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Plans to bring forward raise in state pension age put on hold, reports suggest

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride is expected to address MPs in the Commons on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Ministers back down over ‘sensitive’ study of effects of benefits sanctions

Welfare secretary says he will not appeal against ruling ordering DWP to release study

The Guardian - UK

Tory DWP chief admits he doesn't know if he's met someone with benefits sanction

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride was unable to answer basic questions from MPs including whether he knew the average amount a person loses when they are sanctioned

Daily Mirror

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Labour says Hunt budget unravelling amid criticism on pensions

Shadow chancellor says pension changes are ‘wrong priority, at the wrong time, for the wrong people’

The Guardian - UK

Time and again the Tories’ ship of fools takes us for … fools

From Liz and Kamikwazi to Rish! on NHS pay, it’s more Britannia unhinged than unchained

The Guardian - UK

New Universal Credit rule change will not affect specific groups of people during pilot phase

DWP is providing focused support for people who remain unemployed or with low earnings after 13 and 26-weeks of claiming Universal Credit.

Daily Record

Fears DWP state pension age increase from 67 to 68 will be brought forward

Concerns people will 'work until they drop' under state pension plans

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Parents on universal credit may be allowed to claim more for childcare

Increase expected in spring budget, which could also mandate upfront childcare payments from DWP

The Guardian - UK

DWP says time to check whether you are eligible to receive benefit worth £3,500

People of State Pension age on low incomes can apply - and 11,000 older people are set to get letters telling them about it

Nottingham Post

DWP confirms state pension age review will determine if current retirement rules ‘remain appropriate’

“We certainly take into account issues such as pensioner poverty"

Nottingham Post

DWP confirms State Pension age review will determine whether current retirement rules ‘remain appropriate’

There has been much speculation that the DWP is set to bring forward changes to the official retirement age.

Daily Record

DWP writing to older people ‘soon’ to encourage them to check eligibility for Pension Credit worth £3,500

The letters will also contain information about the State Pension uprating from April.

Daily Record

Sadiq Khan urges government to create ‘women-friendly’ workplaces

The Mayor of London called on the government to reduce the cost of childcare

Evening Standard

The fight to get Britain’s lost employees fit and working again

Covid has shrunk the nation’s workforce, but new programmes aim to tackle the ill-health that may be holding willing employees and entrepreneurs back

The Guardian - UK

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Daily Record

New Universal Credit rule change could see people forced to attend jobcentre 10 times over two-week period

The DWP staff union warns the change will increase the risk of poverty for working claimants.

Daily Record

DWP confirms new Universal Credit rule change will not affect specific groups of people during pilot phase

DWP is providing focused support for people who remain unemployed or with low earnings after 13 and 26-weeks of claiming Universal Credit.

Nottingham Post

Another DWP £900 cost of living payment could be given to vulnerable families

The cash boost will come if parliament approves a new law.

Manchester Evening News

Millions of people could get another £900 cost of living payment

The bill suggests a £900 cost of living payment to be paid in three instalments to roughly eight million households receiving means-tested benefits

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Wales Online

Millions of people set to get another £900 cost of living payment

It has moved a step closer

The Independent UK

MPs support move to provide £900 cost of living help for ‘needy’

MPs approved Bill which will provide payments in instalments to eight million households.

Chronicle Live

Universal Credit claimants could lose £1,000 under DWP trial

Intensive two-week programme aimed at getting claimants back into the workplace is currently being piloted in four areas

The Telegraph

Sick note crackdown to get more people back into work

Doctors told to sign fewer patients off under proposals to reinvigorate the economy

The Independent UK

Universal Credit rule change could see benefit claimants lose over £1,000

Recipients of state support could be fined for failing to attending intensive two-week employment course

Daily Mirror

Brexit and Tory infighting has put businesses off the UK, minister admits

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride conceded that creating "friction" with major trading partners will have an impact, after the head of the International Chamber of Commerce UK said Labour is now winning the argument on business

The Independent UK

Cabinet minister admits Brexit has harmed investment as business bosses ditch Tories for Labour

Mel Stride says frictions have had impact

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