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People on PIP may be eligible for huge range of other benefits including discounts and extra money

An award for PIP or the new Adult Disability Payment could lead to benefit top-ups, travel discounts and Council Tax reductions.

Daily Record

DWP claimants urged to apply for five pension top up funds before £500 April income drop

There are five possible income top ups available for those who claim the State Pension

Liverpool Echo

New Universal Credit, PIP, ESA and other DWP benefit payment rates from next month

Benefits delivered by DWP along with State Pension payments will increase by 3.1% in April.

Daily Record

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DWP 'poverty tax' costs Glasgow households hundreds of thousands of pounds each month

A Glasgow MP has slammed the UK Government after it was revealed that millions of Scots' benefits payments are being clawed back by the Department for Work and Pensions

Glasgow Live

Waspi woman says DWP's retirement age U-turn 'robbed' thousands from her state pension

Former office clerk Sally Hyde says three years before her 60th birthday she received an 'unwarranted' letter from the Department for Work and Pensions stating that her retirement age had gone up six years to 65. A year later, this rose again to 66

Daily Mirror

DWP tells benefits claimants not to be concerned if a 'human-like' voice speaks to them when they call

The new service has been introduced to deal with changing customer needs.

Daily Record

Worst-hit Merseyside areas as DWP hits Brits with £61-a-month 'poverty tax'

Universal Credit deductions for the 2 million affected people across the UK averaged £61 per claim

Liverpool Echo

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DWP Universal Credit deductions hitting claimants in part of Nottingham

42% of claimants had a deduction from their welfare payment in November nationally

Nottingham Post

DWP hits 2million Brits with £61-a-month 'poverty tax' - 58 worst-hit areas revealed

Some 42% of Universal Credit claimants had a deduction from the welfare payment in November - almost half of them to pay back advances used to bridge the five-week wait for payment

Daily Mirror

DWP deductions leave households across Scotland paying £10 million 'poverty tax'

EXCLUSIVE: Staggering amounts of benefits payments are being clawed back by the DWP in move that leaves claimants facing poverty, an MP has said.

Daily Record

DWP PIP monthly benefits of £600 available for millions who don't realise it

You may be unaware you can claim for some of these conditions

Bristol Post

State Pension payments to increase in April - breakdown of rates

Payments will increase from April 11

Wales Online

DWP: Universal Credit going up from April but some may receive more than others

Here are the new DWP rates for every part of your payment

Nottingham Post

DWP State Pension payments set to rise next month and these are the new weekly rates

The rates will rise by 3.1% in April in line with the Consumer Price Index

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Daily Mirror

HMRC issues warning to 7,500 people on benefits before Post Office account closures

Thousands of Brits are still getting tax credits, Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance into Post Office card accounts, but the taxman will stop making these payments on April 5 unless claimants switch

Edinburgh Live

DWP Universal Credit new monthly rates starting in April revealed and everyone will get more

The Department for Work and Pensions has shared the new monthly Universal Credit rates that will come into effect starting April 11, and here is a rundown of how much claimants will get

Daily Record

People of State Pension age could boost their income by up to £89 every week - here's how

The DWP could give eligible claimants either £240 or £358.40 every four weeks in Attendance Allowance payments.

Daily Record

State Pension payments will rise next month - here are the new weekly rates

State Pension payments will increase for men and women by 3.1% from April 11.

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Glasgow Live

DWP PIP: Scots with irritable bowel syndrome could be eligible for £152 a week

People in Scotland who have irritable bowel syndrome have been encouraged to apply for PIP from the Department for Work and Pensions, as they could be eligible for up to £152 per week

Edinburgh Live

DWP State Pension claimants urged to apply for four top-up funds

Those who claim the State Pension from the Department for Work and Pensions have been urged by the UK Government department to apply for four top-up funds that may help offset soaring energy costs

Daily Record

Claim PIP for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and you could get up to £152 each week from DWP

If you are living with IBS you may be eligible for financial support from the DWP.

Daily Mirror

Man who worked for 64 years discovers state pension is rising by 'insulting' 25p a week

A pensioner says he feels insulted that after working for decades his state pension is going up by just 25p a week, due to a little-known system set up in the 1970s

Daily Record

People on PIP over State Pension age will transfer automatically to new disability benefit

Older people currently receiving payments for PIP from DWP will not have to re-apply for Adult Disability Payment.

Daily Record

PIP and DLA payments will rise next month - here are the new weekly rates

The DWP will give PIP and DLA claimants up to £19 extra every pay period from April 11.

Daily Mirror

Decade-old Tory child maintenance reform 'hasn't helped more families get cash'

Tory ministers shook up the child maintenance system in 2012 - yet there's been 'no clear change in the overall number of effective child maintenance arrangements'

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