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Mum living off Universal Credit eats just one meal a day says she's now 'just existing'

Sarah Stanton says she is using candles to keep warm with just £260 every fortnight coming in as she attempts to support her child in the face of the cost of living crisis

Daily Mirror

DWP shares specific group of benefit claimants who will not receive £324 cost of living payment this month

Some 1.6m payments totalling £518m were made on November 8.

Daily Record

Tories slash incomes of poorest Scots by 16% over last ten years

Rishi Sunak is under increasing pressure to commit to raising all benefits - including the state pension - in line with inflation.

Daily Record

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Gordon Brown: Rishi Sunak must live up to 'compassion' promise with 10 per cent Universal Credit rise

"My plea is that he abides by his pledge to protect the most vulnerable, and makes sure a family whose income is £200 a week receives £20 more next April to cover rising food and fuel bills."

Daily Record

DWP warned Universal Credit and other benefit fraud is 'unacceptably high'

The Public Accounts Committee says £8.6 billion was overpaid across benefits in 2021-22 and more must be done to get a grip on the billions of pounds being lost every year

Wales Online

DWP warning to Universal Credit claimants expecting £324 Cost of Living payment

The second Cost of Living payment is due to land in bank accounts this month

Liverpool Echo

DWP to replace six benefits with Universal Credit by end of 2024 - check if you are affected

The new rules are expected to be rolled out across the country by the end of 2024 - the forthcoming details will help you check if you are affected by these changes.

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Tom Kerridge: ‘MPs get £17m for their food — how can there be nothing for 800,000 children?’

The acclaimed chef talks to David Ellis about the effect of food poverty on schoolchildren, and why the Feed the Future drive matters

Evening Standard

‘We’ve got a lost generation’: Tom Kerridge on the importance of providing free school meals

Feed the Future: The chef speaks to David Ellis about the benefits of extending meals to all pupils in England whose parents are on universal credit

The Independent UK

DWP is replacing six benefits with Universal Credit by end of 2024

The changes are expected to be rolled out across the country by the end of 2024 - these details will help you check if you are affected

Chronicle Live

Watch: Zayn Malik urges PM to extend free school meals amid cost-of-living crisis

Former One Direction star Zayn Malik has called on Rishi Sunak to “give all children living in poverty” a free school meal amid the cost-of-living crisis. The singer, 29, urged the Prime Minister to use his November budget to extend the threshold to include young people from families on Universal…

Evening Standard

DWP £324 cost of living payment to hit benefit claimants' bank accounts from today

DWP breakdown shows how many families in each North East constituency area will receive the money, starting on November 8

Chronicle Live

Full list of people affected as DWP set to replace six benefits with Universal Credit

Those moving to Universal Credit shall be assessed against current claims by 2024

Liverpool Echo

Universal Credit and DWP pension inflation rise being considered by Rishi Sunak

The move could cost a combined £11 billion next year and could ward off a Tory MP rebellion

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Daily Mirror

Zayn Malik demands free school meals for 800,000 kids in powerful letter to Rishi Sunak

The singer, who relied on free dinners growing up in Bradford, West Yorkshire, issued a plea to the Prime Minister to widen free school meals eligibility in next week's Autumn Statement

Wales Online

Man left with £10 to survive an entire month after suddenly losing his job

'I'm living off friends and family which I don't like doing'

Edinburgh Live

Five changes hitting DWP benefits including Universal Credit before Christmas

The updates include cost of living support grants, tougher work search rules and fast track rules - and all these procedures will affect Department for Work and Pensions benefits before Christmas.

Daily Record

Working Universal Credit claimants awarded at least 1p during qualifying period will get £324 from this week

DWP will start making cost of living payments to eight million eligible households from November 8.

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Glasgow Live

DWP to replace six benefits with Universal Credit by end of 2024 - see if you are affected

Those claiming old-style benefits such as Housing Benefit, have been issued an important as message as the DWP is replacing them with Universal Credit - but some could be worse off.

Daily Mirror

DWP will replace six benefits by the end of 2024 - see if you are affected

Universal Credit is replacing six legacy benefits in the UK, with the changes expected to be rolled out nationwide by the Department for Work and Pensions by the end of 2024

Manchester Evening News

"It’s like life is not worth living": Life on the streets where benefits are just not enough to live on

“It’s not living – it's existing"

Nottingham Post

DWP confirms plans to replace 6 benefits by 2024

They will be moved to Universal Credit

Liverpool Echo

DWP benefits including Universal Credit to see five changes before Christmas

The updates include cost of living support grants, tougher work search rules and fast track rules

Chronicle Live

Autumn Statement 2022 predictions: How will tax rises affect you and what will happen to the state pension?

What can we expect from the first major economic intervention from Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak which is set for November 17.

The Independent UK

Millions of DWP benefit claimants could be eligible for £1,500 if court appeal succeeds

People claiming any of the six legacy benefits during the pandemic could get backdated pay

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