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Expanding free school meals could pump up to £41bn into the economy

A major study has found free school meals slash costs for parents, save the NHS cash by cutting obesity, and boost pupils' lifetime earnings because they do better at school

Daily Mirror

DWP giving millions on Universal Credit and other benefits extra cash from next month

People on Universal Credit, Pension Credit and other benefits are eligible for the financial boost

Liverpool Echo

Dithering Truss leaves families in benefit limbo as Kwarteng may need to cut £60BILLION

Lib Dem Wendy Chamberlain warned the failure of Prime Minister Liz Truss to make a decision on benefits meant "millions of people are left in a grim limbo" across Britain

Daily Mirror

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Over 500,000 DWP Universal Credit claimants denied cost of living payment

More than half a million Universal Credit claimants across the UK were denied the first £326 cost of living payment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Edinburgh Live

Unearthed 2018 clip shows Liz Truss warn tax cuts like hers could lead to 'boom and bust'

The clip, taken in 2018, showed the PM appearing to contradict her £43billion plan to slash taxes, which will increase the national debt.

Daily Record

Liz Truss warned tax cuts like hers could lead to 'boom and bust' in unearthed 2018 clip

The embarrassing footage from when Liz Truss was at the Treasury appears to contradict her £43billion plan to slash taxes, which will hugely increase the national debt

Daily Mirror

When people on Universal Credit will get second DWP cost of living payment and who is eligible

Millions of people on Universal Credit will receive an extra £324 before Christmas

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Food bank blames energy bills for massive jump in number of users

Services buckling under the strain of new users pushed into food poverty by the cost of living crisis.

Wales Online

DWP PIP £156 benefit millions claim every week - and it can continue for up to 10 years

PIP claimants can receive up to £156.90 a week - this guide explains how they are awarded and reviewed by the Department for Work and Pensions

Chronicle Live

Mum in dispute with DWP over missing Cost of Living payment

A bank statement appears to show it hasn't been paid

Nottingham Post

551,000 on Universal Credit missed £326 payment and more will miss next payment

The failure to be awarded the cost of living payment has been put down to a quirk in the way payments are calculated

Wales Online

More than 550,000 DWP Universal Credit claimants denied cost of living payments

“It’s staggering," said Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth

Nottingham Post

Liz Truss' forced U-turn on income tax must be repeated with benefit payments

Record View says it still beggars belief the idea of cutting Universal Credit in real terms was seriously being considered.

Daily Record

More than half a million DWP Universal Credit claimants have been denied a cost of living payment

More than 550,000 people on Universal Credit this summer were denied the vital cost of living payment due to the assessment criteria

Manchester Evening News

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Daily Record

Half a million DWP Universal Credit claimants denied £326 cost of living payment

This “staggering” technicality meant their income was temporarily too high to get a cost-of-living payment - even though usually it is much lower.

Daily Mirror

Tories to order Liz Truss to ditch 'ludicrous' benefit cuts in Cabinet showdown

The embattled new Prime Minister has sparked a backlash from her Conservative colleagues over plans to snatch hundreds from the 5.7million people on Universal Credit

Chronicle Live

'Staggering' half a million DWP Universal Credit claimants were denied £326 cost of living payment

More than 500,000 people didn't get the £326 cost-of-living payment that Universal Credit claimants were entitled to.

Daily Mirror

Half a million DWP Universal Credit claimants DENIED £326 cost of living payment

More than 500,000 people who were on Universal Credit this summer did not get a vital cost of living payment to help with energy bills - due to the way it was assessed

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Nottingham Post

Report calls for 21 DWP Universal Credit changes in radical shake-up

It is described as fundamentally flawed

Glasgow Live

The 21 Universal Credit changes proposed as union calls for benefit shake-up

A brand new reports has claimed that the Universal Credit benefit is fundementally flawed, and the entire system is in need of a major overhaul from the Department for Work and Pensions.

Nottingham Post

Banned Big Issue vendor kept selling in Nottingham to make living

He was struggling to live off £240 of Universal Credit a month

Chronicle Live

DWP releases latest on when next cost of living payment will arrive

Only a few will be paid on the first day with "with numbers increasing significantly" from day two

Wales Online

The Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish governments issue three demands to UK Government

The devolved nations have written an urgent letter to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng

Chronicle Live

Fears that families claiming Universal Credit from DWP face losing £1000

UK's poorest households with children stand to get far less than expected next year if Government changes the way increases are worked out

Daily Mirror

Loose Women star 'feels sorry' for kids moving back home amid Coleen Nolan's son's news

Loose Women star Kaye Adams and her fellow panellists were talking about kids being forced to move back in with their parents, amid Coleen Nolan's son Jake Roche revealing he's living off Universal Credit in her garage

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