with him on the subject

Wales Online

Jamie Oliver blasts unkind Tories branding Liz Truss 'ship passing in the night'

The TV chef said Liz Truss won't change her mind on school dinners but he was 'calm' as she will be just a 'ship that passes in the night'

Daily Mirror

Virgin Media cuts broadband package price for vulnerable households as cost-of-living crisis hits

The national telecoms company is cutting internet prices for those on Universal Credit

Manchester Evening News

All the Tories demanding Liz Truss stops benefit cut as she faces Cabinet showdown TODAY

Liz Truss is still weighing up whether to raise benefits in line with inflation, despite an avalanche of opposition from Tories across the spectrum. We look at what a DWP Universal Credit cut would mean for you - and the MPs against it

Daily Mirror

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Daily Mirror

Expanding free school meals could pump up to £41bn into the economy

A major study has found free school meals slash costs for parents, save the NHS cash by cutting obesity, and boost pupils' lifetime earnings because they do better at school

Liverpool Echo

DWP giving millions on Universal Credit and other benefits extra cash from next month

People on Universal Credit, Pension Credit and other benefits are eligible for the financial boost

Daily Mirror

Dithering Truss leaves families in benefit limbo as Kwarteng may need to cut £60BILLION

Lib Dem Wendy Chamberlain warned the failure of Prime Minister Liz Truss to make a decision on benefits meant "millions of people are left in a grim limbo" across Britain

Edinburgh Live

Over 500,000 DWP Universal Credit claimants denied cost of living payment

More than half a million Universal Credit claimants across the UK were denied the first £326 cost of living payment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

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Daily Record

Unearthed 2018 clip shows Liz Truss warn tax cuts like hers could lead to 'boom and bust'

The clip, taken in 2018, showed the PM appearing to contradict her £43billion plan to slash taxes, which will increase the national debt.

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss warned tax cuts like hers could lead to 'boom and bust' in unearthed 2018 clip

The embarrassing footage from when Liz Truss was at the Treasury appears to contradict her £43billion plan to slash taxes, which will hugely increase the national debt

Manchester Evening News

When people on Universal Credit will get second DWP cost of living payment and who is eligible

Millions of people on Universal Credit will receive an extra £324 before Christmas

Wales Online

Food bank blames energy bills for massive jump in number of users

Services buckling under the strain of new users pushed into food poverty by the cost of living crisis.

Chronicle Live

DWP PIP £156 benefit millions claim every week - and it can continue for up to 10 years

PIP claimants can receive up to £156.90 a week - this guide explains how they are awarded and reviewed by the Department for Work and Pensions

Nottingham Post

Mum in dispute with DWP over missing Cost of Living payment

A bank statement appears to show it hasn't been paid

Wales Online

551,000 on Universal Credit missed £326 payment and more will miss next payment

The failure to be awarded the cost of living payment has been put down to a quirk in the way payments are calculated

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