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DWP PIP could be axed with claimants given up to £231 per week instead

The Commission on Social Security — an organisation that aims to reform the benefits system — has proposed a radical change that would see Personal Independence Payment scrapped

Glasgow Live

DWP could be monitoring your private life without consent if you're on Universal Credit, PIP or State Pension

The DWP can access things like bank accounts, social media and conversations

Manchester Evening News

DWP benefits, State Pension payments and tax may change after the death of a loved one

What you need to know about payments after a spouse or partner dies.

Daily Record

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DWP could be investigating your benefit claim and these are the types of evidence they look at

Benefits investigators can carry out property checks and look into claimants bank details.

Daily Record

PIP could be scrapped with people given up to £231 a week instead

The Commission on Social Security has outlined plans to replace DWP's PIP

Liverpool Echo

DWP Universal Credit claimants to see benefits cut under tough new sanctions

The Department for Work and Pensions has introduced a new initiative in a bid to get 500,000 people back into employment that will see Universal Credit claimants face tougher sanctions if they fail to find a job

Glasgow Live

No ruling yet for legacy benefit claimants waiting on court decision over possible £1,500 arrears from the DWP

People on Universal Credit received an extra £20 per week from April 2020 to October 2021.

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DWP adds new PIP benefit application option for some claimants

A six-month trial will cover the PIP claim and questionnaire forms using a new IT platform

Liverpool Echo

Frustration in Nottingham over DWP rule forcing jobseekers to widen search or face sanctions

Some have said it's not as easy to get into work as the Government is making out

Nottingham Post

PIP will start to be replaced by new disability payment for some people from next month

It is estimated that one in three people will qualify for additional financial support this year.

Daily Record

How to apply for the Attendance Allowance with new guide which can help pensioners claim up to £358 top-up

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

Wales Online

DWP launches trial of new online PIP application service - but only for some claimants

The six-month trial will cover the PIP claim and questionnaire forms using a new IT platform.

Daily Record

MONEY TROUBLES: 'State pension delays mean I won't get a penny for at least 3 months'

Pete Van der Geyten applied for his state pension in October 2021, three months before he was due to retire, as per the DWP's protocols. But now, he's been told his payments may not arrive until Easter. Mirror Money's Emma Munbodh investigates

Daily Mirror

DWP issues new update for people collecting benefit payments and State Pension at Post Office

Letters are being sent out confirming changes coming this summer for benefits and State Pension payments.

Daily Record

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The Guardian - UK

DWP rule change amounts to a cruel dual punishment of jobseekers

Letter: Requiring people to take jobs beneath their abilities, including temporary and zero-hours jobs, intensifies the precarity trap, explains Dr Guy Standing

Liverpool Echo

Millions of DWP benefit claimants could get their water bills cut

This could see your household outgoings reduced substantially

Liverpool Echo

DWP benefits that will stop when you reach State Pension age

There are also other benefits you can carry over when you reach 66

Edinburgh Live

DWP benefits those on State Pensions can no longer claim as payment increases

Those on State Pensions, basic or the new, are entitled to a range of DWP benefits once they hit the eligible age, however many benefits and payments will stop.

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Chronicle Live

Millions on DWP benefits with these medical conditions can get water bills cut

Are you taking advantage of the Government's WaterSure scheme?

Daily Mirror

DWP ministers conceal report on whether benefit sanctions actually work

Ministers have blocked the public from seeing a report on whether sanctions are 'effective' - within days of launching a new crackdown that will stop more people's benefits

Daily Record

Your next Universal Credit payment could be lower than the last one - how to check online

There are 11 reasons why DWP could deduct money from your next Universal Credit payment.

The Independent UK

‘I can’t just take any job’: Universal credit claimants express anger at DWP ‘get any job now’ policy

‘It shows that policymakers do not have a grasp on the realities of finding work,’ says one jobseeker

Daily Record

DWP benefits older people can no longer claim when they reach State Pension age

There are two benefits you may be eligible to claim now that could carry over when you reach 66.

Nottingham Post

State Pension warning from Martin Lewis as Brits are told to repay the DWP hundreds

The Department for Work and Pensions has clarified the position

Liverpool Echo

DWP announces update affecting millions of Universal Credit claimants

The change came into force this week

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