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DWP could owe thousands of benefit claimants around £3,000 each

A trial found the DWP had discriminated against two claimants who had been left out of pocket

Liverpool Echo

Thousands more parents eligible for DWP payments after change in criteria from today

The Government has extended the eligibility criteria for Bereavement Support Payments and Widowed Parent’s Allowance - check if you can make a claim

Chronicle Live

I want to work, but employers can’t cope with my disability

Letters: If Jeremy Hunt wants the ‘economically inactive’ back in the workplace, they must be offered proper support, say readers in response to an article by Frances Ryan

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DWP announces Jobcentres in Sunderland, Metrocentre and Blyth to close by end of March

Three North East sites are among the first 20 temporarily set up during pandemic to close their doors for good

Chronicle Live

DWP payments heading to thousands of parents and carers after law change

Campaign groups have been lobbying for a change in the law

Nottingham Post

Dis Life: 'Tories' spending small fortune making poor disabled people live in penury'

Anna Morell asks when will the Tories begin to listen and stop the bone-exposing cuts that are leading to actual loss of life, as the Government spends a small fortune on trying to deliberately put poor disabled people back in their box

Daily Mirror

DWP clarifies reason some people on ESA will not qualify for new £301 cost of living payment

The £900 means-tested cost of living payment will be made in three instalments over the next financial year.

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Tips to prepare for DWP PIP assessments carried out over the phone, in-person or on video

Statistics from the DWP show that in November last year, around 60,680 PIP assessments were conducted by phone and 8,210 by video call

Chronicle Live

Who is on strike on Thursday and why are they striking?

Industrial action continues to plague much of the UK but who is striking and why are there so many walkouts?

Evening Standard

DWP to close 20 Jobcentres, including three in London

No staff will be laid off as Government closes temporary offices it created during the pandemic

Evening Standard

The number of households in each area of Greater Manchester that will receive DWP cost of living payments in 2023

Those on Universal Credit, Pension Credit and other benefits will be eligible for the payments

Manchester Evening News

DWP urges single parents to check if they're owed thousands of pounds after change to benefits

A minister has urged parents to check whether they are entitled to the benefit after the government extended the eligibility criteria

Manchester Evening News

New details of £900 DWP cost of living payment with eight million families eligible

The sum will be split across three automatic payments to eligible people's bank accounts from this spring

Wales Online

DWP encourages older people to check entitlement for health benefit worth up to £92 each week

People of State Pension age claiming Attendance Allowance could receive either £61.85 or £92.40 every week.

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Daily Record

People only claiming Carer's Allowance may not qualify for new £301 cost of living payment due this Spring

Unpaid carers cannot directly qualify for the £900 cost of living payment unless they are also claiming a means-tested benefit.

Daily Record

DWP urges more people to claim bereavement benefit after new rule change for cohabiting couples

New changes to DWP bereavement benefit allows more parents to claim financial support and possible back payments.

The Independent UK

Full list of DWP revised weekly payment rates for 2023

State support for individuals rising to keep pace with inflation

Los Angeles Times

LA is shutting down its largest gas plant — and replacing it with an unproven hydrogen project

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to move forward with an $800-million plan to convert the city's largest gas-fired power plant to green hydrogen — a first-of-its-kind project that was hailed by supporters as an important step to solve the climate crisis but slammed by critics as a…

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Belfast Live

Cost of Living spring payments breakdown for areas across Northern Ireland

The first payments for those on means tested and disability benefits will be received in the coming months

Manchester Evening News

DWP issues cost of living payment update as it confirms number of households getting cash in 2023

Millions of people on Universal Credit, Pension Credit and other benefits will be eligible for the payments

Wales Online

DWP to close 20 Jobcentres putting dozens of roles at risk

It is understood 50 roles will be at risk as part of the closures

Daily Record

Scots benefits scammer jailed after taking £30,000 taxpayer cash

Graeme Dewar pretended he was living alone for years despite having a common law wife he operated joint bank accounts with.

Daily Record

DWP urged to change ‘harsh’ policy which stops mixed age older couples qualifying for £3,500 income top-up

Pension Credit can only be claimed by individuals and couples over retirement age.

Nottingham Post

DWP Cost of Living payment news as specific groups will not receive £301 boost

The details are explained

Daily Record

New calls for £25 weekly uplift for people on Universal Credit and means-tested legacy benefits

SNP MP David Linden also urged the DWP to extend the benefit cap to help families on a low income.

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