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MPs call for issues leaving carers with huge debts to be fixed ‘without delay’

Committee chair says UK government has known for years about flaws in benefit system and needs to ‘get a grip’

The Guardian - UK

Ministers urged to act quickly on state pension communication compensation plans

It comes after a Work and Pensions Committee session with campaigners from Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) and the PSHO.

The Independent UK

Ministers apologise and return £7,000 in benefits to woman, 93, with dementia

Exclusive: Elderly woman was allowed to run up debts in ‘disturbing’ case, the latest to emerge in Guardian investigation

The Guardian - UK

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Work and pensions committee chair tells ministers to fix carer’s allowance issues

Stephen Timms says DWP letting unpaid carers incur ‘enormous accidental overpayments’

The Guardian - UK

Hailed as a hero and then sacked: the carer’s allowance whistleblower

Enrico La Rocca helped expose profound failures but less than a year later was dismissed by the DWP – and then later rehired

The Guardian - UK

Ex-ministers press Sunak on ‘persecution’ of carers who broke earnings rules

David Blunkett and Alan Johnson join Iain Duncan Smith in dismay at DWP’s treatment of benefit recipients’ minor mistakes

The Guardian - UK

How much is statutory sick pay? MPs call for 'modest' £63 rise

The DWP says the payment will rise by 6.7% from April, a £7.30 increase — far below the amount called for

Evening Standard

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Students’ futures still blighted by English test scandal

Letter: International students wrongly accused of cheating are being denied justice by the Home Office, warns Nazek Ramadan of Migrant Voice

The Guardian - UK

‘97% seemed absurd’: Labour’s Stephen Timms on the English test scandal that wrecked lives

The London MP has battled to get the Home Office to take responsibility for its mistaken allegations of cheating against many thousands of overseas students

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak refuses to say if airlines will sign up for Rwanda flights

In liaison committee appearance, PM also says he cannot say when he will deliver on ‘stop the boats’ pledge

The Guardian - UK

New data powers ‘could allow DWP to snoop on pensioners’ bank accounts’

Culture minister Sir John Whittingdale said the powers would be “focused” on benefit claimants, but MPs were not convinced.

The Independent UK

Cost-of-living payments not enough to meet scale of the problem, say MPs

The Work and Pensions Committee called for more account to be taken of the financial difficulties faced by people with disabilities and families.

The Independent UK

MPs launch inquiry into prosecution of Norton Motorcycles pension fraud

Regulators to be asked about how £10m scam was investigated, as Guardian Today in Focus podcast raises fresh questions about case

The Guardian - UK

DWP shares timeline when new cost of living payment will be announced

Sir Stephen Timms argues that more support will be needed for the next financial year

Nottingham Post

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Daily Record

New cost of living payments for next year could be announced in Autumn Statement this November

Former pensions minister Sir Stephen Timms told the DWP that more financial help is needed in 2024.

Manchester Evening News

Will DWP cost of living payments be made after spring 2024?

Concerns are being raised as to whether more support will be offered for vulnerable households next year

The Independent UK

Mini-budget chaos exposed ‘lax approach’ to pensions regulation, MPs say

Sir Stephen Timms said pension scheme investments must ‘never again threaten the stability of the UK economy’.

Daily Mirror

'Absurd Universal Credit rules are pushing thousands more children into poverty'

Writing for the Mirror, Labour chair of the Work and Pensions Committee Stephen Timms demanded action as figures show there are now 4.2million children living in poverty

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Daily Record

People making a new claim for PIP may be able to complete whole application online

The new PIP online application trial is only being offered to 60 people each day.

The Independent UK

Parkinson’s sufferer ‘forced to live in Dickensian times’ after DWP refuses benefits

Exclusive: Father-of-two told he doesn’t qualify for payment for illness despite suffering worsening pain and falling

The Independent UK

Home Office to publish data on those with leave to remain and NRPF status

Migrants granted temporary permission to live in the UK usually have no recourse to public funds as a condition of their visa.

Daily Record

New inquiry into cost of living payments set to determine if financial support fair for everyone

You can submit your views on the UK Government's support package to the Work and Pensions Committee until May 12.

Daily Record

New PIP proposals include paying people for late DWP health assessments

A new report on DWP assessments suggests several measures offering 'quick and easy wins' for improvement.

Daily Mirror

Maths-obsessed Rishi Sunak humiliated after getting stats wrong in Commons

In a further embarrassing turn of events, official fact-checking website Full Fact instantly debunked two more incorrect claims Rishi Sunak has made at PMQs sessions

Bristol Post

DWP plans new system to record disability health assessments

A new telephone platform and enhancements to the Video Assessment application are among the changes

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