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BENEFITS can be worth thousands of pounds a year so it’s crucial you claim everything you’re entitled to. Benefits are payments made to certain households on low incomes or to meet ...
DWP on alert to issue special payments as UK set for snow amid six day weather warning
With snow expected in parts of the UK from today until Monday, January 6, the January cold snap could trigger the issuance of ...
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Labour 'has abandoned its conscience' over winter fuel payments as cold snap bites says DUP MP
A DUP MP has accused Labour of "erasing its conscience" over its axing of the winter fuel allowance, amid widespread concerns ...
Wes Streeting says pensioners should ‘layer up’ as millions struggle without winter fuel payment
A yellow warning for snow and ice, which covers most of England and Wales, is in place from lunchtime on Saturday until 9am ...
State pensioners living alone could be due £4,200 income boost this year
Hundreds of thousands of state pensioners may be able to boost their income by as much as £4,200 this year through Pension ...
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Labour's Winter Fuel Payment cut to cost taxpayer nearly £400m and 'plunge pensioners into poverty'
Labour's decision to means-test Winter Fuel Payments for millions of pensioners has already cost taxpayers £380million ...
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Cold Weather Payment checker: will £25 DWP payments be made as freezing weather hits UK - how do they work?
Under the Cold Weather Payment scheme, eligible households receive a payment of £25 for every seven-day period during which the temperature is either recorded as, or forecast to be, 0°C or below in ...
January 2025 payment dates for benefits and pensions as DWP to launch disability consultation
The DWP has also confirmed that a consultation will be launched in Spring 2025 on planned reforms to sickness and disability benefits. Minister Liz Kendall says the changes will be designed “to ensure ...