Benefits

Rachel Reeves listens to Keir Starmer on the Labour general election campaign trail in May (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Budget 2024: when it is and what could be in it - as PM warns of pain

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Families eligible for £500 support payment - with hours left to apply

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Winter Fuel Payments: how did my MP vote - full list

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State pension to rise by nearly £500 - but many could still lose out

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DWP giving away £1000s to UK households for six months - apply online

An elderly resident makes his way up a snow covered road in Hartley Wintney, in Hampshire, in 2019 (Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

How to apply for Pension Credit as Week of Action aims to boost claims

Thousands set to receive £250 payment - but deadline is just days away

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Debt recovery: top tips to overcome debt and secure financial freedom

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I'm a finance expert - this the best student account for free cash

Students react after opening their GCSE results at the City of London Academy Southwark (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Parents have just a week to update HMRC or risk losing benefit payment

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Energy bills to rise by £149 as Ofgem increases price cap by 10%

Laura Whyte, from Aberchirder, Aberdeenshire, who started an OnlyFans to boost her income has bought a £200k dream home

I'm an OnlyFans model...I bought £200k home after locals snubbed me

A new sofa-based fitness routine aims to inspire people to exercise

Major network provider launches £10 plan to help low-income households

Thousands are eligible for a £500 support payment - but deadlines near

DWP issues update on 'light touch' PIP reviews that need no assessment

‘Light touch’ reviews mean fewer assessments and less disruption - but they could alter your payments 📢

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Childcare costs have forced parents to reduce their working hours

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Pensioners get £200 winter fuel help with this company - despite cuts

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Thousands of UK households to receive up to £600 in government support

Up to £740 available for 1000s as Household Support Fund help goes on

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Martin Lewis' alert as payments cut - pensioners can still get £1000s

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DWP callers spent over 753 years on hold in 2023/24 - watchdog report

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Thousands of households to receive £500 summer holidays payment

The money will people most in need

Families to get £200 via Household Support Fund - but funds are low

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More households to receive payments of up to £500 - how to apply

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5 common conditions that make you eligible for £470 monthly PIP help

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1000s of supermarket workers to split £30m from employee share schemes

🌟 Over 20,000 workers can cash in on their hard work through ‘Share As You Earn’ schemes 💼💰

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1000s of households to get direct cost-of-living payments up to £500

Thousands of households to receive direct payments of up to £500

30% of Brits would back defaulted plant-based menu in NHS hospitals

Martin Ingram Flowers (60) who broke his leg at work and was told by the DWP to quit his £40k a year job in order to claim benefits.

Watch: DWP told me to quit my job to claim benefits when I broke leg

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UK city leaps into top 10 most expensive cities for expats

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How to seek compensation as half a million hit by benefit delay

Vet prescription fees could be capped as CMA launches an investigation

What you need to know about the new Universal Credit rules

Munira Wilson MP says schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’.

Watch: Schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’

Benefit fraud gang shower floor with £20 notes

Watch: Benefit fraud gang shower floor with £20 notes

Adam Henson and Oti Mabuse show benefits of a certain qualification

Millions of households entitled to final cost of living payment

Millions of households entitled to final cost of living payment

Find out if you are eligble for Cold Weather Payments.

Who is eligible for Cold Weather Payments?

Many adults have cut back significantly on non-essential spending

Universal Credit and other benefit payments will be paid earlier than expected during the Christmas period.

When will Universal Credit be paid during Christmas period

The Little Gift of Sleep wellness bag.

Holland & Barrett unveils Christmas wellness gift bags

The dates benefits recipients can expect their payments over Christmas and New Year in 2023

The dates benefits recipients can expect their payments over Christmas

The protest was one of more than 30 events taking place in Britain – plus two in Spain – on what was dubbed a “Day for Rejoin”. Pictured here is Steve Bray.

Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray ‘wrestled out’ of Tory conference

The DWP will pay more than seven million households and HMRC will follow with around 830,000 more, taking the total number of households eligible for the cost of living payment to around eight million.

Cost of living payment: Exact date £300 boost will be paid this autumn

Millions of people in receipt of the State Pension will receive an additional payment over the coming months.

DWP to send out ‘bonus’ payments to millions before Christmas

People walk near the Jobcentre in Westminster.

DWP warning over Universal Credit changes coming in October

An open cash register containing pound coins and notes is pictured in a convenience store in London

DWP confirms £300 cost of living payment in update on £94bn support

Library image of Martin Lewis from Money Saving Expert speaking to an audience of Londoners about the challenges they are facing as a result of the rising cost of living, hosted by London Mayor, Sadiq Khan at City Hall in London. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Martin Lewis predicts when £300 cost of living payment will land

Which? has revealed the cheapest place to get school uniform this year

Cheapest shop to buy school uniform revealed by Which?

Colm Gildernew MLA has called on Allied Irish Bank to improve services and saving rates for customers following the extortionate profits it has made so far this year. Credit: marcin jucha - stock.adobe.com

Parents urged to claim benefit worth thousands as criteria extended

Benefit claimants may find their payments arrive earlier than normal this month.

Universal Credit & benefit claimants hit by another payment change

Here are eight important money changes coming in August 2023.

8 money changes coming in August 2023 including Ofgem price cap

Michelle Hanney pictured riding a horse. (DWP/SWNS)

‘Disabled’ woman on benefits caught after horse riding photo found