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Final date £600 DWP cost of living payments will be made

Millions of people are eligible for the extra cash this winter

Liverpool Echo

DWP confirms no plans to review Pension Credit eligibility rules for mixed age married couples

Since May 2019, both members of a couple need to have reached State Pension age to qualify for the £3,500 income boost.

Daily Record

Universal credit: What are the dates of additional benefit payments in December?

Help is out there for those on low incomes struggling with rising prices and high bills as the weather gets colder

The Independent UK

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Levels of unemployment in Dumfries and Galloway drop during 2022

There were 760 less people looking for work compared to during 2021

Daily Record

DWP update on £300 Cost of Living and Winter Fuel payments

The government support is designed to help eligible brits with the cost of heating their homes this winter

Nottingham Post

DWP pays up to £600 to help pensioners with winter energy bills - what to do if you haven't received yours

DWP says most households should have received up to £600 into their bank accounts by now, including 500,000 in the North East

Chronicle Live

Universal Credit claimants may be owed cash from the DWP

People have until June 2023 to contact the DWP if they think they are due some money back

Liverpool Echo

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How to apply for Winter Fuel Payment if you don't receive it by January 13

Support worth a total of £4.6 billion has already been paid to more than 99 per cent of eligible pensioners - but here's what to do if you don't receive yours

Wales Online

The dates child benefit will be paid over Christmas and New Year as payments are brought forward

The timing of the Bank Holidays means payments will have to be moved from their usual dates - here are more details about how child benefit will be affected

Chronicle Live

Universal Credit claimants sanctioned by DWP can now ask for money back

The Department for Work and Pensions is investigating whether some people should have been permitted to stop repaying their hardship payments

Chronicle Live

Universal Credit claimants can request cash back from DWP from today

if you had previously asked for the repayments to stop, but you were refused, you can now ask the DWP to review your case.

Nottingham Post

DWP confirms 11.6m Winter Fuel Payments of up to £600 made to older people across UK

Nearly one million people of State Pension age living in Scotland have received the heating help.

Daily Record

Government to give £400 payment to 900,000 more households

The Government also said it would pay £200 to British households which use alternative fuels

Liverpool Echo

New update for people still waiting on means-tested cost of living payment from DWP

Retrospective awards of benefits which qualify for the support will be paid until March 2023.

Daily Record

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Daily Record

DWP to urge 11m older people to check for £3,500 annual income boost in new year

A successful claim for Pension Credit could also qualify for the £900 means-tested cost of living payment due in 2023/24.

Liverpool Echo

Virgin Media warns customers never to put WiFi router in certain room

There's one room that you should never keep your router in if you want speedy WiFi

Chronicle Live

DWP could track your social media activity over Christmas and New Year to detect benefit fraud

Fraud investigators have a range of powers which allow them to gather evidence, including surveillance, interviews and document tracing

Wales Online

The supermarkets slashing Christmas veg prices and when you can buy them

It could make your Christmas dinner a whole lot cheaper

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Manchester Evening News

DWP issues update on £300 Cost of Living and Winter Fuel payments

The payments are helping people with the cost of keeping their homes warm this winter

Nottingham Post

DWP may monitor bank accounts or social media over Christmas in benefits crackdown

More than two million Universal Credit claims will be reviewed by a new team created to crack down on benefit fraud and errors

Chronicle Live

Parents on DWP Universal Credit forced to turn down work due to huge childcare costs

Universal Credit is only enough to cover part-time hours and is stopping parents from working or increasing their work, it has been said

The Independent UK

Universal credit: What are the dates of additional benefit payments in December?

Help is out there for those on low incomes struggling with rising prices and high bills as the weather gets colder

Daily Record

DWP could monitor your bank account or social media activity over Christmas and New Year

There are several ways DWP investigators can gather evidence on people claiming benefits.

Wales Online

Parents on DWP Universal Credit 'are held prisoners by high childcare costs' say MPs

A report says support for childcare costs through the benefit is only enough to cover part-time hours

Liverpool Echo

DWP full list of money being paid out at Christmas 2022 to help with bills and food

Cash boosts are due to land into bank accounts before the start 2023

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